6 TJC soccer players earn All-America honors
Published 5:43 pm Tuesday, December 11, 2018
- TJC midfielder Leon Karman, a 5-11 sophomore from Emmendingen, Germany, earned second-team NJCAA men's soccer All-America. Photos Courtesy of TJC Athletics
Six Tyler Junior College soccer players — four Apache Ladies and two Apaches— have earned All-America honors, the NJCAA announced from its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Apache Ladies on the first-team were Lunana Munoz, a 5-6 sophomore defender from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Hitomi Kono, a 5-3 sophomore midfielder from Kanagawa, Japan.
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Second-team honors went to goalkeeper Andrea Neves, a 5-11 sophomore from Hamburg, Germany, and forward Patricia Estupinan, a 5-5 freshman from Canarias, Spain.
The Apache Ladies finished national runners-up with a 23-2-1 record. They were national champions in 2017.
The selections were by the NJCAA Division I women’s soccer committee.
The Apaches, who were seeking their third straight national championship, placed defender Musa Qongo, a 5-7 sophomore from Johannesburg, South Africa, on the first team.
Midfielder Leon Karman, a 5-11 sophomore from Emmendingen, Germany, earned second-team honors.
The Apaches were appearing in their 10th straight national tournament.
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The selections were by the NJCAA Division I men’s soccer committee.