Spartan Men’s Soccer Student-Athlete Named NSCAA Scholar All-America

AURORA, Ill. January 15, 2008 - Aurora University Spartan men’s soccer senior defender Drew Taylor (DeKalb, IL/DeKalb H.S.) was named to his second Academic All-America team, this one coming from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America with the first coming from CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine.

The NSCAA selected Taylor as a Second-Team Scholar All-America, the same recognition he received from the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America process. He was selected to the NSCAA Scholar North/Central Region First-Team and the ESPN the Magazine District V Academic All-District First-Team.

Taylor, a history major at AU, was honored for his academic success as a student-athlete. Taylor is no stranger to post season academic recognition. In 2006 he was named by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America to the NSCAA All-North Central Region Scholar Athlete Honor Roll and was a Northern Athletics Conference Scholar-Athlete.

On the field he was a four-time All-Conference player (senior and junior - Northern Athletics Conference/ sophomore and freshman - Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference) as a defender. As a freshman he was named the NIIC Newcomer of the Year.

Taylor anchored a defense that had 10 shutouts and 0.85 goals against average. He had two goals, three assists with one game-winning goal. The AU men’s soccer program finished the 2007 season with a 12-4-5 record and 8-0-2.

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