Dec. 21, 2007

TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Wright State men's soccer team received accolades from CollegeSoccerNews.com for the second straight season, as freshman Carl Ebers was named to the Third Team All-Freshman squad on Friday afternoon.

Ebers joins teammate Braden Fleak as the only two players in school history to garner the award from CollegeSoccerNews.com, as Fleak was a Second Team All-Freshman selection last season.

The Sweden native was the only player from the Horizon League to garner this honor this season and one of only 33 freshman honored by the website.

Ebers joined the Raiders from Malmo, Sweden and was an anchor in the midfield for WSU this season. The rookie started 20 of 21 matches this season and tallied a goal and an assist this season. Ebers assisted on the match winning tally at IPFW and then netted a marker in the regular season finale against IUPUI.

With the Newcomer of the Year honor, Ebers added to WSU's league leading total of players to garner that honor. The freshman was the fifth player to be named top rookie in the league, two more than any other member, and joins teammate and 2006 Newcomer of the Year Braden Fleak as only the fourth set of teammates to win the honor in back-to-back seasons.

It was the second time WSU has garnered back-to-back Newcomer of the Year honors, with Marco Elcock and Bret Jones winning the award in 1998 and 1999. The five WSU players to garner the honor include Elcock, Fleak, Jones, Ricky Strong and now Ebers.

With the Second Team All-League honor, Ebers gave WSU a member of the All-League Team during each of their 14 years as a member of the Horizon League.

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