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2010 Men's Soccer

17 Ben Sippola

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 150
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Northfield, Minn.
  • Highschool Shattuck-St. Mary's

Biography

2010:  Starter in all 20 matches...namedHorizon League Player of the Year...selected Horizon LeagueOffensive Player of the Year...named the Most Valuable Player ofthe 2010 Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship...named firstteam NSCAA/Performance Subaru Men's Division I All-America...chosenfirst team NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region...first team All-HorizonLeague...named first team Academic All-America...led Butler ingoals (8), assists (9) and scoring (25)...led the Horizon League inassists and tied for fourth place on Butler's single season assistchart...had three game-winning goals...named All-Tournament at theKentucky Wildcat Invitational, after leading the tournament inscoring with four goals and an assist...became the ninth player inButler men's soccer history to record a "hat trick" when he talliedthree goals in Butler's victory over Houston Baptist...namedGoal.com National Player of the Week and Horizon League Player ofthe Week following the Wildcat Invitational...two-time HorizonLeague Scholar-Athlete of the Month (Sept. & Nov.)...named tothe CoSIDA Academic All-District V Team...taken 30th overall by theColumbus Crew in the 2011 MLS supplemental draft.

2009: Starter in all 19 matches for theBulldogs...named to the NSCAA University Scholar All-North/CentralRegion Second Team...finished the season with four points on twogoals...scored goals in back to back games against Wright State andCleveland State...scored the game-winning goal at against WrightState...tied for fifth on the team with 20 shots on the season,including three on goal.

2008: Played in 17 matches, including 16 as astarter, for the Bulldogs...finished the season fifth on the teamin points(10)...was third on the team in shots on goal(2)...finished fourth on the team in goals(3)...recorded the gamewinning goal against Wright State...added goals against Evansvilleand Bradley...had four games with an assist.

2007: Saw action in 13 matches, including 10 asa starter...recorded a game-winner against Sacramento State withhis first collegiate goal...named to the All-Tournament Team at theDayton Tournament...posted first collegiate assist againstValparaiso.

ODP Experience: Minnesota State Team2003-06...Region II Team 2005-07... Region II Pool 2003-07...Region II ODP Team participant at Disney International Super Groupand International Tour to Austria...member of 2007 Costa Rica Tourwith Region II.

High School: Two-time team captain ofShattuck-St. Mary's...high school team MVP...Minnesota StateAll-Tournament Team 2004...high school coach: TimCarter...Academics; 2005-06 Cooley Award recipient for bestall-around junior.

Club Team: Bangu Tsunami SC.

Personal: Born 7/13/89...son of David andMargaret Sippola....English Literature major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2007Sophomore

    M/D
    5'8" 150 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2008Sophomore

    M/D
    5'8" 150 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2009Junior

    M/D
    5'8" 150 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2010Senior

    M/D
    5'8" 150 lbs
    17
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