"This probably excites me as much as anything we've achieved over the last couple of years," Bulldog head coach Sean Holmes commented.  "Our goal was to become a good soccer team, do it with great guys, to do it with really good students and to have accumulated so many academic honors by kids who are also really good players was what we've always wanted to do all along."

To be nominated for consideration, student-athletes must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) throughout their career; start more than 50 percent of all games and be a significant contributor to the team; be nominated by an institution that is a current NSCAA College Services member; be a junior or above in academic standing at the current institution and either be in their second year at the current school if a transfer student.

In addition, Shrout, Gorczyca, senior Calvin Clark (Overland Park, Kan./St. Thomas Aquinas) and junior Matt Kuhn (Raytown, Mo./Raytown South) were named first team All-Midwest Region Scholar selections

Senior Brian Wurst (Kansas City, Mo./Park Hill South), junior Nick Foster (West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley) and redshirt junior Ted Schleisman (Verona, Wis./Middleton) garnered second team all-region scholar accolades.

Gorczyca, who owns a 3.59 grade point average in corporate finance, started all 25 games for Drake this fall and led the team in game-winners (3), while ranking second in goals (7) and fourth in both points (16) and shots (32).  A first team All-MVC performer as a senior, he established a new school record for career games played (82).  His two goals in the NCAA Tournament at Boston College were the second-best single-game mark in Tournament play, while he also ranked first in game-winning goals (2), second in total goals (3) and fifth in total points (6).

Repeating his second team selection as a junior, Shrout, a management and marketing major owns a 3.4 GPA.  He started all 24 games that he played in this season and led the Bulldogs in assists (8) and shots (55), while ranking second in points (18), shots on goal (19) and game-winners (2) and fourth in goals (5).  A first team All-MVC selection, his 55 shots represented the fifth-best single-season mark in school history.  Ranked fifth in total points (6) and in total assists (2) and seventh in total goals (2) in the NCAA Tournament.

Majoring in corporate finance, Clark boasts a 3.73 GPA. Starting all 25 games for Drake, Clark recorded two goals and added an assist from his starting defender's slot. He was an anchor of a Bulldog defensive unit that posted eight shutouts.

An accounting major, Kuhn maintains a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA. He started all 25 games for Drake and ranked second and third on the team, respectively, in assists (7) and points (17).

A management major, Wurst maintains a perfect 4.0 GPA. He started all 25 games at his defender position for the Bulldogs, who recorded eight shutouts this season.

Schleisman holds a perfect 4.0 GPA in actuary science and finance and appeared in 11 games for Drake, including four starts.

2009 NSCAA/adidas Men's College Scholar All-America Team

University Division

Second Team

K, Clint Irwin, Jr., Elon, Charlotte, N.C., Political Science, 3.37

D, Simon Ejdemyr, Sr., New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M., Political Science, 4.00

D, Chris Taylor, Jr., Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla., Economics, 3.70

D, Steven Kinney, Sr., Elon, Norcross, Ga., Accounting, 3.70

D, Craig Henderson *, Sr., Dartmouth, Wellington, New Zealand, Anthropology, 3.58

D, Roger Bothe, Sr., William & Mary, Chester, Pa., Finance, 3.50

M, Luke Gorczyca, Sr., Drake, Overland Park, Kan., Corporate Finance, 3.59

M, Kevin Shrout  *, Sr., Drake, Lee's Summit, Mo., Management & Marketing, 3.40

M, Robby Lynch, Jr., Evansville, Carmel, Ind., Physical Therapy, 3.58

F, Kevin Munz, Sr., Stetson, Jupiter, Fla., International Business, 3.37

F, Matt Bouraee, Sr., Cornell, Manasquan, N.J., Natural Resources, 3.46

F, Alex Torda *, Sr., Dayton, Dallas, Texas, Entrepreneurship, 3.60