Johannes Sterobo Earns GLIAC Commissioner's Award
2015 Fall GLIAC Commissioner's Award Winners
MIDLAND, MICH. – Senior goalkeeper Johannes Sterobo (Odense, Denmark / Tornbjerg) from the Northwood University men's soccer team has been named a recipient of a GLIAC Commissioner's Award.
The awards are presented after the Fall, Winter, and Spring athletic seasons to six female and six male student-athletes that excel both in the classroom and on the fields of play. All grade-point averages are based on a 4.0 scale.
Sterobo is the first student-athlete in Northwood history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America of the year. He is also the first Timberwolf to earn First Team Academic All-America honors since Marek Kolar from the men's tennis team in 2000. Along with Academic All-America honors, Sterobo has also earned the following: NSCAA All-Midwest Region Team, CCA All-Midwest Region Team, GLIAC Goalkeeper of the Year, All-GLIAC First Team and GLIAC Player of the Week (twice).
A four-year starter for Northwood, Sterobo is the greatest goalkeeper in the history of NU soccer. He holds eight school records at Northwood: wins in a season (17), wins in a career (45), goals against in a season (0.56) goals against in a career (0.96), save percentage in a season (.855), save percentage in a career (.765), shutouts in a season (12) and shutouts in a career (29). Sterobo was named the GLIAC Goalkeeper of the Year and First Team All-GLIAC after leading the conference in goals against and wins. His 29 career shutouts rank him second among active goalkeepers in Division II.
Northwood recently completed the greatest season in program history, finishing with a 17-2-1 overall record while reaching the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament. The Timberwolves claimed the GLIAC Championship and the GLIAC Tournament title, as well as being ranked as high as ninth in the country by the NSCAA.
Sterobo has a 3.99 G.P.A. and is an international business major. He is now a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America after earning third team honors in 2014.