Hoosiers Earn B1G Honors
11/14/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Nov. 14, 2013
Indiana vs. Penn State-Big Ten Tournament Semifinal Notes 
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Indiana University men's soccer forward Tommy Thompson was named the 2013 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, and four Hoosiers were named to the All-Big Ten second team, the conference office announced Thursday night at the annual Big Ten Tournament banquet.
Despite missing the last six matches of the regular season due to injury, Thompson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and was a unanimous pick for the Big Ten All-Freshman team. In addition, he was a second-team All-Big Ten honoree. In 13 matches this season, Thompson is tied for the team lead and tied for fifth in the Big Ten in goals scored with five. He has also tallied two assists on the season, the most recent coming on the game-winning goal in Indiana's 2-1 overtime win over Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.
Thompson is the 12th Hoosier to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, with the last coming in 2011 (Eriq Zavaleta). Current IU head coach Todd Yeagley was the first-ever Big Ten Freshman of the Year honoree, earning the award in 1991.
Joining Thompson on the second team is senior midfielder A.J. Corrado. Corrado leads the Hoosiers and is tied for second in the Big Ten in assists with seven. He added his third goal of the year in Indiana's 2-1 OT win over Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament, giving him 13 points on the season which is tied for the team lead. Corrado was a first-team selection in 2012 and is a two-time Capital One Academic All-District selection. He is also a finalist for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award.
Senior midfielder Nikita Kotlov was also named to the All-Big Ten second team. Kotlov was a first-team honoree in 2011 and a second-team pick in 2012. Kotlov is tied for the team lead and tied for fifth in the Big Ten in goals scored with five, with one game-winning goal on his resume this season. Two of Kotlov's goals this year have come in the last three matches, scoring in a 2-1 2OT loss to Michigan State on Nov. 1 and a 3-0 win at Northwestern on Nov. 8.
For the second year in a row, senior Jacob Bushue earns a spot on the All-Big Ten second team, this year for his defensive role. Bushue has started all 19 matches this season for the Hoosiers, moving to central defense for IU on a full-time basis in the match vs. Louisville on Oct. 15. Bushue has been a steady presence in the back all four years of his Indiana career and has been instrumental in the Hoosiers' recent turnaround, building on a two-match win streak. Bushue has also gotten into the act offensively with two goals and three assists this season.
In addition to the All-Big Ten awards, senior defender Matt McKain was named the Hoosiers' Sportsmanship Honoree.
2013 MEN'S SOCCER ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS AND INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Coach of the Year: Bob Warming, Penn State
Offensive Player of the Year: Tomislav Zadro, Wisconsin

Defensive Player of the Year: AJ Cochran, Wisconsin
Midfielder of the Year: Tyler Arnone, Michigan
Goalkeeper of the Year: Andrew Wolverton, Penn State
Freshman of the Year: Tommy Thompson, Indiana
All-Big Ten Teams
FIRST TEAM*
Forward
Tim Kreutz, Michigan State
Joey Calistri, Northwestern
Jordan Tyler, Penn State
Nick Janus, Wisconsin
Midfield
TYLER ARNONE, Michigan
Jay Chapman, Michigan State
Chris Ritter, Northwestern
Tomislav Zadro, Wisconsin
Defense
KEVIN COPE, Michigan State
Martin Seiler, Penn State
AJ COCHRAN, Wisconsin
Goalkeeper
Andrew Wolverton, Penn State
SECOND TEAM
Forward
Tommy Thompson, Indiana
Adam Montague, Michigan State
Owen Griffith, Penn State
Midfield
A.J. Corrado, Indiana
Nikita Kotlov, Indiana
Drew Conner, Wisconsin
Defense
Jacob Bushue, Indiana
Nikko Boxall, Northwestern
Sage Gardner, Ohio State
Goalkeeper
Alex Ivanov, Ohio State
All-Freshman Team*
LARS ECKENRODE, D/M, Michigan
Brian Hail, MF/F, Wisconsin
ANDREW HERR, M, Michigan State
DANNY JENSEN, F, Ohio State
Nick Jones, F, Wisconsin
Tyler Kidwell, D, Ohio State
MASON KLERKS, M, Penn State
DEWEY LEWIS, F, Michigan State
CONNOR MALONEY, F, Penn State
BRANDON MEDINA, M, Northwestern
Tommy Thompson, F, Indiana
RYLEE WOODS, D, Michigan
Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Matt McKain, Indiana
Malcolm Miller, Michigan
Wesley Curtis, Michigan State
Lepe Seetane, Northwestern
Sage Gardner, Ohio State
Grant Warming, Penn State
Max Jentsch, Wisconsin
*Additional honoree due to tie
Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS
