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12-10-07

2007 NSCAA/adidas Men’s Junior College Division I All-America Team
First Team
Pos., Name, Cl., School, Hometown
K Jon Selkow, Fr., Georgia Perimeter College, Roswell, Ga.
D, Roger Dacosta, So., Tyler Junior College, Johannesburg, South Africe
D, Vincent Fimbrez, So., Yavapai College, Phoenix, Ariz.
D, *Jakub Gerlach, So., College of DuPage, Chicago, Ill.
M, Marcelo Aguirre, So., Georgia Perimeter College, Miami, Fla..
M, Gary Crooks, So., Louisburg College, Scotland
M, Irving Garcia, So., Yavapai College, San Luis, Ariz.
M, Eddie Sayon, So., Parkland College, Champaign, Ill.
F, Kyle Timm, So., Tyler Junior College, Johannesburg, South Africa
F, Claudio Dantas, Jr., So.., Jefferson College, Deerfield Beach, Fla.
F, Ricardo Ximines, So., San Jacinto College, Kingston, Jamaica

12-06-07

Rockets’ Keys, others from area are headed to Parkland for soccer

By MARCIA MARTINEZ
STAFF WRITER

Published Thursday, December 06, 2007

Rochester High School all-state soccer player T.J. Keys will play next season for Parkland College in Champaign.

The Cobras get a forward who scored 84 career goals, 44 as a senior, was named to the Chicago Tribune honorable mention all-state team and led Rochester to third-place finishes at the Class A state tournament in 2006 and 2007. McKendree University and Lincoln Land Community College also made Keys’ final list.

“I picked Parkland because it’s a two-year school and I kind of wanted to get out of Springfield,” he said. “I want to pursue engineering and Parkland has an engineering program and so does the University of Illinois, so if I decide not to play soccer after the two years at Parkland I can always go there.”

Keys is one of several local players headed to Parkland. Coach Mark Sikora first spotted Keys and fellow signee Alex Drawve, a Pleasant Plains senior, playing for a Chatham-based club team called the Raiders in a summer tournament.

Drawve played forward and midfielder, then spent the final quarter of the high school season at the fullback position. He scored 14 goals and had eight assists for the Cardinals.

Springfield sweeper Chris Faller and midfielder Matt Larison also have signed with Parkland.

“I’m excited about playing at the next level,” Faller said.

Larison was the Senators’ second-leading scorer in the fall with eight goals.

“I saw Parkland play Lincoln Land here in town and I liked what I saw,” Larison said.

Marcia Martinez can be reached at 788-1547 or marcia.martinez@sj-r.com.

11-14-07

Men's Soccer:

Eddie Sayon (Champaign Centennial So.) 1st Team All-Region & 1st Team All-MWAC All-American Nominee

Nathan Gross (Chicago Hubbard So.) 2nd Team All-Conference & Honorable Mention All-Region

Bruno Ferreira (Fisher HS via Brazil Fr.) 2nd Team All-Conference & Honorable Mention All-Region

Patrick Brewer (Mahomet-Seymour So.) 2nd Team All-Conference

Corey Kallembach (Champaign Centennial Fr.) Honorable Mention All-Region

Trevor Kohlrus (Chatham-Glenwood Fr. ) Honorable Mention All-Region

Zach Alumbaugh (Champaign Centennial So.) Honorable Mention All-Conference

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