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2012 High School Boys NSCAA Regional All-Americans - Region 3


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TN, particularly Knoxville, well-represented on National Soccer Coaches All-Region Team -

 

http://www.nscaa.com...-all-region-iii

 

For those interested, listed below are freshman season college statistics from respective college websites for the eight TN individuals named to the Region III team...

 

Caleb Lucas (Maryville) - Berry College (14-3-2) - 17 games / 5 starts / 7 goals / 2 assists

Ryan Odum (Hendersonville) - Carson Newman (8-6-3) - 5 games / 3 starts / 1 goal / 2 S.O.G.

Christopher Gardea (Christian Bros) - Memphis (8-7-3) - 5 games / 63 minutes

Tim Baker (Knox Catholic) - Lee University (9-8-1) - 2 games / 2 starts / 1 S.O.G.

Arturo Rocha (McCallie) - Lee University (9-8-1) - On Roster - DNP (not on stats sheet)

Shpend Rexhepi (Nash Overton) - Lipscomb (7-12-1) - On Roster - DNP (not on stats sheet)

Ben Holt (CAK) - Junior Season - Committed to Marshall University

Matt England (Brentwood) - Did Not Play College Soccer

 

Congratulations to Caleb Lucas on a very productive freshman season. Regarding the other All-Region III players, I am not certain if there were injuries or redshirt situations involved. I anticipated each would have gotten more playing time. If you are aware of any details, please share. College soccer information is sometimes not easy to come by.

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I don't find it suprising that more of these players did not compete as freshmen. Not that they aren't great players just that they are freshmen and whether red-shirt, injury, or otherwise college coaches do not have huge expectation that a player will be helping the team right away unless they are highly recruited elite players. They are looking at the talent and how it fits into their system. Don't forget most of these college rosters are filled from outside of the country not to mention outside of Tennessee if they are being heavily recruited. I would say look at these players again next year or better still two years from now to see if they have worked their way into the main rotation of players that will be used.

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