Eagles Have Four Named All-GLVC
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — University of Southern Indiana freshman forward Eric Ramirez (Vincennes, Indiana) was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and first-team All-Conference at the GLVC Men’s and Women’s Soccer Awards Banquet Thursday night in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ramirez becomes the first USI men’s soccer player to be named Freshman of the Year since Kyle Penick in 2002.
Ramirez, despite missing the last two matches due to injury, leads the Eagles in scoring with 21 points on a USI freshman-best and team-high 10 goals and one assist. He broke the USI freshman record for goals that was set by Eric Schoenstein when he posted nine in USI’s 1988 run to the GLVC championship.
Joining Ramirez in earning first-team All-GLVC honors was junior goalkeeper Adam Zehme (Orland Park, Illinois). Zehme has had a career season in 2016, posting career-highs in wins (13), saves (68), and shutouts (7). The junior goalkeeper, who has a 0.85 goals against average (GAA) this fall, moved into the USI top four all-time with 12 career shutouts.
Senior defender Michael Sass (New Palestine, Indiana) and junior midfielder Kyle Richardville (Vincennes, Indiana) were named to the second-team All-GLVC. Sass has helped lead the Eagles’ defense to a 0.85 team GAA, while posting three points on one goal and one assist.
Richardville, who has missed the last three matches with an injury, has been the igniter of the USI offense this fall and follows Ramirez in the scoring column with 19 points on seven goals and five assists. Richardville’s seven goals and five assists also rank second on the Eagles.
The third-seeded Eagles, who are ranked 20th nationally, continue GLVC Tournament action Friday night at 7:30 p.m. (CDT) when they play seventh-seeded University of Indianapolis at Carroll Stadium in Indianapolis. The GLVC Championship game is slated for 2 p.m. (CST) Sunday at Carroll Stadium, featuring the winner of the USI-UIndy contest against the winner of match between top-seeded Rockhurst University and fifth-seeded Quincy University.
