Yaw Aning -- 2006 HCAC Most Valuable Player

TERRE HAUTE, IND. – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology senior Yaw Aning (Rochester, Minn.) has been named Most Valuable Player of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference to lead six all-league men's soccer honorees in results released today.

Joining Aning on the first team were senior Eric Hoiland (Westminster, Colo./Northglenn), senior David McIlwaine (Indianapolis/Pike) and junior Matt Trowbridge (Fort Collins, Colo./ Poudre). 

Second-team honorees included senior Chris Banner (Pittsburgh, Pa./ Northglenn) and junior Trey Buck (Austin, Texas/ Ohio State).

Aning becomes the first Conference Player of the Year in the history of Rose-Hulman men's soccer.  Jessica Farmer was named League Player of the Year in 2003 for the women's program.

Eric Hoiland -- first-team all-HCAC

Aning led a Rose-Hulman defensive effort that resulted in just 17 goals scored against the Engineers in 20 matches this season.  The team finished 15-4-1 and second in the HCAC regular season and conference tournament to established school records for wins (15), fewest losses (4) and highest placement in the conference.

The honor was the fourth career all-conference award for Aning, who previously earned Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference first-team recognition in 2004 and 2005 and third-team honors in 2003.  He also becomes just the second men's soccer player in school history to earn all-league honors for four seasons.

Hoiland claimed first-team honors after scoring three goals and recording six assists this season.  He capped his career with 11 goals and eight assists in 75 matches, including 73 starts.  Previously, Hoiland earned third-team all-conference recognition in 2004.

David McIlwaine -- first-team all-HCAC

McIlwaine led the HCAC in scoring this season with 13 goals and 30 points.  He completes his Rose-Hulman career with 30 goals to rank third in school history and added 13 career assists for 73 points.  McIlwaine added eight game winning goals for the Engineers this fall.

Trowbridge paced the Engineers with seven assists and added eight goals in 2006.  He will enter his senior campaign ranked third in school history with 15 assists and ranks fifth all-time with 24 career goals.  Trowbridge previously earned all-league honors in the SCAC in 2004 and 2005.

Banner tied the career school record with 19 assists, highlighted by a career-high six this season.  He started all 71 of his career matches and pitched in with four goals as primarily a defensive midfielder.

Matt Trowbridge -- first-team all-HCAC

Buck allowed just 13 goals in 17 matches to record a school record 0.83 goals against average this season.  The 2005 all-SCAC honoree also established a school record with 12 victories on the season and holds Rose-Hulman's career goals against average record with a mark of 1.01. 

Rose-Hulman has compiled a 27-10-2 mark over the past two seasons, and this year's senior class tallied a record of 43-31-2 to set another school mark.

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