Hans Purtell earns postseason honors in soccer

2014 Dec 15

Hans Purtell from Johnstown City, NY, has earned postseason honors for his outstanding performance in soccer this fall for SUNY Oneonta.

The Red Dragons completed 2014 with a 21-1-2 overall record while finishing 8-0-1 in the SUNYAC Conference. The team won the SUNYAC title and qualified for the NCAA tournament for a fourth straight year. In the tournament, they advanced all the way to the national semifinals for the second time in four years.

Hans earned second team All-Conference honors this season. He played in all 24 games this season and started in 19 of them. He scored two game winning goals, eight goals in all while adding four assists for a total of 20 points.

A liberal arts college with a pre-professional focus, SUNY Oneonta features outstanding and accessible faculty, students committed to academics and community service, exceptional technology, a modern field house and athletic facilities, and a beautiful campus. The college enrolls 6,000 students in its 70 undergraduate majors and 14 graduate programs. Athletes compete at the NCAA Division III Level on 21 teams, and the college is a member of the SUNYAC conference.