KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Ten Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference(SCAC) men's soccer student-athletes earned recognition with the release of the United Soccer Coaches All-West Region team. Southwestern's sophmore, Brendan Dauth earned a spot on the 2018 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Men's All-West Region Third Team.
Dauth, who had also earned second-team All SCAC honors, led Southwestern to its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth in 2018. The sophomore becomes the ninth different athlete in program history to secure All-Region honors and the first since 2013 when Matthew Nickell, Steven Resnik and Daniel Poole earned the cachet. Dauth also won the first week of the SCAC Defensive Player of the week for the 2018 season.
Other SCAC All-Region honors included the Trinity Tigers, followed by Colorado College, Austin College and Texas Lutheran.
Trinity teammates Brady Johnston, Quentin Van De Lee and Austin Michaelis, along with Texas Lutheran's Luis Green were named to the region's first team.
The league's lone nod on the region's second team was Austin College's Phillip Le, followed by Colorado College teammates Keller Mochel, Henry Schuler and Robert Malone along with Trinity's Andrea Codispoti each received third-team honors.
For the complete 2018 United Soccer Coaches All-West Region team, click here.