Brian Ward of Fayetteville-Manlius High School in Manlius, N.Y., has been named the 2010 Boys High School Scholar Athlete of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Ward is among the 36 high school players named to the 2010 NSCAA Boys High School Scholar All-America Team.

Ward is one of two Scholar All-Americas who also were named to the NSCAA High School All-America Team, along with Tyler Leeman (Montville High School/Oakdale, Conn.). A three-time first-team All-Central New York selection, Ward was the Central New York Counties League Player of the Year as a sophomore, junior and senior and started for the varsity all four years. A member of the National Honor Society and Science Honor Society, he organized a soccer “pink out” breast cancer awareness event that raise more than $2,800. In February he will make his third mission trip to El Salvador, where he has helped rural communities in a variety of projects. He will play for Bucknell University next fall, where he plans to study civil/environmental engineering.

Ward and the remainder of the team will be honored at the annual All-America Luncheon, to be held at the Hilton Baltimore Hotel on Saturday, Jan. 15, as part of the 2011 NSCAA Convention.

2010 NSCAA Boys High School Scholar All-America Team

Player, School, Hometown
Goalkeepers
Oliver Brown, Saint Xavier High School, Louisville, Ky.
Timothy Cunningham, Cardinal Newman School, Columbia, S.C.
Thomas DeMatteis Jr., Saint Mark's High School, Newark, Del.
Matthew Del Pino Pacifici, Charlotte Catholic High School, Charlotte, N.C.
Gerald Smith, Nathan Hale-Ray High School, Moodus, Conn.
Michael Thompson, Xavier High School, Cromwell, Conn.

Defenders
David Barna, Hopkins School, Easton, Conn.
Luke Blades, St. Ignatius High School, Lakewood, Ohio
Zachary Blake, Charlotte Catholic High School, Matthews, N.C.
Nivan Chowattukunnel, Marion High School, Marion, Ind.
Shane Davidson, Lincoln Southwest High School, Lincoln, Neb.
Nicholas DiSomma, Sparta High School, Sparta, N.J.
Michael Grace, Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, N.C.
Michael Greene, Tuscarora High School, Frederick, Md.
Kevin Michalak, Farmington High School, Farmington, Conn.
Connor Orrico, Sweet Home High School, Amherst, N.Y.
Joshua Patten, Timberlane Regional High School, Sandown, N.H.
Sidney Peterson, Jacksonville High School, Jacksonville, N.C.
Kyle Roach, The Pennington School, Plainsboro, N.J.
Tyler Rudy, Sherwood High School, Olney, Md.
Andrew Smith, Pittsford-Mendon High School, Pittsford, N.Y.

Midfielders
Tyler Eppenstein, Meade Senior High School, Odenton, Md.
Lucas Pierce, Yarmouth High School, Yarmouth, Maine
Evan  Rees, Sidney High School, Sidney, Ohio
Matthew Rosengrant, Torrington High School, Torrington, Conn.
Michael Thomas, Ellington High School, Ellington, Conn.
Lucas Throckmorton, Shawnee Mission East High School, Leawood, Kan.
Andrew Vance, The Summit Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Brian Ward*, Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius, N.Y.
Luke Welch, Middletown High School, Middletown, Md.

Forwards
Sean Baumann, Carbondale Community High School, Makanda, Ill.
Scott Clinton, Bloomington Jefferson High School, Bloomington, Minn.
Ryan Del Monaco, Enrico Fermi High School, Enfield, Conn.
Michael DiCesare, Saint Francis DeSales High School, Westerville, Ohio
Tyler Leeman*, Montville High School, Oakdale, Conn.
Joshua Schwartz, Broadneck High School, Annapolis, Md.
* indicates NSCAA High School All-America Team selection

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