EDMONTON – The 2019 Canada West men's soccer all-star and all-rookie teams were unveiled Thursday, as the conference gets set for playoff action this weekend.
After a 7-6-1 campaign that saw them finish third in the Canada West's Prairie Division, the Dinos had three players receive recognition, headlined by first team all-star
Jake Ruschkowski.
The Calgary goalkeeper ranked second in the conference this season with 76 saves and seventh in save percentage with a rating of .752.
Also honoured was second teamer Dominick Zuczek and all-rookie
Eryk Kobza.
The Pacific Division first-place UBC Thunderbirds led the first team all-star charge with three, including 2018 CW Player of the Year Thomas Gardner. In total, five Thunderbirds were named all-stars, or all-rookies.
Leading the overall all-star and all-rookie charge were the Prairie Division Mount Royal Cougars with six.
The conference soccer playoffs open this weekend with men's quarter-final action. You can watch all four games by tuning into Canada West TV Presented by Co-op.
MEN'S FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM
Player / School / Year / Hometown / Program
Goalkeeper
Defending players
- Jackson Farmer / UBC / 3 / Edmonton, AB / Arts
- Jacob Powell / Saskatchewan / 5 / Coquitlam, BC / Business
- Hamish Walde / UBCO / 5 / Salt Spring Island, BC / Applied Science
- Jan Pirettas Glasmacher / Thompson Rivers / 3 / Barcelona, Spain / Business
- Trevor MacPhee / Mount Royal / 5 / Calgary, AB / Business
Attacking players
- Isaac Koch / Victoria / 4 / West Kelowna, BC / History
- Victory Shumbusho / UBC / 3 / Chilliwack, BC / Arts
- Mohamed El Gandour / Mount Royal / 2 / Calgary, AB / Business
- Nikolas Baikas / Saskatchewan / 2 / Saskatoon, SK / Business
- Thomas Gardner / UBC / 2 / North Vancouver, BC / Arts
MEN'S SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM
Player / School / Year / Hometown / Program
Goalkeeper
- Rob Goodey / UNBC / 4 / Langley, BC / English & History
Defending players
- Caleb Johnson / Trinity Western / 4 / Strathmore, AB / Business Admin.
- Jordan Haynes / UBC / 2 / Selwyn, ON / Arts
- Daniel Harrison / Mount Royal / 4 / Calgary, AB / Arts
- Janko Vong / Alberta / 4 / Coquitlam, BC / Science
- Jake Ruby / Trinity Western / 1 / North Vancouver, BC / Undeclared
Attacking Players
- James Fraser / Thompson Rivers / 4 / Kelowna, BC / Business
- Dane Domic / Mount Royal / 1 / Calgary, AB / Open Studies
- Cody Fransen / Trinity Western / 5 / Lynden, Wash. / Business Admin.
- Dominick Zuczek / Calgary / 3 / Calgary, AB / Engineering
- Gurmaan Jhaj / Fraser Valley / 5 / Aldergrove, BC / Qualifying Studies
MEN'S ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Player / School / Hometown / Program
- Dane Domic / Mount Royal / Calgary, AB / Open Studies
- Jehmrode Kahlon / Fraser Valley / Abbotsford, BC / Science
- Jake Ruby / Trinity Western / North Vancouver, BC / Undeclared
- Miguel Da Rocha / Mount Royal / Calgary, AB / Computer Science
- Logan Chung / UBC / Port Coquitlam, BC / Kinesiology
- Eryk Kobza / Calgary / Kinesiology / North Vancouver, BC
- KB Bekwayo / Saskatchewan / Saskatoon, SK / Arts & Science
- Reid Adams / UNBC / Victoria, BC / Biomedical Studies
- Joey Seo / Trinity Western / Victoria, BC / Human Kinetics
- Pierson Stanley / UBCO / North Vancouver, BC / Management
- Tom Ruetten / Mount Royal / Calgary, AB / Open Studies
