Oct. 21, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The NAIA Men's Soccer national weekly honors have been announced and Brion Ehman of Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) was announced as National Defensive Player of the Week while Lyall Menzies of Grand View (Iowa) was named National Offensive Player of the Week, for the week of Oct. 13-19.

Ehman, a 6-0 junior goalkeeper from Salamanca, N.Y., had a big week in goal for Roberts Wesleyan.  Against West Virginia Tech, he had two saves in  a 3-1 victory.  He followed that with a seven-save performance as the Raiders upset then-No. 1 Rio Grande (Ohio) 1-0.  In the team's third and final game of the week, Ehman was in goal for 80 minutes of Roberts Wesleyan's 5-1 win over Shawnee State (Ohio).  For the week, Ehman had nine saves in 260 minutes and his team went 3-0.

Menzies, a 5-11 forward from Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada, was a force for Grand View last week.  The senior netted three goals and added an assist in the Vikings' 4-2 win over St. Ambrose (Iowa).  The hat trick was his third of the season.  Menzies added a goal and assist later in the week, as Grand View downed Mount Mercy (Iowa) 2-1.  For the week, Menzies had four goals, two assists and ten total points

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Offensive Nominees:
Freddy Okello, Mid-Continent (Ky.); Ali Katrib, Mountain State (W.V.); Marc Pierre, Union (Ky.); Fernando Mendoza, Texas-Brownsville; Devon Strecker, Doane (Neb.); Justin Beck, William Jewell (Mo.); Turlien Romulus, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Jose Garay, Kansas Wesleyan; Andrew Anderson, Maine-Fort Kent; Robert Whitnell, Shorter (Ga.); Jason Parmenter, Judson (Ill.); Brennan Troyer, Goshen (Ind.); Jakub Piotrowski, Illinois-Springfield; Aj Barrett, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Dustin Tiddick, Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.); Caio Martinelle, Oklahoma Baptist; Eric Kiebert, Madonna (Mich.); Daniel Spieth, Fresno Pacific (Calif.); Ben Stropes, Central Christian (Kan.); Jon Larsen, Concordia (Ore.)

Defensive Nominees:
Roberto Clerveaux, Mountain State (W.V.); Jonathan Shaw, Union (Ky.); Brett Borm, Lambuth (Tenn.); Cuyler Ziegler, Northwest Christian (Ore.); Brady Coffman, Bethel (Kan.); Massimo Collu-Marchese, Bethel (Tenn.); Matt Walker, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Mamadou Danso, Southern Polytechnic (Ga.); Zach Wallace, Belhaven (Miss.); Thabo Ramogagne, Huston-Tillotson (Tex.); Roland Day, Cumberlands (Ky.); Bryce Flynn, Lindenwood (Mo.); Ben Richardson, Aquinas (Mich.); Damion Stone, Maine-Fort Kent; Chance Walker, Illinois-Springfield; Jaime Garzon, Warner Southern (Fla.); Sebastian Narvaez, Bellevue (Neb.); Ricardo Moreira, Science and Arts (Okla.); Tyler Sytsma, Northwestern (Iowa); Craig Hughes, Grand View (Iowa); James Crawford, Azusa Pacific (Calif.);  

2008 Composite Award Winners:
WEEK 1:
Offense: Ben Stropes (Central Christian) - Sr., F
Defense: Elliott Purdom (Viterbo) - So., GK

WEEK 2:
Offense: Robert Whitnell (Shorter) - Sr., F
Defense: Howard Fisher (Montreat) - Jr., GK