Yavapai College (Ariz.) earned two first-team selections on the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Men's Junior College Division I All-America team announced today.

Yavapai, the national champions, placed sophomore defender Vincent Fimbrez (Phoenix, Ariz.) and sophomore midfielder Irving Garcia (San Luis, Ariz.) on the 12-man first team.

Two other teams had two first-team selections: Georgia Perimeter College (freshman goalkeeper Jon Selkow and sophomore midfielder Marcelo Aguirre) and Tyler Junior College (sophomore defender Roger Dacosta and sophomore forward Kyle Timm).

Two players earned the honor for the second consecutive year--sophomore defender Jakub Gerlach (College of DuPage/Chicago, Ill..) and sophomore forward Claudio Dantas, Jr., (Jefferson College/Deerfield Beach, Fla.). Both were named to the first team.

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

Second Team
K, Jonathan Barraza, So., Jefferson College, West Palm Beach, Fla.
D, Olukorede Aiyegbusi, So., CCBC-Essex, Randallstown, Md.
D, Victor Hernandez, So., Mercer County Community College, Port Chester, N.Y.
D, Seymour Williams, So., East Central College, Coral Springs, Fla.
M, Guil Costa, Fr., College of Southern Maryland, Waldorf, Md.
M, Arkenson Neckels, So., Marshalltown Community College, Grenada
M, Sam Vernalls, So., Northern Oklahoma College, Grand Tonkawa, Okla.
M, Ebenezer Vicente, So., Massasoit Community College, Brockton, Mass.
F, Stephen Coke, So., Monroe Community College, Bronx, N.Y.
F, Darryl Odom, So., Cloud County Community College, Palmdale, Calif.
F, Bradley Warren Lister, So., Cincinnati State & Technical College, Cincinnati, Ohio

* indicates prior first-team selection

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