Nov. 17, 2003

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-- - The University of Memphis had a trio of players to receive recognition from the league as sophomores Andy Metcalf and Dayton O'Brien were named All-C-USA Second Team performers, while senior captain Graham Gibbs earned Third Team All-conference honors.

Metcalf earns his second postseason award after a breakout sophomore season in which he led the Tigers in nearly every offensive category. The Jackson, Tenn. native paced Memphis with a team-high 24 points, 10 goals and four game-winning scores. He also compiled multi-goal performances on three occasions and earned Conference USA Player of the Week during the season.

O'Brien garners All-conference honors for the second consecutive year. The sophomore earned All-freshman recognition a year ago and followed that with a solid second season. O'Brien scored 23 points on nine goals and a team-high five assists. He led all Tigers with nine points and four goals in conference competition, including a two-goal performance against Marquette and the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over UAB.

Gibbs earned Third-team honors for his solid play in the Memphis defense. The Dublin Ireland native bolstered the Tiger defense that recorded a pair of shutouts on the year. He started in 14 matches, including seven of eight conference games.

Cincinnati head coach Hylton Dayes was tabbed as the Coach of the Year after guiding the Bearcats, who were picked to finish third in the league, to a 6-2-1 C-USA record to earn a share of the regular season title with Saint Louis.

Cincinnati, Saint Louis, Louisville, Charlotte, UAB and USF battled it out last week in the C-USA tournament hosted by The University of Memphis at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex. Saint Louis came away as the league's champs for the fourth consecutive year, defeating Charlotte 5-4 in penalty kicks after playing to a 2-2 tie in regulation.

2003 C-USA Men's Soccer Awards

Player of the Year			        Coach of the Year
Simon Bird, Sr., F, Louisville 			Hylton Dayes, Cincinnati

Co-Defensive of the Year			Freshman of the Year
Adrian Cann, Jr., D, Louisville		        Vedad Ibisevic, Fr., F, Saint Louis
Tony McManus, Sr., D, UAB

First Team All-Conference			Second-Team All-Conference USA
F: Simon Bird, Sr., Louisville			F: Will John, Fr., Saint Louis
F: Chris Lee, Jr., Marquette 			F: Andy Metcalf, So., Memphis
F: Vedad Ibisevic, Fr., Saint Louis 		F: Mira Mupier, Jr., Charlotte
MF: Tim Brown, Sr., Cincinnati		        MF: John DiRaimondo, Fr., Saint Louis
MF: Josh Gardner, Jr., Cincinnati		MF: Brian Grazier, Fr., Saint Louis
MF: Leandro de Oliveira, So., UAB		MF: Floyd Franks, So., Charlotte
MF: Marin Pusek, Sr., UAB			MF: Dayton O'Brien, So., Memphis
D: Adrian Cann, Jr., Louisville		        D: Brandon Dobbs, Sr., Cincinnati
D: Nick Gannon, Sr., Saint Louis		D: Anders Cedergren, Sr., Cincinnati
D: Tony McManus, Sr., UAB 			D: Andy Pusateri, Sr., MF, Saint Louis
GK: Brad Sokolowski, So., Louisville 		GK: Martin Hutton, Jr., Saint Louis

Third-Team All-Conference USA		        All-Freshman (No position restriction)
F: Jerson Monteiro, Fr., UAB			Vedad Ibisevic, Saint Louis
F: Hunter West, So., USF			John DiRaimondo, Saint Louis
F: Derek Gutierrez, Sr., Marquette		Will John, Saint Louis
MF: Clyde Simms, Sr., East Carolina		Brian Grazier, Saint Louis
MF: Keeron Benito, Fr., USF			Marco Terminesi, Louisville
MF: Cooper McKee, So., Saint Louis		Sam Miller, Cincinnati
MF: Nnamdi Ngwe, Sr., UAB			Chris Arnold, Charlotte
D: Graham Gibbs, Sr., Memphis		        Jerson Monteiro, UAB
D: Joe Lampert, Sr., Charlotte		        Keeron Benito, USF
D: Matt Neely, So., Louisville			Nathan Sabich, Marquette
GK: John Adams, Sr., Cincinnati		        Kareem Smith, USF