ST. LOUIS, MO. - Drake
men's soccer head coach
Sean Holmes
is a big proponent of the college experience not just encompassing the playing aspect
but more importantly the value of a quality education and his players have
taken that to heart as the Bulldogs had a Missouri Valley Conference high six
student-athletes named to the All-MVC Scholar-Athlete first team.
Senior Brian Wurst (Kansas
City, Mo./Park Hill South), Drake's first-ever CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first team honoree, was a
unanimous choice along with junior Matt Kuhn (Raytown, Mo./Raytown South), who was named to the Academic
All-America second team.
Joining Wurst and Kuhn on the first team are seniors Calvin Clark (Overland Park, Kan./St.
Thomas Aquinas), Kevin Shrout (Lee's
Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit) and Luke Gorczyca (Overland Park, Kan./St. Thomas Aquinas) along with redshirt
junior Ted Schleisman (Verona,
Wis./Middleton).
A management major, Wurst maintains a perfect 4.0 GPA. He has started all 22 games at his
defender position for the Bulldogs, who have recorded seven shutouts this
season.
An accounting major, Kuhn owns a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point
average. He has started all 22
games for Drake and leads the team in assists (7).
Majoring in corporate finance, Clark boasts a 3.73 GPA. Starting all 22 games for Drake, Clark
has recorded two goals and added an assist from his starting defender's slot. He is an anchor of a Bulldog defensive unit
that has posted seven shutouts.
Started all 21 games he has played in, Shrout maintains a 3.40 GPA in
management and marketing and is ranked first on the team in shots (48) and
second in game-winners (2) and assists (6).
Starting all 22 games for Drake this season, Gorczyca owns a 3.59 GPA in
corporate finance and has registered four goals and an assist, including the
game-winner in the Bulldogs' 3-1 victory over Creighton in the MVC Tournament.
Schleisman holds a perfect 4.0 GPA in actuary science and finance and has
appeared in 11 games for Drake, including four starts.
The Bulldogs continue NCAA Tournament play on Sunday (Nov. 22) with a second-round
date at No. 13 Ohio State. Game
time in Columbus, Ohio, against the Buckeyes is slated for 12:00 p.m. CT at
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
