Junior Juan Luna (Mount Jackson, Va./Stonewall Jackson) has been named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State Second Team. It’s the first All-State award for the men’s soccer forward.
Luna was a dynamic offensive force up top for the Eastern Mennonite men, as he finished with team highs of five goals, five assists and 15 points. He finished fourth in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference in assists and seventh in total points. Luna also notched three game-winning goals in ODAC play, which led the league. In EMU’s big road upset of preseason favorite Roanoke on Oct. 2, Luna scored the game’s only goal late in the first half.
This is the fifth straight year that the Royals have placed at least one men’s soccer player on an All-State team. They have had 15 All-State honorees since 2008.
With a young team, Eastern Mennonite won three of their final four games in the regular season. They lost to eventual ODAC Champion Washington and Lee in the conference tournament, giving the Generals their closest contest in the tourney.
The Royals finished 4-5-2 in the ODAC and 6-12-2 overall.
VaSID names 27 All-State teams in 15 sports each year, as well as an Academic All-State squad and an all-sports champion in both the University and College Divisions. Membership in VaSID is open to all media relations professionals working at a university, college or conference in the state of Virginia.
2015 VaSID Men’s Soccer All-State Teams
Player of the Year: Ben Bayles, Washington and Lee University
Coach of the Year: Mike Singleton, Washington and Lee University
Rookie of the Year: Rick Perrault, Virginia Wesleyan College
All-State First Team
Forwards
Patrick Burns, Christopher Newport University
Troy Jurney, Randolph College
Freddy Flores, Lynchburg College
Midfielders
Ben Bayles, Washington and Lee University
BlakeHeatherly, Randolph College
Harry Nodwell, Christopher Newport University
Defenders
Sean Christein, Christopher Newport University
Patrick Barry, Washington and Lee University
Cristian Irigoyen, Randolph College
Dio Beck, Roanoke College
Nate Berning, Lynchburg College
Rodney Ngoh, Marymount University
Goalie
Nolan Mann, Christopher Newport University
All-State Second Team
Forwards
Rob Lentine, Roanoke College
Juan Luna, Eastern Mennonite University
Ricky Perrault, Virginia Wesleyan College
Jordan Couch, Emory & Henry College
Midfielders
Mike Bennett, University of Mary Washington
Tyler Carbaugh, Roanoke College
Logan McHugh, Randolph-Macon College
Defenders
Kevin Gidari, Bridgewater College
Jack Maxey, Randolph-Macon College
Bobby Seifert, Christopher Newport University
Goalie
Matt Spencer, University of Mary Washington