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Blast Duo Garner PostSeason Honors Bowers and Nelson Voted Def ender and Rookie of t he Year League?s Elite Named to Unanimous vote-getter, Kansas City Comets forward Dino Delevski and League MVP headlines a the MISL's best players. Delevski is joined by Cleveland forward and the League's all-time scoring leader, Hector Marinaro (2,255 points), and Milwaukee's Joe Reiniger. Baltimore's Sean Bowers and Philadelphia's Pat Morris are the two First Team defenders. Milwaukee goalkeeper, Victor Nogueira, rounds out the First-Team selections. Philadelphia goalkeeper Peter Pappas and Baltimore midfielder Denison Cabral headline the All-MISL Second Team. Milwaukee defender Troy Dusosky, Wave forward Brian Loftin, Harrisburg forward David Bascome and Heat defender Nick Corneli constitute the remainder of the Second Team. goals, 189 2-point ean Bowers and Billy Nelson, each of scores, 35 1-point the Baltimore Blast, received League tallies, 192 assists, 761 points, and 677 honors blocks in 255 career games a s played. The 1991-92 De f e n d e r National Prof essi onal a n d Soccer League Rookie of Rookie of the Year ranks seventh on the Year, the League's all-time blocks respeclist while holding the record tively. for the most combined Bowers, points and blocks in a 32, is a season after posting 148 three-time Defender From left to right: Baltimore Blast Head of the Year, Coach, Kevin Healey, Billy Nelson, Sean claiming the League honor in 1992-93 and 1993-94 while points and 172 playing for the Detroit Rockers. blocks (320 total) The San Diego native received 79 points during the 1994and 13 first-place votes. Philadelphia's Pat 95 campaign. Morris finished second in voting with 37 Billy Nelson, points and three first-place votes while 22, accumulated Milwaukee's Troy Dusosky placed third 65 points and with 36 points and five first-place votes. nine first-place Bowers appeared in each of Baltimore's votes in Rookie of 44 regular season outings during the 2001- the Year balloting. 02 campaign and registered 14 3-point C l e v e l a n d goals, 17 2-point scores, and 17 assists for Crunch defender Reda 93 points. The Quincy University product M arco Cleveland Crunch's finished the season ranked second among finished second in Hector Marinaro MISL defenders and 12th overall in League the voting with 49 points and six scoring. The eight-year veteran led the MISL in first-place votes. Philadelphia Ci ty restart goals with 15 while ranking fourth in Kansas Kixx' Pat Morris 3-point goals. Bowers also paced the C o m e t s League and established a Baltimore single-season record with 94 blocks during the campaign. The four-time All-League selection enjoyed a pair of milestones during the 2001-02 season as well. He became just the second player in League history to record at least 600 career points and 600 career blocks with a four-block performance vs. Philadelphia on November 17. Bowers then 2001-02 M ISL A ll-Rookie Team became just the 29th player in League history to record 700 Player Pos Team career points when he Brian Bowes Goalkeeper Kansas City Comets notched a 3-point goal in Billy Nelson Defender Baltimore Blast Marco Reda Defender Cleveland Crunch Baltimore's 20-10 victory over Justin Evans Forward Cleveland Crunch the Kixx on January 6. Johnny Torres Midfielder Milwaukee Wave Long considered one of the Jason Webb Midfielder Harrisburg Heat sport's finest two-way players, Bowers has posted 50 3-point S Cleveland's future looks bright with All-Rookie bookends Evans (l) and Reda (r) G O A L I n d o o r • June-July 2002• 16

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