Nov. 6, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Horizon League announced on Wednesday afternoon that junior men’s soccer player Braden Fleak (Sunbury, Ohio/Big Walnut H.S.) was named to the All-Horizon League First Team. The selection is the second in the career for Fleak and comes on the opening day of the 2008 Horizon League Tournament.

 

Fleak tallied eight goals this season for the Raiders and leads the squad with 16 total points. The junior leads the league in shots (71) and ranks in a tie for second in goals (8) and is fifth in points (16). This season, Fleak has posted two match winning goals, has scored the first goal of the match six times and has netted five of his goals in Horizon League play.

 

For his career, the junior sits in tenth on the all-time goals scored list with 24 markers and has 53 total points to rank 11^th on the career charts. The Sunbury, Ohio native has taken 162 shots in his career, good for eighth on the all-time list.

Fleak also earned First Team All-League honors during his rookie season in 2006. That season, he tallied 13 goals and brought home the Horizon Leauge Newcomer of the Year award.

 

 The Raiders will open up Horizon League Tournament action tonight (November 6) at home against the Panthers of Milwaukee. The Raiders will take to the pitch at 7:00 at Alumni Field.

 

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First Team All-Horizon League

F          Braden Fleak, Wright State

F          Eduardo Garcia, Butler

F          Frank Patano, Butler

F          Tosaint Ricketts, Green Bay

F          Slavisa Ubiparipovic, Cleveland State

M         JC Banks, Green Bay

M         Eric Gehrig, Loyola

M         Baggio Husidic, UIC

M         Keum Sung Kim, Loyola

D         Robert Younger, UIC

GK       Jovan Bubonja, UIC

 

 

Second Team All-Horizon League

F          Boris Gatzky, Butler

F          Oscar Lomeli, Valparaiso

F          Matt Spiess, UIC

M         Eric Frazier, Milwaukee

M         Kyle Pateros, Butler

M         David Prochazka, Green Bay

M         Renato Susnja, Detroit

D         Mitch Boyer, Cleveland State

D         Alen Husidic, UIC

D         Tony Walls, Green Bay

GK       Matt Hegeman, Butler

 

Horizon League All-Newcomer Team

F          Scott Waggoner, Loyola

M         Eric Frazier, Milwaukee

M         Rodolfo Lucas, Valparaiso

M         Justin Mancine, Cleveland State

M         Julian Serrato, UIC

D         Stephen Byer, Cleveland State

D         Matt Hedges, Butler

D         Tony Maxey, Milwaukee

D         Tony Walls, Green Bay

D         Erik Warren, Loyola

GK       Kyle Zobeck, Valparaiso

 

Player of the Year: Baggio Husidic, UIC

Offensive Player of the Year: Baggio Husidic, UIC

Defensive Player of the Year: Robert Younger, UIC

Goalkeeper of the Year: Jovan Bubonja, UIC

Newcomer of the Year: Tony Walls, Green Bay

Coach of the Year: John Trask, UIC