Buchanan tabbed Capital One Academic All-American

SEWARD, Neb. – One of the GPAC’s top goalkeepers in 2014, senior Brendan Buchanan received a prestigious honor on Thursday. As announced by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the Broomfield, Colo., native has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America® Men’s Soccer Second Team of the College Division. Buchanan became eligible for All-America status after earning academic all-district on Oct. 30.

A three-time GPAC defensive player of the week in 2014, Buchanan received honorable mention all-conference honors and is a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete. He ranked second among GPAC goalkeepers with seven shutouts and a 0.95 goals against average. He also made a career high 86 saves and turned in a save percentage of .811 as a senior.

During his four-year career, Buchanan made 223 saves and recorded 11 shutouts over 57 games. His career best single-game save total was 17 in a 2-0 shutout win over AIB (Iowa) in 2013. As a senior, he recorded a season high 11 saves in Concordia’s 2-1 GPAC semifinal loss to No. 11 Hastings.

Buchanan is one of three GPAC players to be named an academic All-American. The other two were Northwestern defender Nate Huyser and Hastings forward Jake Ramsay.

The Capital One Academic All-America® College Division soccer teams are comprised of student-athletes from NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions.

2014 Capital One Academic All-America® College Division Men’s Soccer Teams

FIRST TEAM
GK – Stephen Lunney (1,#,!), Martin Methodist
D – Dylan Bronkema, Indiana Wesleyan
D – Daniel Fredrickson, Corban
D – Kellen Luey, Corban
D – Evan Myers, Cal State-San Marcos
M – Jack Keeling (1), Jamestown
M – Amanuel Weldemicael, Penn State Brandywine
M – Ryan Williams, Madonna
F – Jesse Massucco, Berea
F – Paul Riesthuis, Grand View
F – Jason Walcutt (1), St. Francis (Ind.) 

SECOND TEAM
GK – Brendan Buchanan, Concordia (Neb.)
D – Andrew Berg, Thomas
D – Nate Huyser (2), Northwestern (Iowa)
D – Giuseppe Frattaroli (2), Menlo
D – Kyle Reopelle, Olivet Nazarene
M – Dzenan Catic, Davenport
M – Timothy Daniels, Taylor
M – Aleksi Pahkasalo, Lindsey Wilson
F – Sebastian Bosch, Menlo
F – Akram El-Nady, Kansas Wesleyan
F – Jake Ramsay, Hastings 

Academic All-America® of the Year:  Stephen Lunney, Martin Methodist

(1) – Capital One Academic All-America® first team selection in 2013
(2) – Capital One Academic All-America® second team selection in 2013
(#) – Capital One Academic All-America® second team selection in 2012
(!) – Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year selection in 2013