2001 NSCAA West All-Region Team

2001 NSCAA West All-Region Teams

Chance Buzzell Named to the NSCAA West All-Region First Team.

Concordia senior Chance Buzzell (Anoka, Minn.) was named to the NSCAA West All-Region first team..

Concordia senior forward Chance Buzzell (Sr., Anoka, Minn.) was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) West All-Region first team. It is the first national honor for Buzzell and caps a season that earned him all-conference honors and the runner-up spot in the ballot for conference MVP.

It is the first time since 1999 that a Cobber player has earned all-region honors. Eric Singer ('00, Plymouth, Minn.) was named to the Midwest All-Region second team that year. Only two other Concordia players have garnered first team recognition. Peter Curry ('96, Plymouth, Minn.) was the first Cobber in 1995 to gain the region's highest honor,  and Todd Hashbarger ('98, Fargo, N.Dak.) was named to the team in 1997. Curry is the school's all-time leading scorer with 112 career points, while Hashbarger was a three-time all-region performer.

Buzzell led the Cobbers in scoring with 9 goals and 11 assists for 29 points.  In the MIAC he tallied three goals and four assists. He was the offensive leader of the team that upped their goal output from 19 goals in 2000 to 40 goals in 2001. He finished his four-year career with 20 goals and 24 assists which places him fifth on the school's all-time points list. He also set a school record this season in assists in a game, when he assisted on four goals in the game against UW-Superior.

He is one of only four players from the MIAC to be named to the all-region first team. Also being honored were Mike Rutter , a junior midfielder from St. John's and Brendan Mayer and Kimani Williams from Macalester. Both Mayer and Williams are seniors. Mayer was named the MVP of the MIAC and Williams led the conference in scoring. The MIAC placed 11 players on the three all-region teams.

 

2001 NSCAA West All-Region Teams
1st Team
Pos Name            Yr   School      Hometown
G   James Harding    Jr.  Claremont   Bethesda, Md.
D   Eric Henderson   Jr.  Claremont   LaCanada, Calif.
D   Brendan Mayer    Sr.  Macalester  Fairfax Station, Va.
D   Matt Stueckle    Sr.  Whitworth   Spokane, Wash.
M   Merrick Brownlee Sr.  George Fox  Eugene, Ore.
M   Ryan Hoke        Sr.  Redlands    Seattle, Wash.
M   Michael Rutter   Jr.  St. John’s  Apple Valley, Minn.
F   Chance Buzzell   Sr.  Concordia   Anoka, Minn.
F   Trevor Mutch     Sr.  Claremont   Glendale, Calif.
F   Chris Raymond    Jr.  Puget Sound University Place, Wash.
F   Kimani Williams  Sr.  Macalester  Kingston, Jamaica
Second Team
G   Ross Smith       Sr.  Gustavus    Mound, Minn.
D   David Ludwin     Sr.  Puget Sound Ft. Collins, Colo.
D   Aaron Nessman    Sr.  Redlands    Redlands, Calif.
D   Andy O’Shay      Sr.  Redlands    Claremont, Calif.
M   Eric Brown       Sr.  St. Mary’s  Cary, Ill.
M   Martin Oppenheimer Sr. Macalester Djursholm, Sweden
M   Dave Pendergast  Sr.  Luther      Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
F   Shanon Hopkins   Sr.  Linfield    Hilo, Hawaii
F   Sean McGinnis    Jr.  Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colo.
F   Shaun Mutch      Sr.  Claremont   Glendale, Calif.
F   Brendon Taguinod Sr.  UC Santa Cruz Vacaville, Calif.
Third Team
G   Rick Issacson    Jr.  Luther      Urbandale, Iowa.
D   Anyen Hu         So.  Pomona Pitzer Sunnyvale, Calif.
D   Adam MacLeod-Roth Jr. Gustavus    Minneapolis, Minn.
D   Matt Raplinger   So.  St. Thomas  Kansas City, Mo.
M   Pepe Chavez      Jr.  Bethel      Seattle, Wash.
M   Garrett Jansma   Sr.  Claremont   Newport Beach, Calif.
M   Mike Semenza     Jr.  Willamette  Honolulu, Hawaii
F   Bryan Erickson   Sr.  George Fox  Chehalis, Wash.
F   Joe Gohr         Jr.  Neb. Wesleyan Omaha, Neb.
F   Dakota Loomis    Sr.  Carleton    Lawrence, Kan.
F  Justin Wells     So.  Redlands    Redlands, Calif.

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