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Eight Named to Patriot League Men's Soccer Academic Honor Roll
Rosen Heads List as PL Scholar-Athlete

Feb. 7, 2002

WASHINGTON - Adam Rosen heads a list of eight American University men's soccer players named to the Patriot League's Men's Soccer Academic Honor Roll. The awards were announced this afternoon by the league office.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average in the fall semester and be awarded a varsity letter in one of the league's seven sponsored fall championship events.

A total of 480 student-athletes were named to the league's Fall Academic Honor Roll, including 55 from American.

Rosen, the 2001 Patriot League Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a Verizon Regional Academic All-America selection, leads the Eagles on the list. He earned a 3.33 in Justice, Law and Society.

Joining Rosen on the team were Jonathon Colton, Matt Johnson, Jeff Kinney, Matt Kopacka, Kris Kuykendall, Larry McDonald, and David Pryor.

Earning a berth in the 2001 Men’s College Cup Sweet 16, American finally feel to eventual National Champion North Carolina, 1-0, in overtime. The Eagles advanced to the Sweet 16 with consecutive wins over Ohio State (2-1), and Wake Forest (3-0), in the first two rounds.

This was American’s third trip all-time to the Sweet 16, and first since 1997. The Eagles own a 9-6 record in the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the 1985 National Championship game where it fell to UCLA, 1-0, in an NCAA-record eight overtimes. The 2001 Patriot League champions, American went 13-7-2 overall in 2001, and 6-1-0 in league play.

American University became a full member of the Patriot League on July 1, 2001, after competing in the CAA since the 1985-86 academic year. The University, founded in 1893, fields a 19-sport Division I athletics program, featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men.