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May 26, 1997

Soccer coaches announce scholar-athlete all-America squads

Six players from Harvard and eight all-Americans highlight the 1996-97 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) men's and women's scholar-athlete all-America teams.

In addition to having six players named to the first, second or third teams, Harvard's team grade-point average was tops among all men's teams.

Other institutions with more than one men's player selected were South Carolina (four), Penn State (three), James Madison (three), Evansville (three) and Cornell (two).

On the women's team, seven scholar-athletes also earned NSCAA all-America recognition for their on-field efforts in 1996.

Four student-athletes -- Pedro Delgado of Evansville, Heather Horton of Charleston Southern, Julie Johnson of Wisconsin and Marc Thorne of Cornell -- head the list with perfect grade-point averages.

Student-athletes selected for the teams must have at least a 3.200 grade-point average (4.000 scale) throughout their career and must be a starter.

Following are the players receiving scholar-athlete all-America recognition for 1996-97 (Key: GK -- Goalkeeper; DF -- Defenders; MF -- Midfielder; FW -- Forward).

Men's first team

GK Barry Purcell, James Madison; DF Carl Raines, Evansville; MF Sebastian Gouverneur, Penn State; MF Will Kohler, Harvard; MF Sipi Savolainen, James Madison; MF Marc Thorne, Cornell; MF David Weil, Penn State; MF Scott Ziemba, Marquette; FW Seamus Donnelly, Franklin Pierce; FW Stephen Fox, Fairleigh Dickinson; FW Eric Kusseluk, Cornell; FW Jeffrey Yenzer, Clemson.

Women's first team

GK Julie Johnson, Wisconsin; DF Margaret Asbury, Williams; DF Amy Green, Bucknell; MF Erin Hamm, Randolph-Macon; MF Kelly James, Wooster; MF Lori Lueddecke, Missouri-St. Louis; FW Wendy Ennis, Charleston Southern; FW Sandra Oh, Case Reserve; FW Stacey Williams, Wilmington (Ohio).

Men's second team

GK Loukas Papaconstantinou, Alabama-Birmingham; DF Stephen McAuliffe, Merrimack; DF Antonio Soto, South Carolina; MF Cesidio Colasante, La Salle; MF Fergal Forde, Memphis; MF Andrew Kaufmann, Penn State; MF Brian Nickerson, Furman; MF Kevin Silva, Harvard; FW James Doran, Emory; FW Geoff Honeysett, James Madison; FW Chuck Prosser, South Carolina; FW Richard Wilmot, Harvard.

Women's second team

GK Kristen Vanderplaat, Rochester; DF Heather Horton, Charleston Southern; DF Chris Zitko, Truman State; MF Kelly Ammann, Davidson; MF Amy Carter, Emory; MF JoAnne Ludmann, Wilmington (Ohio); MF Jenny Newkirk, West Virginia Wesleyan; MF Rachel Tolliver, Georgia Southern; MF Erin Pochman, Washington; FW Emilie Replogle, Delaware Valley.

Men's third team

GK Justin Krueger, Ohio Wesleyan; DF John Vrionis, Harvard; DF Brendan Whitworth, Bucknell; MF Marc Anatol, South Carolina; MF Thomas Carella, Harvard; MF Pedro Delgado, Evansville; MF David Szekeres, UC Irvine; MF David Tart, South Carolina; FW Josh Feigl, Evansville; FW Thomas McLaughlin, Harvard; FW Troy Thiele, Loras.