Stephen Conner And Ben Taylor Are 2nd Team All-American’s

KANSAS CITY – Northern Kentucky junior forward Steven Beattie has been named to the Daktronics, Inc. Men’s Soccer All-America First Team as announced by the organization on Wednesday. Beattie is one of eight GLVC men’s soccer student-athletes to earn All-America recognition by Daktronics, Inc.

Beattie, the 2008 and 2009 GLVC Player of the Year, is a first-team selection for the second consectuive seson. He was named the 2008 Ron Lenz National Player of the Year in 2008 and returned in 2009 to post 19 goals and 44 points for the Norse.

Drury’s Stephen Conner and Ben Taylor were each named to the All-America Second Team. Conner, a goalkeeper for the Panthers, was named the 2009 GLVC Defensive Player of the Year. The pair helped Drury to the school’s first GLVC Championship title in 2009.

Teammate Micah Whorton and Bellarmine’s Ross Hopkins earned Third-Team All-America honors and Drury’s Andrew Bordelon and Peter Higgins and Lewis’ Zac Bond received Honorable Mention honors.

Sports information directors from NCAA Division II schools and conferences sponsoring men’s soccer selected the Daktronics All-America teams. The process begins at the regional level with all first team All-Region picks advancing to teh national ballot. This is the fourth year Daktronics has sponsored the NCAA Division II men’s soccer All-America and All-Region teams.

The team is sponsored 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 is voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).