2008: First Team All-MVC… Third Team NSCAA All-Midwest Region… Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List… First Team MVC Scholar-Athlete… NIU Invitational All-Tournament Team… MVC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 29)… CollegeSoccerNews.com and TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week (Sept. 29)… Peters was one of two Panthers to start all 19 games… led the team with 10 goals, posting a double-figure total for the third consecutive season… became the first Panther in the program’s Valley era (1996-present) to record three seasons of 10-plus goals… led the league in goals and points for the third year in a row… became the program’s first three-time First Team All-Conference honoree of the Valley years… became just the third player in program history to be a three-time All-Region selection… posted his third career hat trick in the win at Wright State, earning his first career MVC Player of the Week award for the performance… also scored twice in the win over Central Arkansas and draw at Western Illinois, finishing his career with seven multi-goal games… also scored in the wins against UMKC and at IPFW, and MVC Tournament loss to Missouri State (his third career postseason goal)… registered six assists for the second year in a row… recorded a pair of assists in the win at Western Michigan and loss against second-ranked Creighton… led the team in minutes (1,736), going the distance in Valley play for the second year in a row… played the entire game 15 times, including each of the final matches of the season… ended his career having started 45 consecutive games, a team-long streak… finished his career as the Valley’s active career leader in goals and points… among the program leaders in the Valley era, ranks first in game-winning goals, second in goals, second in assists, and second in points… Eastern was 19-3-2 when he scored during his career… MVC Rankings: first in goals, first in points… EIU All-Time Rankings: fifth in goals, seventh in points, and ninth in goals.
2007: First Team All-MVC… NSCAA Second Team All-Midwest Region… MVC Scholar-Athlete Team Honorable Mention… MVP of the UMKC/Mr. Goodcents Invitational… Bradley City Centre Classic All-Tournament Team…Peters started all 21 games, extending his consecutive games started streak to 26 dating back to last season… led the Valley with 11 goals for the second year in a row… became the first Panther in the Valley era to post consecutive seasons with 10-plus goals… along with Mick Galeski, became the first Panther since 1994 to earn consecutive All-Region honors… joined Galeski and Jimmy Klatter as the program’s only back-to-back First Team All-MVC recipients… also led the league with six game-winning goals, establishing a new program record in the Valley era… scored five of his 11 goals in league play after netting just one as a sophomore… scored the game-winning goal in three straight games early in the season, taking home MVP honors at the UMKC Invitational after netting the lone goal in a pair of 1-0 victories… had a big game in the win against Valparaiso, scoring twice and assisting on EIU’s other two goals… scored just 40 seconds into the Valpo win, EIU’s quickest goal since 2001… beginning with the Valpo game, scored in four consecutive contests… scored his first career overtime goal in the win against Oral Roberts… also scored twice in the Missouri State win… netted EIU’s first goal against Creighton since 2002… assisted on Alex Harrison’s overtime goal in the season opener against Belmont… ranked second on the team in minutes played (1,888), going the distance 12 times… played 650 consecutive minutes during the second half the season as the only Panther to play every minute of the conference season… will enter his senior season as the active conference leader in goals and points… ranks fourth in goals and points, sixth in assists in the program’s Valley era… MVC Rankings: first in goals, game-winning goals and shots; sixth in assists… National Rankings: 32nd in points and 41st in goals.
2006: First Team All-MVC… NSCAA Second Team All-Midwest Region… MVC All-Tournament Team… Bowling Green Invitational All-Tournament Team… He started all 19 games in which he played… led the Valley with 11 goals, the most by an EIU player since Jason Thompson netted 14 in 2002… only the second underclassman in EIU’s MVC era (1996-present) to post a double-figure goal total… registered his first career hat trick (all three goals coming in the second half) in the win at IPFW… scored twice in the MVC Tournament win over Missouri State… his first career Valley goal was the game-winner against Evansville… scored in four consecutive games early in the season… scored a goal and tallied an assist in the same game on three occasions… led the team with four game-winners… also tops on the squad in shots and shots on goal, challenging the opposing goalkeeper with 53 percent of his attacks… MVC Rankings: First in goals and points, second in game-winning goals and shots… National Rankings: 28th in goals and 38th in points.
2005: MVC All-Freshman Team… He played in 14 games and started 11, including the first eight matches of the season… saw action off the bench in the MVC Tournament contest against Vanderbilt… scored his first career goal in the win over Olivet Nazarene… assisted on Brad Earl’s goal against Cal Poly for his first collegiate point… finished second on the team with 32 shots, 14 of which were on goal… tallied four shots in a game on four occasions.
HIGH SCHOOL: He played for coach Greg Koellor... named the‘04 Missouri Player of the Year after scoring a state-best and school-record 51 goals while leading St. Dominic to the Class 2A state championship… St. Louis Post-Dispatch First Team All-Metro honors as a senior, Honorable Mention All-Metro as a junior… two-time all-state and all-district selection… set a school record with 117 points… St. Louis Post-DispatchPlayer of the Week... Newschannel 5 Performer of the Week... two-year team captain.
PERSONAL: No. 1 sports highlight was scoring a hat trick in the state championship game and winning 5-0… his uncle Daryl Doran, who played in a U.S. record 827 professional indoor soccer games during his career, has been a major influence on his sports career because “he was a professional and a good role model”… most admires coach Koellor because “he helped me take my game to the next level”... also recently played for the Colorado Rapids U-23 PDL team... son of George and Carol Peters... MAJOR: Kinesiology and Sports Studies.
