Head Coach Wins Coach
of the Year Honors
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Hyde Park, NY 鈥 Sophomore Dan
Landon (Johnsburgh, IL) of The Culinary Institute of
America was named the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(HVIAC) Soccer
Player of the Year for 2014. Landon scored 15 goals, more than any
other player
in the conference, while leading the CIA Steels to an 8-4-2 overall record.
He also led the conference with four game-winning goals, all coming in league
play, where the Steels went 5-1-0 and won the regular season championship.
Adding to the post-season honors for the CIA, second-year
head coach Chris
Lyn was named HVIAC coach of the year. Four other Steels were named to
the All-Conference Team: sophomores Corte
Allen (Staunton, VA), Jonathan Bedell (Naperville, IL), and Dylan Soro (Temecula, CA), and junior Eric Hamway (Columbia, NJ). For Bedell, the CIA鈥檚 goalkeeper, it
was his second straight year on the All-HVIAC Team. He finished the season with
three shutouts and a 1.35 goals against average.
The Steels season concluded on October 26, with a penalty
kick shootout loss to Berkeley in the conference tournament semifinal, after
double overtime ended in a 1-1 tie.
The CIA鈥檚 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 sports teams are named for the
tool chefs use to sharpen knives. The Steels compete in the HVIAC in soccer,
basketball, cross country, volleyball, and tennis.
Photo Captions and Hi-Res Images
Photo 1 (top photo): CIA forward Dan Landon in action against Kings College at Randall's Island in
New York City in 2014. Landon scored two of his league-high 15 goals in that
game. The sophomore was named HVIAC Soccer Player of the Year. (Photo credit: Courtesy: CIA)
Photo 2: Steels
head coach Chris Lyn was honored as the HVIAC men's soccer Coach of the Year
for 2014. In two years as coach of the CIA, he has led the Steels to a 16-9-3
record and this year's regular season league title. (Photo credit: CIA/Phil Mansfield)
Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is an independent,
not-for-profit college offering associate and bachelor's degrees with majors in
culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, culinary science, and applied food
studies, as well as certificate programs in culinary arts and wine and beverage
studies. As the world's premier culinary college, the CIA provides thought
leadership in the areas of health & wellness, sustainability, and world
cuisines & cultures through research and conferences. The CIA has a network
of 46,000 alumni that includes industry leaders such as Grant Achatz, Anthony Bourdain, Roy
Choi, Cat Cora, Dan Coudreaut, Steve Ells, Charlie Palmer, and Roy Yamaguchi. The CIA also
offers courses for professionals and enthusiasts, as well as consulting
services in support of innovation for the foodservice and hospitality industry.
The college has campuses in Hyde Park, NY; St. Helena, CA; San Antonio, TX; and
Singapore.
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