University of Evansville juniors Mike Luttrull (Indianapolis, Ind./Avon) and Robby Lynch (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) are among the 11 first-team members of the Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete Team.
Luttrull is one of four members of the MVC squad who was chosen last week for the Division I Men's Soccer Academic All-America Team. A second team all-MVC selection, he was the Aces' fourth leading scorer in 2009 with five goals and one assist for 11 points, and was UE's State Farm Player of the Game in the Nov. 15 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship match. Luttrull has a 3.82 grade point average, majoring in accounting. Four others on the MVC honor squad were finalists for the Academic All-America Team, including Lynch, who was a first team all-MVC midfielder. Lynch finished second in scoring for UE with five goals and five assists for 15 points. An exercise science major, he has a 3.58 GPA. Evansville finished with a 12-8-1 record for its fourth consecutive winning season. Coach Mike Jacobs' Aces reached the MVC Tournament finals for the first time since 1996.
The Valley's scholar-athlete team is voted on by the league's soccer sports information directors. The criteria for the all-MVC honor parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular-season matches or played in the league tournament. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution.
First Team
Calvin Clark, Drake Sr. 3.73 Corporate Finance
Johannes Demarzi, Missouri State Jr. 3.42 Political Science
Luke Gorczyca, Drake Sr. 3.64 Finance
Matt Kuhn, Drake Jr. 4.00 Accounting
Mike Luttrull, Evansville Jr. 3.82 Accounting
Robby Lynch, Evansville Jr. 3.58 Exercise Science
Heath Melugin, Missouri State So. 3.93 Cell & Molecular Biology
Ted Schleisman, Drake Jr.4.00 Actuary Science & Finance
Kevin Shrout, Drake Sr.3.40 Management & Marketing
Seth Sinovic, Creighton Sr. 3.47 Economics
Brian Wurst, Drake Sr. 4.00 Management
