SPOKANE, Wash. - Northwest Nazarene University's Renatto Brito has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Newcomer-of-the-Year and leads five Crusaders to be named to the 2009 GNAC Men's Soccer All-Star Team, as announced by the conference office this week.
Brito, a midfielder from Boring, Ore., was the Crusaders No. 2 scorer with five goals that included two game-winners. In addition to his Newcomer-of-the-Year honor, Renatto was also named to the second-team of the all-conference squad.
"Renatto was a great addition to our program this year and is a bright spot in both his character and his play," commented NNU head coach Coe Michaelson. "He is such a great kid...I am excited for him to earn this honor."
2009 GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER ALL-STAR TEAM
First Team - *++Sam Charles, MSUB (F, 6-3, Sr., Chiswell, England); *Xan Nixon, SMU (F, 6-1, So., Seattle, WA); *Tyler Schultz, SPU (F, 5-11, So., Scottsdale, AZ); *Kellan Brown, WWU (M, 5-7, So., Tacoma, WA); *+Ruben Orozco, SMU (M, 5-10, So., Des Moines, WA); *+Alec Nelson, SPU (M, 5-11, Sr., Lynnwood, WA); Oscar Jimenez, WWU (M, 5-8, So., Mt. Vernon, WA); *+Elliot Morton, SPU (D, 6-4, So., Tacoma, WA); Tom Milroy, MSUB (D, 6-0, Sr., Aberdeen, Scotland); Chris Brundage, WWU (D, 6-1, Fr., Gig Harbor, WA); Zac Lubin, SMU (GK, 6-5, Jr., Bozeman, MT). *Unanimous +Repeater ++Two-time repeater
Second Team – Gibson Bardsley, WWU (F, 5-11, Jr., Fall City, WA); Chris Andre, MSUB (M, 6-0, Jr., Billings, MT); Alonso Avila, NNU (M, 5-9, Sr., Yuma, AZ); Vlad Voin, SMU (M, 5-10, Jr., Everett, WA); Drew Williams, SPU (M, 5-7, So., Bend, OR); Mitch Barrows, WWU (M, 5-11, Sr., Ferndale, WA); Renatto Brito, NNU (M, 5-9, Jr., Boring, OR); Jon Pearman, SPU (D, 6-2, Fr., Glendale, AZ); Kyle Gaedke, NNU (D, 5-9, So., Puyallup, WA); Erik Orozco, SMU (D, 5-6, Jr., Federal Way, WA); Ross Carmichael, MSUB (D, 6-3, So., Weymouth, England); Kaleb Kuehn, SPU (GK, 6-0, Jr., Marysville, WA).
Honorable Mention - Garion Holian, MSUB (F, 5-11, So., Missoula, MT); John Stump, NNU (F, 5-10, Jr., Yakima, WA); Chris Morris, SPU (M, 6-0, Fr., Mercer Island, WA); Jeremy DeHerrera, MSUB (M, 6-2, Sr., Kalispell, MT); Tyler Moriarty, MSUB (M, 6-0, Jr., Bozeman, MT) ; Salvador Sanchez, NNU (M, 5-10, Fr., Ontario, OR); Sean Connor, WWU (D, 5-10. So., Mt. Vernon, WA); James Schmid, SMU (D, 5-11, So., Maple Valley, WA); Chris Jepson, WWU (D, 6-0, Sr., Bellingham, WA); Brandon Scott, SMU (D, 5-7, Fr., Tacoma, WA); Tony Armitage, SMU (D, 5-10, So., Federal Way, WA); Caleb Nyone, SPU (D, 6-0, Fr., Happy Valley, OR).; Matt Mitchell, MSUB (GK, 6-0, Jr., Thornton, CO);Cameron Copps-Tilley, WWU (GK, 6-1, Sr., Vancouver, WA)
Player-of-the-Year – Sam Charles, Montana State Billings. Newcomer-of-the-Year – Renato Brito, Northwest Nazarene. Freshman-of-the-Year – Jon Pearman, Seattle Pacific and Chris Brundage, Western Washington. Coach-of-the-Year – Rob Walker, Saint Martin’s.