West Virginia Wesleyan College Men's Soccer

'Cats Honored at First Annual All-Sports Banquet

West Virginia Wesleyan held its first annual All-Sports Banquet Sunday night in the French A. See Dining Hall. “A Celebration of the Student-Athlete” presented by Mr. Marvin Culpepper ’51, Hon. ’06 brought together all of Wesleyan’s 18 athletic teams for a night of honoring the 2009 seniors and remembering the championship highlights of the past season.
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Peters Named To NSCAA All-American Team
courtesy WVWC Sports Information

The awards and recognition continue to pile up for senior Bobcat soccer player Anthony Peters (pictured). With the announcement of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's (NSCAA) Division II All-American team on Friday, Peters can now add All-American honors to his list of personal achievements.

Peters, a 6'5", 200 pound senior from Baton Rouge, LA, tallied seven goals and two assists for a season total of 16 points. He carried a shot on goal percentage of .405 and was credited for three game winning goals.

To go along with his All-American honors, Peters was recently named the WVIAC Player of the Year. He also earned a spot on the All-WVIAC team as well as the NSCAA All-Atlantic Region team.

Head coach Gavin Donaldson was pleased to hear of Peters honors and said that his talent and leadership would be missed next season.

"Anthony was well deserving of this award," Donaldson said. "As a leader of this team, he played a large role in our success. He is not your prototypical Division II athlete and it will be a challenge to replace him."

Wesleyan finished the season with a record of 11-8-2 and won the regular season WVIAC championship.

Boyd Gains First Team All-Region Selection

West Virginia Wesleyan's Dylan Boyd and Shepherd's Jeffers Frazier represent the WVIAC on the Daktronics All-Atlantic Region Men's Soccer first team. The squad is selected by sports information directors from across the region. The Atlantic Region consists of the WVIAC and the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference for men's soccer.

2008 Daktronics Inc. All-Atlantic Region Men's Soccer Team

First team
GK – Larry Pokrywa, East Stroudsburg
B – Dylan Boyd, West Virginia Wesleyan
B – Danny Drago, East Stroudsburg
B – Nick Helbig, California
B – Matt Procopio, Millersville
MF – Toby Bowser, Slippery Rock
MF – Jeffers Frazier, Shepherd
MF – Jason Shegda, East Stroudsburg
F – Roshane Ellison, East Stroudsburg
F – Mike Luecke, California
F – Sean McLaughlin, Millersville

Player of the Year – Roshane Ellison, East Stroudsburg

Second team
GK – Greg Blum, Slippery Rock
B – Patrick Conley, Slippery Rock
B – Roberto Jofra, Ohio Valley
B – James Kpainay, Davis & Elkins
B – Jeff Sandusky, Shepherd
MF – Daniel Kwafo, Davis & Elkins
MF – Shakir McCoy, California
MF – Toric Robinson, East Stroudsburg
F – Billy Colton, Mercyhurst
F – Jeremy Deighton, Slippery Rock
F – Afrim Latifi, Gannon