Quartet Takes Third NAIA Men's All-America Honor
Posted by NSCAA on Dec 9, 2011 in Awards 0 Comments
Derek Prinz (Hastings/Omaha, Neb.), Joseph Omondi (Bethel [Tenn.]), Nikola Velickovic (Columbia/Cacak, Serbia) and Mario Vila Boa (Bethel [Tenn.]) each were honored for the third time in their careers with the announcement of the 2011 NSCAA/Continental Tire NAIA Men's All-America Team.
Omondi and Vila Boa were joined by Dawyne Smith (Kingston, Jamaica) to give Bethel three players on the squad, which matches national runner-up Hastings, the University of Mobile and Rio Grande for the most players earning All-America honors. Belhaven, Columbia, Lindsey Wilson, Science and Arts of Oklahoma and William Carey all had two players on the roster.
The 33 athletes will be recognized at the annual All-America Luncheon, to be held in the Kansas City Convention Center's Grand Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 14, in conjunction with the 2012 NSCAA Convention in Kansas City, Mo.
2011 NSCAA/Continental Tire Men's NAIA All-America Team |
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| First Team | ||||||
| Pos. | Player | Class | School | Hometown | ||
| K | Carl Goody | Sr. | William Carey (Miss.) | Newmarket, England | ||
| D | Nate Byarlay | Jr. | Baker (Kan.) | Olathe, Kan. | ||
| D | Derek Prinz** | Sr. | Hastings (Neb.) | Omaha, Neb. | ||
| D | Chris Williams | Sr. | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Flint, Wales | ||
| M | Goffin Boyoko | So. | Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) | Paris, France | ||
| M | Lebogang Moloto | Jr. | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Polokwane, South Africa | ||
| M | Joel Theissen | Sr. | Rio Grande (Ohio) | Newcastle, Australia | ||
| F | DeShorn Brown* | So | Mobile (Ala.) | Manchester, Jamaica | ||
| F | Richard Isberner | Jr. | Rio Grande (Ohio) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
| F | Paul Islas | Jr. | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | Fresno, Calif. | ||
| F | Nate Polak | Sr. | Hastings (Neb.) | Lincoln, Neb. | ||
| Second Team | ||||||
| K | Cody Poteat | Sr. | Hastings (Neb.) | Lincoln, Neb. | ||
| D | Chris Dillon* | Jr. | Mobile (Ala.) | Bournemouth, England | ||
| D | Neil Harries | Sr. | Rio Grande (Ohio) | Lancashire, England | ||
| D | Nikola Velickovic** | Jr. | Columbia (Mo.) | Cacak, Serbia | ||
| M | Facundo Dipascuale | Sr. | Concordia (Ore.) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| M | Sam Fairhurst | Jr. | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Wigan, England | ||
| M | Luis Heitor-Piffer* | Sr. | Grand View (Iowa) | Amparo, Brazil | ||
| M | Stephen Okai | Jr. | Mobile (Ala.) | Accra, Ghana | ||
| F | Eduardo Da Silva | Sr. | Missouri Valley | Valledupar, Columbia | ||
| F | Francois Navarro | So. | William Carey (Miss.) | Paris, France | ||
| F | Ryan O'Neil* | Sr. | Great Falls (Mont.) | Arima, Trinidad | ||
| Third Team | ||||||
| K | Greg Hartley | Jr. | Belhaven (Miss.) | Manchester, England | ||
| K | Alex Palomarez | Jr. | Menlo (Calif.) | Fremont, Calif. | ||
| D | Joseph Omondi** | Sr. | Bethel (Tenn.) | Nairobi, Kenya | ||
| D | Scott Parkinson | So. | Science & Arts (Okla.) | Liverpool, England | ||
| D | Alex Rodriguez* | Sr. | Belhaven (Miss.) | Lufkin, Texas | ||
| M | Dylan Barduzzi | Sr. | Columbia (Mo.) | Florianopolis, Brazil | ||
| M | Niall Crick* | Sr. | Science & Arts (Okla.) | Leith, Scotland | ||
| M | Dawyne Smith | Sr. | Bethel (Tenn.) | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| F | Alex Chavez | Sr. | Kansas Wesleyan | Los Angeles, Calif. | ||
| F | Billy Forbes | Jr. | Lubbock Christian (Texas) | Providenciales, Turk Islands | ||
| F | Mario Vila Boa** | Sr. | Bethel (Tenn.) | Durban, South Africa | ||
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BY Carlos Medina on Aug 28, 7:58PM
Me parecio muy interesante el articulo y lamento no haber podido participar de la conferencia ya que los temas fueron muy interesantes. Existe algun video de esta conferencia para poder ver? Gracias y saludos!
BY Raymond Ford on Aug 9, 3:56PM
Hi Eric, email me rayford1973@hotmail.com as I am now in Louisiana not Curry college Mass. popping over to twin cities this month. FORDY
BY Peter Wiggins on Aug 7, 7:15PM
I wish someone uploaded a legible copy of the Bob Gansler & Tony DiCiccio presentations at The Orlando event. I was there, it was awesome, and now I can't read my diagram/notes as to how the ball/players move!