FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, November 4, 2011

Contact:  Robert Preston, Jr.,
              912.260.4276
              robert.preston@sgc.edu

SGC Soccer Players Make All Conference, All Tournament Teams

In the wake of one of the best soccer seasons in South Georgia College history, several Tigers earned post-season awards. Both the men’s and women’s teams made the Final Four of the state playoffs, and 12 players received All Conference or All Tournament recognition.

On the women’s team, Marcille McBean (defender) was named First Team All Conference, while Emily Engram (defensive midfielder), Chelsea Barfield (center mid) and Payton Leffew (forward) were named Second Team All Conference. Ingram and Leffew also made the All Tournament team.

For the men, defender Luke Adams made First Team All Conference. Jordan Crown (keeper), Ryan Davidson (midfield), Matheus Silva (forward) and Emanuel Goncalves (defensive center mid) made Second Team All Conference. This was Goncalves’s second time making the All Conference team. Defender Nathan Lopez and defensive center midfielder Kapasa Makasa made the All Tournament team as well.

McBean and Adams have also been nominated as All Americans.

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