SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Wofford College men's soccer student-athlete Nick Schuermann has been named to the 2009 NSCAA/adidas Men's College Scholar All-America First Team. In addition, Branson Hyatt was named to the NSCAA Scholar All-South Region second team.
Schuermann, a senior defenseman from Fort Mill, South Carolina, started all 18 games and scored five goals on the season. He had a hat-trick at Furman on November 3, the ninth in school history. He started all 65 games in his career and has seven goals with one assist. A biology major, Schuermann has a 3.72 grade point average.
Schuermann has also been honored this season as only the third player in school history to earn NSCAA All-America honors and the first in the NCAA Division I era at Wofford. He is joined by Stanford's Bobby Warshaw as the only two players to earn both All-America and Scholar All-America honors this season.
Hyatt, a senior from Aiken, South Carolina, has also started all 18 games this season on defense. He has two goals and five assists on the season for nine points, which is fourth on the team. He is majoring in biology.
To be nominated for consideration, student-athletes must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) throughout their career; start more than 50 percent of all games and be a significant contributor to the team; be nominated by an institution that is a current NSCAA College Services member; be a junior or above in academic standing at the current institution and either be in their second year at the current school if a transfer student.
The NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-America selections will be recognized at the annual All-America Luncheon, held in Philadelphia, Pa., on Jan. 16 as part of the 2010 NSCAA Convention.
The Terriers set the school NCAA Division I records for wins in a season (12), Southern Conference wins in a season and had the first winning record since 1994. Wofford won the Southern Conference regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.