ST. LOUIS, MO. – Junior midfielder
Jon Huelsman of the University of Missouri-St. Louis men's soccer team has been named an Honorable Mention All-American by Daktronics, Inc.
Huelsman, who also earned Daktronics, Inc. First Team All-Midwest Region and First Team All-GLVC honors this season, led the Tritons with 26 points, including team-bests of 10 goals and six assists. He tallied four game-winners and recorded three two-goal games and was named both the GLVC Offensive Player and Disney Soccer/NSCAA Division II Player of the Week in mid-October.
Huelsman started all 18 games, recording 47 shots, including 24 on goal for a shot on goal percentage of .511. In GLVC-only games, Huelsman ranked fourth in points (20) and goals (eight).
He becomes the 19th player in program history to earn All-America honors and the first since Todd Rick did so in 1994.
Huelsman helped the Tritons to a 12-4-2 record, tying the most wins in head coach
Dan King's 14-years. The Tritons were 11-3-1 in GLVC play, a program-best, and garnered the No. 3 seed in the league tournament. UMSL hosted a GLVC Tournament quarterfinal game for the first time since 2002, but bowed out with a 2-0 loss to eventual champion and No. 6 seed Indianapolis.
The Daktronics, Inc., All-America teams award outstanding performance by student-athletes at the NCAA Division II level and is voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Daktronics, Inc. is an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for every sport at every level of competition.
Complete 2014 Daktronics, Inc. Men's Soccer All-America Teams