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November 6, 2008
For immediate release

BAY CITY, Mich. -- Tiffin University's freshman forward Ashton Campbell (Luton, England) was named the 2008 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) men's soccer "Offensive Player of the Year," while Ashland University senior defender Luke Brookfield (Ormskirk, England) was named "Defensive Player of the Year" in balloting conducted by the league's coaches.

Northwood Univerity forward Keith Lough (Edinburgh, Scotland) was honored with the league's "Freshman of the Year" award, and John Hall, who guided the Ashland to the 2008 GLIAC regualr-season title, earned "Coach of the Year" accolades.

Campbell has led the offense for the Dragons of Tiffin University for most of the season. He has tallied five goals and five assists for a total of 15 points, while starting all 17 matches this season. He currently leads Tiffin and ranks second in the GLIAC in shots taken (53), while leading the Dragons in shots on goal (30).

Brookfield has started 17 of Ashland's 19 games, solidifying the defense for the Eagles in his first season with AU. He has led a team that has outscored its opponents, 43-27. The AU defense is only allowing 1.37 goals per game, and most of that is attributed to Brookfield's ability to guard his side of the field. In comparison, AU gave up 56 goals last season for an average of 3.05 goals per game. He also has one assist on the season.

Lough became a force for the Timberwolves in his first year with the program.  He currently ranks sixth in the conference in points, averaging 1.0 per game.  Lough also ranks among the GLIAC leaders in assists (sixth - five), goals (ninth - five), game-winning goals (fifth - two) and shots (ninth - 2.0 per game).  He saved his best performance of the season for the Timberwolves' match against No. 6 Ashland, netting a second-half hat trick to lead Northwood to a 3-1 victory over the Eagles.  He is the first player in Northwood men's soccer history to earn the GLIAC "Freshman of the Year" award.

Hall, in his eighth season as AU's men's soccer head coach, holds the career record for wins by a coach at Ashland. The 15-2-2 mark the Eagles put up this season is the most wins an Ashland men's team has ever had. Hall's all-time record at AU is 76-54-11, having twice coached the Eagles men's team to the NCAA Division II playoffs. He has also won one previous GLIAC championship and one GLIAC "Coach of the Year" honor (2005).

Joining Campbell and Brookfield on the All-GLIAC first team are: junior forward Tony Iyayi and sophomore goalkeeper Jeff Frisch of Tiffin; junior forwards Adam Spannbauer and Ross Ashley, senior midfielder James Livingston, junior midfielder Tom Mangotic, and senior defender Aaron Favri of Ashland; junior forward Ross Aitchison and freshman defender Frederic Schloezel of Northwood University.

The complete listing of the 2008 All-GLIAC men's soccer teams and postseason awards are listed below.