Senior defender Cody Reinberg has been named to the All-Great Lakes Valley Conference First Team, one of three Drury soccer Panthers honored on Thursday as the league announced its selections.
Reinberg, a four-year starter for the Panthers of coach Alf Bilbao, was the only DU player selected to the 11-member first unit.
Junior forward Marco Cherisma, who set a DU scoring record with his 17 goals this season, was named to the Second Team All-GLVC squad, while freshman midfielder Peter Higgins was honored on the third team.
Northern Kentucky University’s Braden Bishop (Centerville, Ohio) and Andy Bacon (Middletown, Ohio) are the 2007 Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Soccer Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively.
Bishop, the 2006 GLVC Freshman of the Year, has paced the Norse offense this season. He has posted eight goals and four assists in 13 league matches helping his team to a 13-0-0 league mark. Bishop ranks fifth in the league in goals per game and third in the GLVC in points with 20.
The sophomore forward has scored 13 goals overall in 2007 and added five assists. He boasts a shots-on-goal percentage of .568 and leads the Norse with 44 shots on the year. In addition, Bishop has posted five game-winning goals, three coming against conference foes.
Bacon, the leader of NKU’s stout defense the past four seasons, helped the Norse limit conference opponents to just two goals during the league schedule. The three-time All-GLVC selection is one of three NKU backs to be named All-GLVC this year.
The Norse defense has limited teams to just six goals overall this season and posted 13 shutouts. NKU boasts a team goals-against-average of 0.33 and a shutout percentage of .720. The Norse rank first in the nation in each category.
Head coach John Basalyga, in his fifth season with the Norse, has guided his club to new heights in 2007. Due to his outstanding efforts, his peers have named him the 2007 GLVC Coach of the Year. It is the second straight year Basalyga has earned the honor.
Basalyga has led the Norse to a 13-0-0 record in GLVC play this season. Their 13 wins are the most in GLVC history and it is the first time a GLVC club has won all of its regular season league matches since SIU Edwardsville accomplished the feat in 2003 (10-0-0). NKU is currently ranked first in the NSCAA/adidas Division II Top 25 Poll and is the top-ranked team in the Great Lakes Region. The Norse are the top seed for the upcoming GLVC Tournament and will be looking for their first GLVC Championship since 1995.
Basalyga has posted a record of 61-26-10 while the head man for the Norse.
Bishop and Bacon are two of four NKU All-GLVC First Team selections. Tony Capurro and Dan Impellizzeri have also been selected by the coaches as first-team honorees. The 11-member All-GLVC First Team also includes Drury’s Cody Reinberg, Lewis’ Nestor Hernandez, Rockhurst’s Tom Heinemann and SIU Edwardsville’s Dustin Attarian, Randy Roy, Zach Bauer and Greg Crook.
In addition, the GLVC has announced an 11-member All-GLVC Second Team and a 12-member All-GLVC Third Team. The complete list of All-GLVC selections follows…

Offensive Player of the Year: Braden Bishop, Northern Kentucky
Defensive Player of the Year: Andy Bacon, Northern Kentucky
Freshman of the Year: Tyler Kincaid, Saint Joseph’s
Coach of the Year: John Basalyga, Northern Kentucky

ALL-GLVC FIRST TEAM
Forwards
Dustin Attarian, Fr., SIU Edwardsville
Braden Bishop, So., Northern Kentucky
Tom Heinemann, So., Rockhurst

Midfielders
Tony Capurro, Sr., Northern Kentucky
Nestor Hernandez, So., Lewis
Randy Roy, So., SIU Edwardsville

Backs
Andy Bacon, Sr., Northern Kentucky
Zach Bauer, Jr., SIU Edwardsville
Dan Impellizzeri, Sr., Northern Kentucky
Cody Reinberg, Sr., Drury

Goalkeeper
Greg Crook, Sr., SIU Edwardsville

ALL-GLVC SECOND TEAM
Forwards
Marco Cherisma, Jr., Drury
Bojan Jovicic, Sr., UW-Parkside
Haggai Leboo, So., Lewis
Cory Mastey, Jr., Lewis

Midfielders
Brian Fishback, Jr., Indianapolis
Adam Johnson, Sr., Rockhurst
Brad Niemann, Sr., Quincy

Backs
Eric Ashworth, Jr., Northern Kentucky
Branko (Bane) Isailovic, Jr., Quincy
Spencer Martens, Jr., Rockhurst
Goalkeepers
Anthony Szymel, Jr., Lewis

ALL-GLVC THIRD TEAM
Forwards
Steven Beattie, Fr., Northern Kentucky
Jayme Groark, So., Quincy
Tyler Kincaid, Fr., Saint Joseph’s

Midfielders
Mardoche Beya, Fr., Lewis
Kevin Bielicki, So., SIU Edwardsville
John Higgins, Sr., Indianapolis
Peter Higgins, Fr., Drury
Ross Hopkins, Fr., Bellarmine

Backs
Mike Jones, So., SIU Edwardsville
Tyree Robinson, Jr., Southern Indiana
Tyler Schaefering, Jr., Bellarmine

Goalkeepers
Justin Welply, Jr., Bellarmine