Final 1997 Men's Soccer Standings

League   Overall
  W L T Pts GF GA   W L T GF GA
Alma 11 1 0 22 39 10   15 4 1 51 17
Hope 9 3 0 18 29 11   15 5 1 53 18
Kalamazoo 7 3 2 16 26 20   8 7 3 33 36
Olivet 5 7 0 10 16 18   12 8 0 50 25
Albion 3 7 2 8 15 29   5 10 2 25 38
Calvin 2 8 2 6 12 26   4 13 2 18 38
Adrian 2 10 0 4 11 32   6 13 0 26 43
Defiance - - - - - -   5 14 0 42 81

All-MIAA Honor

Most Valuable Player
Jeff Bateson, Alma

All-MIAA First Team
Chris Alexander, Alma, B (sophomore from Midland)*
Geoff Alexander, Kalamazoo, F (sophomore from Midland)*
Jeff Bateson, Alma, MF (senior from Midland)**
Dan Berlin, Kalamazoo, MF (senior from West Lafayette, Ind.) *
Andy Dressler, Hope, B (junior from Portage)**
Tom Jewett, Alma, MF (senior from Clinton Township)***
Matt Keller, Alma, F (sophomore from Kalamazoo)*
Dan Kogut, Albion, MF (senior from Canton)*
Jason Passalacqua, Alma, B (junior from Troy)*
Blair Richards, Hope, F (senior from Okemos)**
Todd Ruiter, Alma, GK (senior from Midland)*
Steve Wiegers, Calvin, B (senior from Mendon, Ma.)***
* denotes number of years All-MIAA first team

All-MIAA Second Team
Mark Bea, Calvin, B (senior from Naperville, Ill.)
Aaron Dean, Hope, MF (senior from Grand Haven)
Chris Dombrowski, Hope, MF (senior from East Lansing)
Sam Glass, Calvin, MF (senior from Grand Rapids)
Robert Hilliard, Kalamazoo, F (sophomore from Troy)
Zach Jonker, Hope, B (junior from Petoskey)
Jeff Rosenbrook, Adrian, MF (senior from Monroe)
Philip Sheehy, Kalamazoo, B (sophomore from Kalamazoo)
Darren Toohey, Hope, GK (junior from Canberra, Australia)
Sean Toohey, Hope, F (sophomore from Canberra, Australia)
Randy U'Ren, Alma, F (junior from Lansing)
Hector West, Olivet, B (senior from Carvalis, Ore.)

Honorable Mention
Adrian: Shaw Cousino, Levi Hendershott, Garrett Hotchkiss, Shane McVey, Shawn Soudek, Aaron Swiggum; Albion: Sean Roberts, Bill Torni, Dave Vangel, Zack Weller, Josh Yeager; Alma: Paul Aceto, Mark McClutchy; Calvin: Marcus Byeman, Todd Folkert, Mark Lindner, Darik Olson, Jon Vermerrin, PAt Zimmerman; Hope: Matt VanderNaald; Kalamazoo: David Adamji, Chris Adamo, Rob Foster, Benji McMakin, Nat Reider, Christopher Stork; Olivet: Shane Bookwater, Tony Freemire, Pat Finn, Brad Grueter, Matt Tanis, John Welch.

1997 Player of the Week Honor Roll

Matt Hassenrik, Hope
Zach Jonker, Hope
Jeff Bateson, Alma
Darren Toohey, Hope
Paul Aceto, Alma
Matt Keller, Alma
Marcus Byeman, Calvin
Tom Jewett, Alma
Nate Spang, Alma