• 2011 Daktronics All-America release (pdf)

Seattle Pacific, which participated in the postseason for the first time in five years, placed Tyler Schultz and Jon Pearman on the Daktronics All-America men's soccer team for NCAA Division II competitors.

SPU was one of only two schools to have a pair of first-team selections, joining Franklin Pierce.

Also earning All-America acclaim was Falcons junior goalkeeper Zach Johnson who received honorable mention recognition. A product of Snohomish (Wash.) High School, Johnson compiled 11 shutouts and a 0.88 goals against average.

A senior from Scottsdale, Ariz., Schultz scored 16 goals and assisted on three others to lead the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with 35 points. In November, he was honored as the GNAC and West Region Player of the Year.

Schultz' 16 goals equal the highest single-season output by an SPU player since 1993. Eight of his scoring strikes were game-winning goals for the Falcons, who finished the season with a 14-4-2 record.

The SPU men made their first playoff appearance since 2006 and notched a 2-1 overtime win over Cal State Dominguez Hills in the opening round. The Falcons lost 3-2 to Cal State L.A. in the West Region championship game.

Schultz completed his career with 38 goals, the ninth-highest figure among all-time SPU scorers.

Pearman, a junior from Glendale, Ariz., anchored a Falcons defense that allowed just 18 goals in 20 games and produced a mid-season streak of six straight shutouts. He was named the 2011 GNAC Defensive Player of the Year.

The All-America team is sponsored for the sixth year by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team was voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).


2011 Daktronics Men's Soccer All-America Team - NCAA Division II
(* repeat selection)

First Team
Pos., Name, School, Class, Ht., Hometown
GK, Ryan Bass, Rockhurst, So., Jackson, Mo.
F, Tesho Akindele*, Colorado School of Mines, So., Thornton, Colo.
F, Mark Anderson, Barry, Sr., Durham, England
F, Chance Bukoski, Hawaii Pacific, Sr., Kapaa, Hawaii
F, Lasse Sohrweide*, Anderson, Sr., Flensberg, Germany
MF, Tyler Schultz, Seattle Pacific, Sr., Scottsdale, Ariz.
MF, Diego Tabares, Franklin Pierce, Sr., Seekonk, Mass
MF, Joseph Toby, Flagler, Jr., Freetown, Sierra Leone
MF, Rob Vincent, Charleston, Jr., Liverpool, England
D, Fabian Kling, Fort Lewis, Sr., Augsburg, Germany
D, Jon Pearman, Seattle Pacific, Jr.  Glendale, Ariz.
D, Tom Reilly*, Franklin Pierce, Sr., Wallasey, England
D, Taylor Rivas, Cal State Los Angeles, Sr., Lancaster, Calif.

2011 National Player of the Year: Mark Anderson, Sr., Barry

Second Team
GK, Ryan Wirth, Fort Lewis, Sr., Bayfield, Colo.
F, Terry Gibbs, Bloomfield, Sr., London, England
F, Scott Grode, Metro State, Sr., Gilbert, Ariz.
F, Mark Magee, Rockhurst, So., Evesham, England
F, Erik Pajunk, Barton, So., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MF, Nathan Fitzgerald, Midwestern State, Sr., Wichita Falls, Texas
MF, Felix Horn, Nyack, So., Haille, Germany
MF, Alex Nass, Colorado School of Mines, Jr., Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
MF, Greg Shertzer, Lock Haven, Sr., Lebanon, Pa.
D, Berekk Blackwell, Fort Lewis, Sr., Scottsdale, Ariz.
D, Kyle Miller, Rockhurst, Sr., Overland Park, Kan.
D, Ryan Spence, Midwestern State, Sr., Decatur, Texas
D, Clayton Ulmer, Bridgeport, So., Hamden, Conn.

Third Team
GK, Vinny Papageorgiou, Franklin Pierce, Sr., Wilmington, Mass.
F, Luis Gonzalez, Cal Poly Pomona, Sr., Long Beach, Calif.
F, Thomas Hoang, Fort Lewis, Sr., Colorado Springs, Colo.
F, Cristobal Montes, Notre Dame de Namur, Sr., Fremont, Calif.
F, Saeed Robinson, Grand Canyon, Jr., Portmore, Jamaica
MF, Johan Bergfeld, Flagler, Sr., Akers Styckebruk, Sweden
MF, Diego Cabral, Fort Hays State, Fr., Asuncion, Paraguay
MF, Heiko Eberhardt, Lynn, Jr., Reichenbach, Germany
MF, Oscar Yniguez, Notre Dame de Namur, Sr., Redwood City, Calif.
D, John Claffey, Millersville, Sr., Glen Mills, Pa.
D, Justin Clark, Rollins, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.
D, Andrew Mejia, Metro State, So., Littleton, Colo.
D, Jason Sangha, Lynn, Fr., Southampton, England

Honorable Mention
GK, Chris Fidler, Incarnate Word, Gr.  Bramhall, Cheshire, England
GK, Zach Johnson, Seattle Pacific, Jr.  Snohomish, Wash.
GK, Johnny Rodrigues, Barry, Jr.  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
F, Jose Ferraz, Christian Brothers, Fr.   Belo Horizonte, Brazil
F, Harald Gracholski, Lynn, Gr.  Cologne, Germany
F, Dion Peters, Charleston, Jr., Trincity, Trinidad
F, Chris Tsonis, Southern New Hampshire, Jr., Dartmouth, Mass.
MF, Robert Kinsey, Colorado State-Pueblo, Sr., Denver, Colo.
MF, Keith Lough, Northwood, Sr., Edinburgh, Scotland
MF, Guilherme Oliveira, Barry, Jr., Belo Horizonte, Brazil
MF, Andreas Olson, C.W. Post, Jr., Oppeid, Norway
MF, Eric Pepper, Millersville, Sr., Reading, Pa.
MF, Philip Wilson, Colorado School of Mines, Sr., Mansfield, Texas
MF, Chris Yoder, Metro State, Sr., Gilbert, Ariz.
D, Eirik Bjoernoe, C.W. Post, So., Randaberg, Norway
D, Kyle Cadigan, Cal State Stanislaus, So., Clovis, Calif.
D, Brian Fekete, Tampa, Jr., Plant City, Fla.
D, Mike Kalas, California, Sr., Irwin, Pa.
D, Danny Stoker, Queens, Jr., London, England
D, Nick Sykes, Grand Canyon, Sr., Boise, Idaho