Lenoir-Rhyne’s Men’s Soccer Places Two On The NSCAA/adidas First-Team All-Region Squad

Luis Carrizosa and Aaron Wheeler selected to the 2007 National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas All-Appalachian Region First Team

Kansas City, Kan. – Lenoir-Rhyne College’s Luis Carrizosa and Aaron Wheeler were named to the 2007 NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America)/adidas NCAA Division II All-Appalachian Region First Team in Men’s Soccer.

Meanwhile, junior midfielder Gary Higgins (Paisley, SCOTLAND/St. Andrews Academy) was named to the second team.

Carrizosa, a junior midfielder from North Bergen, N.J., is a First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference and Daktronics, Inc., All-Region honoree as well in 2007 and led the squad in assists (10) and points (18) this year.

The North Bergen High School graduate is a three-time all-league and all-region selection. Wheeler (Baltimore, Md./Patapsco HS), a sophomore forward, has been a First-Team All-SAC and NSCAA/adidas All-Appalachian Region pick the past two years.

Higgins was recently selected has an honorable mention All-American by Daktronics, Inc., and has been an all-region pick the past two seasons.  Higgins, a two-time all-region honoree, finished the 2007 campaign with five goals and 11 points.

Lenoir-Rhyne finished the 2007 campaign with a 13-6 mark.

The Appalachian Region consists of the South Atlantic Conference and the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.