Thirteen Area Players Chosen To TSWA All-State Soccer Team

Friday, July 20, 2012 - by special report to chattanoogan.com

Thirteen Chattanooga-area players have been chosen to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association All-State soccer teams.

In Division II, the all-state players are Baylor’s Henrique Ribeiro and Rodrgo Alonso and McCallie’s Arturo Rocha and Hunter Brock.

In Division A-AA, the honorees are East Ridge's Jonathan Rodriguez, East Hamilton's Steven Sloan, Daniel Duk and Jose Orellana, Notre Dame’s Wes Blanton and Boyd-Buchanan’s Mason Wortman.

The all-state players in AAA are Ooltewah’s Sean McLain and Felipe Munoz and Bradley Central’s Miles Christian.

ALL-STATE TEAMS

Division II

Goalkeepers

Henrique Ribeiro (Chattanooga Baylor)

Dalton Ponchilla (Franklin Road Academy)

Defenders

Austin Koplan (Knoxville Webb)

Rodrgo Alonso (Chattanooga Baylor)

John Arnold (Nashville Father Ryan)

Paul Burdette (Memphis CBHS)

Matt Kessler (Cordova ECS)

Midfield

Syed Adil (Knoxville Webb)

Matt Slutzker (Knoxville Webb)

Arturo Rocha (Chattanooga McCallie)

Andy Smith (Franklin Road)

Sam Mummert (Mount Juliet Christian)

Michael Mysiewicz (Univeristy School of Jackson)

Chris Gardea (Memphis CBHS)

Chris Mattews (Memphis CBHS)

Daniel Camuti (Memphis University School)

Alex Bran (Memphis St. George's)

Forwards

Will Walker (Knoxville Webb)

Hunter Brock (Chattanooga McCallie)

Jackson Warrick (Nashville Father Ryan)

Bryan Schlosser (Mount Juliet Christian)

Will Kaelin (Memphis University School)

Nicholas Sims (Memphis St. George's)

Max Barousse (Memphis St. George's)

Class A/AA

Goalkeepers

Zach Mayes (CAK)

Jonathan Rodriguez (East Ridge)

Defenders

Jay Emmert (CAK)

Jonathan Mirts (CAK)

Steven Sloan (East Hamilton)

Sloan Dailey (White House)

Jose Guzman (Memphis Kingsbury)

Midfield

Austin Stone (Alcoa)

Ryan Creel (CAK)

Stevie Thompson (CAK)

Jose Orellana (East Hamilton)

Wes Blanton (Chattanooga Notre Dame)

Mason Wortman (Chattanooga Boyd-Buchanan)

Will Cross (Nashville Martin Luther King)

Curtis Hunt (David Lipscomb)

Kyle Daughtrey (Page)

Ben Meyer (Central Magnet)

Hugo Charqueno (Memphis Kingsbury)

Manuel Madrid (Memphis Kingsbury)

Forwards

Drew Fezell (Greeneville)

Hays Culbreath (Greeneville)

Jon Ragland (CAK)

Ben Holt (CAK)

Isaac Jordan (Berean Christian)

Matthew Worley (Knoxville Gibbs)

Daniel Duk (East Hamilton)

Jackson Boonstra (David Lipscomb)

Jacinto Espinosa (Cheatham County)

Andres Acosta (Marshall County)

Clay Whetsel (Giles County)

Matheus Franke (Lexington)

Adam Reinhard (Martin Westview)

Frenk Hatangimana (Memphis Kingsbury)

Cristian Espinoza (Memphis Kingsbury)

AAA

Goalkeepers

Bogachin Akilyidiz (Knoxville West)

Bijan Gloston (Clarksville)

Paxton Mitchell (Murfreesboro Blackman)

Jacob Zalewski (Cookeville)

Defenders

James Ferguson (Knoxville Bearden)

Tyler Rhone (Knoxville Farragut)

Sean McLain (Ooltewah)

Matt England (Brentwood)

LC McNiel (Brentwood)

Shpend Rexhepi (Nashville Overton)

Tyler Patterson (Ravenwood)

Brad Ross (Franklin)

Nathan Hansen (Hendersonville Beech)

Ryan Stroh (Murfreesboro Siegel)

Josh Arman (Murfreesboro Riverdale)

Matt Nisbet (Cookeville)

Jonathan Rivera (Jackson North Side)

Austin Kenney (Collierville)

Marlow Payant (Collierville)

Midfield

Andrew Fulcher (Knoxville Bearden)

Connor Martens (Knoxville Farragut)

Scott Dresens (Knoxville Farragut)

Felipe Munoz (Ooltewah)

Miles Christian (Bradley)

Cody Rampaul (Dickson County)

Alex Pope (Murfreesboro Riverdale)

Shane Powell (Independence)

Josh Thompson (Tullahoma)

Chayce Bidstrup (Collierville)

Brent Lesnick (Collierville)

Tommy Dee (Houston)

Eli Price (Houston)

Forwards

Caleb Lucas (Maryville)

Tim Baker (Knoxville Catholic)

Marvin Mendy (Knoxville Farragut)

Seth Guiler (Murfreesboro Riverdale)

Jeremiah Wright (Columbia)

Ryan Odum (Hendersonville)

Blake Chidester (Brentwood)

(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)


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