Millard West Wildcats

Millard West Senior Forward Tom Heavey has signed with Grand View College in Des Moines, IA.

Grand View in 2007 was Ranked #24 in the Final NAIA Rankings with a 13-6-2 Record.  The Vikings were upset in the Region VII Quater-Finals vs. Olivet Nazarene 2-1 in 2 OT to end their 2007 season.

Read about Tom's Future Head Coach Blair Reid
Blair Reid will be entering his 23nd season as men’s head soccer coach at Grand View College. His extensive coaching experience includes serving as head coach with the USL Des Moines Menace from 1994-1997. In 1995, he was voted the PDL Coach of the Year. From 1985-1993, Reid split his coaching duties between Grand View and Dowling High School. At Dowling, Reid was the head coach for nine seasons, guiding the Maroons to a record of 125-25-12. Reid was instrumental in getting soccer in Iowa as a state sanctioned high school sport and, in 2001, he was inducted into the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame. At Grand View, Reid has coached the Vikings to eight MCC championships (1991, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006), one district championship (2003), and four national tournament appearances (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006). He has been named MCC Coach of the Year six times (1991, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005) and NAIA District 15 coach of the year eight times, and Region VII Coach of the three times (2002, 2003, 2005). Reid has coached 12 NAIA Academic All-Americans, 24 NAIA All-Americans, 32 NAIA All-Region, and numerous All-Conference and All-District players while at Grand View. A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Reid graduated from State University of New York at Brockport in 1975.