November 8, 2007
 

Charles Named to Daktronics All-Region First Team

BILLINGS, Mont. – The accolades continue pouring in for Montana State Billings men’s soccer player Sam Charles as he was named to the 2007 Daktronics Far West Region First Team.  The Daktronics all-region teams are voted on by sports information directors in the region.

Charles, a sophomore forward from Weymouth, England was recently honored as the GNAC Player of the Year finishing 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 (8).

Charles has 26 career goals in just two seasons ranking him second in school history.  Charles currently ranks first in school history for career points per game (1.67) and for career goals per game (0.76), while ranking third for career points (57).

The Great Northwest Athletic Conference was represented by five players on the all-region first team and five players on the second team.  The Daktronics Far West Region Player of the Year was Andrew Bailey of Sonoma State.

First Team
Pos.    Name                             School                                      Year     Hometown
GK      Derby Carrillo                  Cal State Dominguez Hills             So.       La Mirada, Calif
D        Dustin Allbery                  Seattle                                         Sr.       Spokane, Wash.
D        Doug Carr                       Sonoma State                               Jr.        Fremont, Calif.
D        Kevin Gallaugher             Cal State Dominguez Hills              So.       Walnut Creek, Calif.
D        Scott Preckwinkle            Sonoma State                               Jr.        Sonoma, Calif.
MF      John Fishbaugher             Seattle                                         Sr.        Redmond, Wash.
MF      Jeff Hallenbeck                Seattle Pacific                               Sr.        Redmond, Wash.
MF      Eric Larson                      Sonoma State                               Sr.        Folsom, Calif.
F        Andrew Bailey                  Sonoma State                               Jr.        Davis, Calif.
F        Jason Cascio                    Seattle                                         Sr.        Gilbert, Ariz.
F        Sam Charles                    Montana State-Billings                   So.        Weymouth, England

Second Team
Pos.    Name                           School                                    Year    Hometown
GK      Michael Lockwood           Western Washington                  Sr.       Canby, Ore.
GK      Kellen Rosten                 Seattle Pacific                            Sr.       Colorado Springs, Colo.
GK     Brook Johnson                Sonoma State                            Jr.        Davis, Calif.
D        Rodolfo Collazo              Grand Canyon                           Jr.        Phoenix, Ariz.
D        Bosko Jovicevic             Grand Canyon                            Jr.        Belgrade, Serbia
D        Matt Kemper                  Seattle Pacific                            Sr.       Colorado Springs, Colo.
D        Patrick Thurston             Cal State L.A.                            Sr.        Leeds, England
MF      Brian Noguera                BYU-Hawaii                                Sr.        Provo, Utah
MF      Matt Pele                       Western Washington                   Jr.         Kennewick, Wash.
MF      Kyle Satow                    Cal State Monterey Bay              Sr.        Livermore, Calif.
F        Gibson Bardsley             Western Washington                   Fr.        Fall City, Wash.
F        Mario Guerrero               Cal State Dominguez Hills           So.       Riverside, Calif.
F        Morten Marthinsen          Cal State L.A.                             Sr.        Oslo, Norway
F        Nathan Medina               Sonoma State                             Jr.        San Diego, Calif.

Far West Region Player of the Year:  Andrew Bailey, Sonoma State