Swan Named NSCAA Region Coach Of Year, Soccer Panthers Take Home Academic Honors
Drury Sports Information
1/19/2010 3:35:25 PM
First-year head coach Ryan Swan was named the North/Central Region Coach of the Year and a trio of Panthers earned All-Academic honors at the recent National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention.
Junior defenders
Grant Bowden and
Blake Wilson were named to the Second Team All-Region for their academic prowess, while senior defender
Jake Allison was an Honorable Mention selection. Bowden has a 3.39 grade point average in Business Marketing, Wilson a 3.31 in Architecture and Allison a 3.62 gpa in Business.
Swan and the Panthers finished 21-2, won the Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season and post-season tournament championships and advanced to the NCAA-II Sweet 16, all firsts in the program's history.