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...even more success, becoming the face of Harvard soccer and putting the program on the map with the help of the strongest class ever to have played for the Crimson. The graduating class even caught the attention of the 2008 MLS Cup Champions, the Columbus Crew, who selected classmate Kwaku Nyamekye late in the MLS SuperDraft this year. The class of 2010 has also appeared in the postseason every year and has won two Ivy League titles...
...team characterized by its senior leadership, it was fitting that seniors would catalyze the season-changing 2-1 victory over Dartmouth. Senior defenseman Kwaku Nyamekye broke a scoring drought of a little less than a year when he knocked classmate Adam Rousmaniere’s corner kick into the right corner of the goal less than five minutes into the contest. Just as in the past two games, Harvard surrendered the lead when Lucky Mkosana pulled the Big Green even at 55:26. But this time, the Crimson responded when co-captain Brian Grimm kicked a deep ball that...
...team’s five seniors, Akpan, defender Kwaku Nyamekye, and midfielders Mitchell, co-captain Brian Grimm, and Adam Rousmaniere, kept the team on track all year long. Having come to Cambridge on the heels of a 6-8-2 season, Harvard’s seniors never once failed to reach the NCAA tournament during their careers. When the team started to fall off track, with a 4-0 loss to then-No. 17 UConn and a 2-1 upset by unranked Princeton, it was the seniors who set the team straight...
...with the 22nd pick in the draft, the Colorado Rapids selected Akpan. Three hours later, senior Kwaku Nyamekye, another member of the Crimson men’s soccer team was selected by the Columbus Crew...
It’s not common to have two Ivy League athletes hear their names called during a professional sports draft. It’s especially rare to have two players from the same school join the professional ranks on the same day. But for seniors Andre Akpan and Kwaku Nyamekye, rarity has become reality...