November 6, 2007

Charles’ Tabbed GNAC Player of the Year

BILLINGS, Mont. – The Montana State Billings men’s soccer team capped off its season of numerous accomplishments by having eight players named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Star team. 

Sam Charles, a sophomore forward from Weymouth, England, was voted unanimously as the GNAC Player of the Year.  This follows last season’s honor of being named the Freshman of the Year in the Jackets former conference, the Heartland.  Charles finished the season as the GNAC’s regular-season leading scorer with 41 points.  His 19 goals and 41 points rank second highest in GNAC conference history.  He also led the conference with seven game-winning goals.  Charles ranks first in school history for goals scored in a single season, total points in a single season, and for consecutive games with at least one goal scored at eight.

Junior midfielder, Justin Hoskins (Billings) was also named to the All-Conference first team.  Hoskins’ teammates Scott Dixon, a freshman midfielder from Dorset, England and Chris Cornish, a midfielder from Surrey, England were named to the second team. 

Greg McKeever, a senior defender from Kirkland, Wash., was named to the Honorable Mention team along with teammates Tom Milroy, a freshman defender from Aberdeen, Scotland, Josh Hernandez, a senior defender from Palmdale, Calif., and Sander Tollefson, a sophomore goal keeper from Missoula.

As a team, the Yellowjackets posted a 13-4-1 overall record.  In the team’s first season in the GNAC they were 5-2-1 in league play.  MSUB broke the school record for goals scored in a single season (46), scoring average (2.55), goals against average (0.776), shutout percentage (0.50), shutouts (9), and consecutive wins (8).  The team also went unbeaten at home this season going 8-0-0.

	Sam Charles	Justin Hoskins
	Scott Dixon	Chris Cornish
Greg McKeever	Tom Milroy	Josh Hernandez	Sander Tollefson