For Immediate Release Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016

For Immediate Release Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 Tiffin’s Landell Headlines 2016 D2 CCA All-Midwest Region Men’s Soccer Teams Rockhurst leads the region with five players on the all-region squads QUINCY, Ill. – Tiffin University senior forward Andre Landell has been named the Division 2 Conference Commissioners Association (D2 CCA) Midwest Region Player of the Year, headlining a group of 26 players named to the All-Midwest Region teams. The D2 CCA Player of the Year award and all-region teams are nominated and selected by the region’s sports information directors. Landell led the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in goals with 15 and was second in the conference assists and points. He was named the 2016 GLIAC Offensive Player of the Year, an award he also claimed in 2014. Landell ranks in the top 15 in Division II and goals and points. He is a four-time All-GLIAC selection and was previously named an NSCAA AllAmerican. Landell helped the Dragons win the GLIAC Tournament Championship and attain the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Regional. Joining Landell on the D2 CCA All-Midwest Region first team are Davis & Elkins’ Lukas Grosse-Puppendahl (B); Drury’s David Cross (B) and Antoine Vial (M); Missouri S&T’s Felipe Andrade (F); Quincy’s Taylor Reis (MF); Rockhurst’s Gianluca Bottoni (MF), Kaleb Jackson (MF) and Connor Mullen (B); Saginaw Valley State’s Andrew Dalou (MF), Tyler Stephens (B) and Matt Wilson (F); and Southern Indiana’s Adam Zehme (GK). The all-region second team is comprised of Alderson Broaddus’ Shavon John-Brown (F); Missouri-St. Louis’ Joe Rund (B); Ohio Dominican’s Ryan Kasprzak (F); Ohio Valley’s Camilo Sarmiento (B); Rockhurst’s Evan Craig (B) and Logan Feldmann (GK); Saginaw Valley State’s Troy Watson (MF); Southern Indiana’s Eric Ramirez (F); Kyle Richardville (MF) and Michael Sass (B); and Tiffin’s Michael Bottomley (MF), Scott Byrom (MF) and Michael McPeek (F). The 13 first team all-region players will now be placed on the national ballot for All-America consideration. The All-America teams will be released Wednesday, Nov. 30. The complete AllMidwest Region teams follow. -CCA-

2016 CCA NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer All-Midwest Region Teams First Team Pos. Name GK Adam Zehme B David Cross B Lukas Grosse-Puppendahl B Connor Mullen B Tyler Stephens MF Gianluca Bottoni (15-2) MF Andrew Dalou MF Taylor Reis (15-1) MF Antoine Vial F Felipe Andrade F Kaleb Jackson (15-2) F Andre Landell (14-1) F Matt Wilson

School Southern Indiana Drury Davis & Elkins Rockhurst Saginaw Valley St. Rockhurst Saginaw Valley St. Quincy Drury Missouri S&T Rockhurst Tiffin Saginaw Valley St.

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Hometown Orland Park, Ill. Bannockburn, Scotland Haltern, Germany St. Louis, Mo. Roseville, Mich. Rome, Italy West Bloomfield, Mich. Quincy, Ill. Sete, France Belo Horizonte, Brazil St. Louis, Mo. Birmingham, England Huron Valley, Mich.

Second Team Pos. Name GK Logan Feldmann (15-1) B Evan Craig B Joe Rund B Camilo Sarmiento B Michael Sass MF Michael Bottomley MF Scott Byrom MF Kyle Richardville MF Troy Watson (15-1) F Shavon John-Brown F Ryan Kasprzak F Michael McPeek (14-2) F Eric Ramirez

School Rockhurst Rockhurst Missouri-St. Louis Ohio Valley Southern Indiana Tiffin Tiffin Southern Indiana Saginaw Valley St. Alderson Broaddus Ohio Dominican Tiffin Southern Indiana

Yr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr.

Hometown Wentzville, Mo. Springfield, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Bogota, Colombia New Palestine, Ind. Huddersfield, England Burnley, England Vincennes, Ind. Toronto, Ontario Brooklyn, N.Y. Hilliard, Ohio Sylvania, Ohio Vincennes, Ind.

Midwest Region Player of the Year : Andre Landell, Tiffin, Sr. (Birmingham, England)