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Lemke, Silva Named to Academic All-Ohio Team
January 10, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Pair of Falcons earn academic honor from OCSA
Two members of the Bowling Green State University men's soccer team have earned academic honors. Redshirt junior Zach Lemke and redshirt soph Brandon Silva each have been named to the 2011 Academic All-Ohio Team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA).
Lemke, who hails from Beavercreek, Ohio (Beavercreek H.S.), was one of just three Falcons to start all 18 matches in 2011. He finished second on the team in minutes played, with a total of 1,622. Lemke tied for fourth on the team in scoring, with seven points.
That point total included two goals and three assists, placing him second on the Falcons in the latter category. Lemke was third on the team in both shot attempts (40) and shots on goal (14) in '11. He scored the game-winning goal at Detroit (Sept. 21), heading home a corner kick early in the match, and also scored in the Falcons' home win over IPFW (Aug. 31). In the IPFW contest, he nodded home sophomore Matt Griesinger's diagonal ball.
Lemke had assists against Cleveland State (Sept. 3), IUPUI (Sept. 30) and Florida Atlantic (Oct. 2). The assist vs. IUPUI came when he stole the ball late in the first half, beginning a sequence that led to the lone goal of the match with just six seconds left before halftime. Additionally, he hit the crossbar with a shot against seventh-ranked Akron (Oct. 26). Lemke played every minute in 13 of the Falcons' 18 matches, and was on the pitch for every second of each of the last eight contests of the season.
In the classroom, Lemke is a sport management major, and had a 3.61 cumulative grade-point average at the time of nomination (prior to the end of the fall semester). Through the fall semester, Lemke's GPA now is at 3.63. He was an honorable-mention choice to the 2010 Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team.
Silva, a native of Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Kilbourne H.S.), was a 2011 team tri-captain. He played in 17 matches on the season, starting them all, and was on the pitch for a total of 1,483 minutes. The lone match he missed was due to injury.
Silva tied for fourth on the team with seven points, scoring three goals and adding an assist. His first collegiate goal came against Cleveland State, and he hit the post with another shot later in the match. Silva also scored goals at Belmont (Sept. 16) and Detroit (Sept. 21), with both coming on penalty kicks. He picked up an assist on senior Colin Armstrong's goal at Lipscomb (Sept. 18).
Silva played every minute of 14 matches, including the first three and the last nine of the season. For all intents and purposes, he had a four-game point-scoring streak. After scoring in the CSU game, he was injured in the second minute of the Duquesne match (Sept. 9), and missed the remainder of that game as well as the Pittsburgh contest (Sept. 11). He returned to score at least one point in the next three contests, vs. Belmont, Lipscomb and UDM.
In the classroom, Silva had a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA as a psychology major at the time of nomination. Through the fall semester, Silva's cumulative GPA remains perfect.
The complete Academic All-Ohio Team follows...
OCSA DIVISION I ACADEMIC ALL-OHIO TEAM
Lemke, who hails from Beavercreek, Ohio (Beavercreek H.S.), was one of just three Falcons to start all 18 matches in 2011. He finished second on the team in minutes played, with a total of 1,622. Lemke tied for fourth on the team in scoring, with seven points.
That point total included two goals and three assists, placing him second on the Falcons in the latter category. Lemke was third on the team in both shot attempts (40) and shots on goal (14) in '11. He scored the game-winning goal at Detroit (Sept. 21), heading home a corner kick early in the match, and also scored in the Falcons' home win over IPFW (Aug. 31). In the IPFW contest, he nodded home sophomore Matt Griesinger's diagonal ball.
Lemke had assists against Cleveland State (Sept. 3), IUPUI (Sept. 30) and Florida Atlantic (Oct. 2). The assist vs. IUPUI came when he stole the ball late in the first half, beginning a sequence that led to the lone goal of the match with just six seconds left before halftime. Additionally, he hit the crossbar with a shot against seventh-ranked Akron (Oct. 26). Lemke played every minute in 13 of the Falcons' 18 matches, and was on the pitch for every second of each of the last eight contests of the season.
In the classroom, Lemke is a sport management major, and had a 3.61 cumulative grade-point average at the time of nomination (prior to the end of the fall semester). Through the fall semester, Lemke's GPA now is at 3.63. He was an honorable-mention choice to the 2010 Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team.
Silva, a native of Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Kilbourne H.S.), was a 2011 team tri-captain. He played in 17 matches on the season, starting them all, and was on the pitch for a total of 1,483 minutes. The lone match he missed was due to injury.
Silva tied for fourth on the team with seven points, scoring three goals and adding an assist. His first collegiate goal came against Cleveland State, and he hit the post with another shot later in the match. Silva also scored goals at Belmont (Sept. 16) and Detroit (Sept. 21), with both coming on penalty kicks. He picked up an assist on senior Colin Armstrong's goal at Lipscomb (Sept. 18).
Silva played every minute of 14 matches, including the first three and the last nine of the season. For all intents and purposes, he had a four-game point-scoring streak. After scoring in the CSU game, he was injured in the second minute of the Duquesne match (Sept. 9), and missed the remainder of that game as well as the Pittsburgh contest (Sept. 11). He returned to score at least one point in the next three contests, vs. Belmont, Lipscomb and UDM.
In the classroom, Silva had a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA as a psychology major at the time of nomination. Through the fall semester, Silva's cumulative GPA remains perfect.
The complete Academic All-Ohio Team follows...
OCSA DIVISION I ACADEMIC ALL-OHIO TEAM
| GK | David Meves | JR | Akron | 3.78 | Corporate Financial Mgmt. | ||
| B | Chad Barson | JR | Akron | 3.99 | Biology | ||
| B | Michael Deyhle | SR | Dayton | 3.8 | Biology | ||
| B | Sage Gardner | JR | Ohio State | 3.63 | Business Finance | ||
| B | Samuel Klosterman | SO | Cincinnati | 3.68 | Health Sciences | ||
| M | Scott Caldwell | JR | Akron | 3.95 | Accounting | ||
| M | Zach Lemke | SR | Bowling Green | 3.61 | Sport Mgmt./Marketing | ||
| M | Austin McAnena | SR | Ohio State | 3.25 | Business Finance | ||
| M | Zach Patterson | JR | Cincinnati | 3.28 | Entrepreneurship | ||
| M | Brandon Silva | JR | Bowling Green | 4 | Psychology |
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