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Shawn Kuykendall Earns PL Offensive Player of the Week Honors
American sophomore netted game-winning goals in both weekend matches

Shawn Kuykendall earned Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week honors after scoring two goals and being named Tournament MVP at the Penn State/Nike Classic.

Sept. 16, 2002

WASHINGTON — Sophomore midfielder Shawn Kuykendall (Fairfax, Va./Madison) was named the Patriot League Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for Sept. 16. Kuykendall posted two goals and added an assist over the weekend on the way to being named Tournament MVP of the Penn State/Nike Classic.

In the Eagles’ first match of the weekend against Ohio State, Kuykendall assisted on the first AU goal and later scored the game-winning goal. On Sunday, Kuykendall scored the game-winning goal off of a free kick to send the Eagles past then-No. 18 Penn State, 2-1.

Currently, Kuykendall is third on the team with eight points, having netted two goals and dishing out four assists in six matches. In addition to his Tournament MVP honors, Kuykendall was named to the D.C. College Cup All-Tournament team earlier this month. He was also named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week for Sept. 15.

After capturing the Penn State/Nike Classic, American now owns a 5-1 record on the season. The Eagles have moved up to No. 25 in the College Soccer News poll and are second in the South Atlantic region in the NSCAA/adidas poll. The national NSCAA/adidas poll will be released later this week.

AU begins a three-game homestand on Wednesday as the Eagles face Old Dominion at
3 p.m. on Reeves Field. American also plays Virginia Commonwealth this Saturday at 1 p.m.

American University is beginning its second year of membership in the Patriot League. In its inaugural year it captured league championships in men’s soccer, women’s volleyball, men’s tennis and women’s tennis, and regular-season titles in men’s basketball and women’s lacrosse. The University fields a 19-sport NCAA Division I athletics program, featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men.

American became a full member of the Patriot League on July 1, 2001. Chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893, the University features students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 160 nations worldwide.