Traeger Named 2002 Most Valuable Player – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/28/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Jan. 28, 2003
COLUMBUS, Ohio-The Ohio State men’s soccer team held its annual awards banquet Saturday night at the Faculty Club on the Ohio State campus. Senior Jake Traeger (Sr., Littleton, Colo.), who was recently selected in the sixth round of the MLS Super Draft by the Columbus Crew, was voted Most Valuable Player of the 2002 season.
The Most Improved Player Award went to junior David Ridenhour (Germantown, Tenn.). Senior captain Tony Earp (Plantation, Fla.) received the Linda Daniel Most Inspirational Player Award and senior John Tomaino (Palatine, Ill.) was the recipient of the Coaches Award.
Most Improved Player David Ridenhour
Linda Daniel Most Inspirational Player Tony Earp
Coaches Award John Tomaino
Most Valuable Player Jake Traeger
2002 Ohio State Big Ten Players of the Week:
Andy Rosenband, Sept. 2 (Offensive)
Jason Ryan, Sept. 30 (Offensive)
Chad Brown, Oct. 7 (Defensive)
Andy Rosenband, Nov. 11 (Offensive)
Chad Brown, Nov. 11 (Defensive)
All-Big Ten
Jake Traeger (First team)
Andy Rosenband (Second Team)
Tony Earp (Second Team)
John Tomaino (Second Team)
Justin Cook (Second Team)
Academic All-Big Ten
Chad Brown
Tony Earp
Todd Grossnickle
Sam Migliano
David Ridenhour
Eric Schwebach
Jason Wimmert
Peter Withers
All-Big Ten Championship Team
Tony Earp
All-Great Lakes
2nd Team
Jake Traeger
Andy Rosenband
All-Ohio
1st Team
Tony Earp
Jake Traeger
Andy Rosenband
2nd Team
Justin Cook
MLS Draftees
Andy Rosenband (Dallas Burn, 6th Round/52nd overall)
Jake Traeger (Columbus Crew, 6th Round/58th overall)
