Michigan Trio Named to All-Great Lakes Regional Teams

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- For the second consecutive season the University of Michigan men's soccer team trio of Knox Cameron (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Spellman HS), Mychal Turpin (Pontiac, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) and Kevin Taylor (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Preparatory) earned NSCAA Division I All-Great Lakes Region honors. Cameron garnered second-team honors, while Turpin and Taylor were selected to the third team.

	Cameron		Taylor		Turpin

Cameron, a sophomore central midfielder, was named to the Great Lakes Region second team for the second time in his career. In 15 games with the Wolverines in 2002, Cameron tallied career-best offensive numbers with 23 points on 10 goals and three assists. Cameron became the Michigan record holder for career tallies, as he has scored 15 in two years wearing the Maize and Blue. He posted two goals in three different games and is the only player in Michigan history to dish out three assists in a single game, with three helpers in an 8-0 route of IUPUI (Sept. 6). For his efforts in 2002, Cameron joined Turpin as the first Wolverines to be named All-Big Ten Conference first-team performers.

Cameron did not play in the Wolverines' final five games of the season, as he was selected to play with the United States Under-20 Men's National Team at the CONCACAF Group B qualifying tournament in Charleston, S.C. He helped the U-20 squad to a 2-1 record and an automatic birth to the FIFA World Youth Championship, which will be held March 25 to April 16, 2003, in the United Arab Emirates.

Turpin, a sophomore forward, tied Mike White (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson HS) for the Michigan single-season scoring lead with 25 points this season on 10 goals and five assists. Turpin tallied the program's first career hat trick with three consecutive tallies in the first half of Michigan's 8-0 win over IUPUI. In conference play Turpin tallied at least one point in all but one of the Wolverines' six games, including a pair of game-winning assists at Wisconsin (Oct. 20) and in overtime against Ohio State (Nov. 3).

The program's career scoring leader among defenders, Taylor started 20 of Michigan's 21 games this season and totaled three points on three assists. An All-Big Ten second-team honoree, Taylor was the on-field defensive leader and helped the Wolverines advance to their first Big Ten Championship final game with two 1-0 shutout victories over Northwestern (Nov. 14) and Michigan State (Nov. 15).

Michigan finished the season with a program-best record of 11-7-1, including a pair of postseason wins at the Big Ten Championship. The Wolverines ended the 2002 regular season as one of the Big Ten's most dominant offenses, as the Maize and Blue totaled 128 points on 42 goals and 44 assists, all conference bests.

Contact: Gene Skidmore (764) 763-4423

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