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 Andy Stadler, GW's leading scorer in 2007, was named to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference team Tuesday. |
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Stadler Named to A-10 Preseason Men's Soccer All-Conference Team
July 1, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, PA - George Washington junior forward Andy Stadler was named to the 2008 Atlantic 10 Preseason Men's Soccer All-Conference team as selected by the league's head coaches and announced by the conference office Tuesday. Incoming freshmen Yoni Berhanu and Brice Carr were chosen to the Preseason All-Rookie team.
Stadler led GW with 20 points and seven goals to earn second team All-Atlantic 10 and third team all-region honors as a sophomore in 2007. Stadler, who played in just 14 matches in 2007, ranked second in the A-10 with 1.43 points-per-game and also was in the top 3 in the league in goals per game (0.50) and assists per game (0.43). In 31 career matches, Stadler has totaled 26 points on eight goals and 10 assists.
Berhanu and Carr highlight one of the top recruiting classes of head coach George Lidster's 21-year tenure. Berhanu, the District's reigning Gatorade Player of the Year, had 40 goals and 19 assists as a senior at Sidwell Friends School to earn first team All-Met honors from The Washington Post and All-Metro recognition from the Washington Examiner.
Carr, a two-time adidas/NSCAA Youth Boys All-America selection (2004, 2007), spent his senior year as a member of the United States' U-17 National Team residency program at IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL, and was an alternate for the 2007 U.S. U-17 World Cup team. Prior to IMG Academy, Carr was a three-year starter at Marquette University High School where he helped the Hilltoppers to a state championship in 2005 and earned first team all-state honors in 2006.
Stadler is one of six returning starters and 16 returning letterwinners for the Colonials in 2008, while Berhanu and Carr are part of Lidster's nine-member recruiting class.
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GW posted its first winning season since 2004 with a 9-8-2 overall record in 2007. The Colonials finished 3-4-2 in A-10 play to miss qualifying for the conference tournament by three points. GW opens the 2008 season Friday, Aug. 29, against George Mason in the eighth annual DC College Cup at American's Reeves Field.
