| Thorpe Wins Third Men's Division II All-America Award |
James Thorpe (Franklin Pierce/East Longmeadow, Mass.) closed out his collegiate career by helping his team to the NCAA Division II national title and claiming his third selection to the NSCAA/adidas Men’s NCAA Division II All-America Team.
Thorpe wasn’t the only Ravens player to repeat honors, as he was joined on the first team by defender Bisharra  Ettienne (East Elmhurst, N.Y.), who was selected to the team for a second time. FPU forward David Clifton (London, England) also was recognized. Franklin Pierce was one of four teams to place three players on the squad, joined by Lees-McRae College, Northern Kentucky University and SIU-Edwardsville.
Three players besides Ettienne earned honors for the second time: Northern Kentucky’s Anthony Capurro (Cincinnati, Ohio), Sonoma State’s Andrew Bailey (Davis, Calif.) and Nick Evans (Aberaeron, Wales) of the University of the Incarnate Word.
2007 NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division II Men's All-America Team: Front Row (L-R): Anthony Capurro, Matias Pietropinto, Edens Chery, Braden Bishop, Thomas Ostvold, Ben Clark.
Back Row (L-R): Andy Bacon, Andrew Bailey, Jimmy McHenry, James Thorpe, Lee Squires, Matthew Lacey.
2007 NSCAA/adidas NCAA Men’s Division II All-America Team
First Team
Pos., Name, Class, School, Hometown
K, James Thorpe **, Sr., Franklin Pierce University, East Longmeadow, Mass.
D, Andy Bacon, Sr., Northern Kentucky University, Middletown Ohio
D, Bisharra Ettienne *, Sr., Franklin Pierce University, East Elmhurst, N.Y.
D, Ancil Farrier, Jr., Southern Connecticut State University, Los Bajos, Trinidad
M, Anthony Capurro *, Sr., Northern Kentucky University, Cincinnati, Ohio
M, John Fishbaugher, Sr., Seattle University, Redmond, Wash.
M, Matias Pietropinto, Jr., University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Leominster, Mass.
M, Matthew Lacey, So., Lees-McRae College, Norwich, England
F, Andrew Bailey *, Jr., Sonoma State University, Davis, Calif.
F, Braden Bishop, So., Northern Kentucky University, Centerville, Ohio
F, Jimmy McHenry, Sr., University of West Florida, Tallahassee, Fla.
F, Sammy Rivas, Sr., Cal State Dominguez Hills, Long Beach, Calif.
F, Lee Squires, So., Lees-McRae College, Sheffield, England
Second Team
K, Greg Crook, Sr., SIU-Edwardsville, Columbia, Ill.
D, Ben Clark, Sr., Wingate University, Chesterfield, England
D, Adam Frazer, Sr., University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Ala.
D, Jamie Ramm, So., Lander University, Scarborough, England
M, Edens Chery, Sr., University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Brockton, Mass.
M, Ahmad Ihmeidan, Jr., Midwestern State University, Fort Smith, Ark.
M, Randy Roy, So., SIU-Edwardsville, St. Louis, Mo.
F, Dustin Attarian, Jr., SIU-Edwardsville, St. Louis, Mo.
F, Berin Boracic, Jr., Lees-McRae College, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
F, David Clifton, Sr., Franklin Pierce University, London, England
F, Tommy Heinemann, So., Rockhurst University, St. Louis, Mo.
Third Team
K, Juan Garcia, Jr., University of West Florida, Bogota, Colombia
D, Lee Porter, Jr., Lynn University, Repton, England
D, Nick Evans *, Sr., University of the Incarnate Word, Aberaeron, Wales
D, Kevin Gallaugher, So., Cal State Dominguez Hills, Walnut, Calif.
D, Thomas Ostvold, So., Carson-Newman College, Stavanger, Norway
M, Kyle Cupid, Sr., New York Institute of Technology, Chaguanas, Trinidad
M, Nestor Hernandez, So., Lewis University, Chicago, Ill.
M, Carl Rydin, So., Dowling College, Gothenburg, Sweden
F, Dwight Barnett, Sr., Lynn University, Jamaica, N.Y.
F, Jonathan Maloney, Jr., University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Ala.
F, Leandro Pereira, So., Lincoln Memorial University, Brasilia, Brazil
* indicates prior selection
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