The NCAA has selected former Winthrop University team captain Matt Horn (Mooresville, NC) as one of two student athletes as 2013 Water Byers Scholars. With it goes a $24,000 postgraduate scholarship…… Midfielder Koty Millard from Cardinal Newman School (Columbia, S.C.) has been named NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com Boys High School Player of the Week. Millard led his team to a 20-6-2 record this past season and to the South Carolina AAA State title. He had two goals and an assist in the semifinal game, followed by a hat-trick in the final contest. Two of those hat-trick goals were in the final 1:59 of overtime to win the state title. Millard was chosen as the 2012-13 Gatorade South Carolina Boys Soccer Player of the Year, and he will continue his playing career with University of South Carolina in the fall. Chelsea Drennan of T.L. Hanna HS has been named the 2012-13 Gatorade South Carolina Girls Soccer Player of the Year. The senior midfielder recorded 115 goals and 55 assists in her high school career. She has signed to play collegiate soccer at the University of South Carolina…..Lexington County Soccer Club is now part of Liverpool FC America and Liverpool FC in England, and will be rebranded as Liverpool FC America-South Carolina…….Men’s soccer All-America Walker Zimmerman and Stephanie DeVita were named the Furman Male and Female Athletes of the Year, respectively at the school’s annual awards banquet. Zimmerman (Lawrenceville, GA) was selected in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft by FC Dallas after signing a Generation adidas contract with MLS. DeVita (Simpsonville, SC) was the Southern Conference Player of the Year as well as SoCon Freshman of the Year after scoring 19 goals with four assists in her rookie season…..Clemson’s Kyle Fisher (Easley, SC) has been named to a USL Premier Development League Team of the Week honor. Fisher and fellow Tigers sophomore Paul Clowes (England) are playing this summer for the Orlando City U23s.
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The NCAA has selected former Winthrop University team captain Matt Horn (Mooresville, NC) as one of two student athletes as 2013 Water Byers Scholars. With it goes a $24,000 postgraduate scholarship…… Midfielder Koty Millard from Cardinal Newman School (Columbia, S.C.) has been named NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com Boys High School Player of the Week. Millard led his team to a 20-6-2 record this past season and to the South Carolina AAA State title. He had two goals and an assist in the semifinal game, followed by a hat-trick in the final contest. Two of those hat-trick goals were in the final 1:59 of overtime to win the state title. Millard was chosen as the 2012-13 Gatorade South Carolina Boys Soccer Player of the Year, and he will continue his playing career with University of South Carolina in the fall. Chelsea Drennan of T.L. Hanna HS has been named the 2012-13 Gatorade South Carolina Girls Soccer Player of the Year. The senior midfielder recorded 115 goals and 55 assists in her high school career. She has signed to play collegiate soccer at the University of South Carolina…..Lexington County Soccer Club is now part of Liverpool FC America and Liverpool FC in England, and will be rebranded as Liverpool FC America-South Carolina…….Men’s soccer All-America Walker Zimmerman and Stephanie DeVita were named the Furman Male and Female Athletes of the Year, respectively at the school’s annual awards banquet. Zimmerman (Lawrenceville, GA) was selected in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft by FC Dallas after signing a Generation adidas contract with MLS. DeVita (Simpsonville, SC) was the Southern Conference Player of the Year as well as SoCon Freshman of the Year after scoring 19 goals with four assists in her rookie season…..Clemson’s Kyle Fisher (Easley, SC) has been named to a USL Premier Development League Team of the Week honor. Fisher and fellow Tigers sophomore Paul Clowes (England) are playing this summer for the Orlando City U23s.