PDA High School players awards 2012

 

PINGRY SCHOOL STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE NEW JERSEY BOYS SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR
 

Costa joins recent Gatorade New Jersey Boys Soccer Players of the Year Christiano Francois (2011–12, St. Benedict’s Prep.), Dan Metzger (2010–11, Holmdel High School), Jon Aguirre, (2009-10, Madison High School), Rafael Diaz (2008–09 Morris Hills), Matt Kassel (2007-08, Bridgewater-Raritan), and Brayan Martinez (2006-2007, West Orange) among the state’s list of former award winners.

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CHICAGO (February 19, 2013) — In its 28th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Brian Costa of Pingry School as its 2012-13 Gatorade New Jersey Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Costa is the first Gatorade New Jersey Boys Soccer Player of the Year to be chosen from Pingry School.

The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Costa as New Jersey’s best high school boys soccer player. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year award to be announced in May, Costa joins an elite alumni association of past state award-winners in 12 sports, including Abby Wambach (1997-98, Our Lady of Mercy, N.Y.), Derek Jeter (1991-92, Kalamazoo HS, Mich.), Candace Parker (2001-02, Naperville Central HS, Ill.), Alexi Lalas (1987-88, Cranbrook HS, Mich.), Heather O’Reilly (2001-02, East Brunswick HS, N.J.) and Mark Sanchez (2004-05, Mission Viejo HS, Calif.).

The 5-foot-8, 143-pound senior defensive midfielder scored two goals and passed for two assists this past season, leading the Big Blue (17-2-4) to the Non-Public Class A state championship game. A two-time All-Somerset County First Team selection, Costa was the No. 123-rated recruit in the Class of 2013 by TopDrawerSoccer.com.

Costa has maintained an A average in the classroom. He has volunteered locally as part of a fundraising campaign to benefit leukemia research, as a peer mentor and with the Special Olympics.

"Brian Costa is the type of player that after the game you ask, ‘Who was that kid?’" said Rick Szeles, head coach of Bridgewater-Raritan High. "He can play any field position and has great skills and field presence. He leads by example, demonstrates great sportsmanship and has a great work ethic."

Costa will attend Princeton University this fall, where he will play soccer.

The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. The selection process is administered by the Gatorade high school sports leadership team in partnership with USA TODAY High School Sports, which work with top sport-specific experts and a media advisory board of accomplished, veteran prep sports journalists to determine the state winners in each sport. www.gatorade.com/poy.

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AWARDS DINNER

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PDA U18 Harkes 2013	College Commit
Colin Stripling	Monmouth Univ.
Matt DiVite	Bates College
David Nigro	Siena College
Dylan Stroud	Washington and Lee
Jeremy Levine	Franklin and Marshall
Chris Bonavito	Monmouth Univ.
Wade Hoffman	Trinity College
Aaron Freeman	Rider Univ.
Kieran McCarthy	Holy Cross
Rohan Sood	Amherst
Matthew Clausen	Haverford
Andrew Leischner	Bucknell
Patrick Masur	Stevens

PDA 18  Academy 2013	College Commit
Brian Costa	Princeton Univ.
Billy McConnell	Indiana Univ.
Spencer Hambleton	Rutgers Univ.
Cameron Kirdzik	Yale Univ.
Alec Neuman	UPenn
Max Kroschwitz	Villanova
Henry Flugstad-Clarke	Yale
Christian Wirth	Old Dominion
Christian Fechter	Davidson
Jon Azzinarri	Georgetown
Miquel Alves	St. Johns
Jean Leveille	St. Johns
Gio Giamatteo	Lehigh
Leandro Lemache	Rutgers
Josue Espana	Florida Int. Univ.
Fredy Umanzor	St. Peters
Patrick Devlin	Conneticut College
Ayomide Opeyemi	Princeton

Player Name	PDA Team	Current Pro Team	League
Bryan Meredith	PDA Cantona	Bragge ILK	Sweden
Michael Seamon	PDA Vieira	Seattle Sounders	MLS
Cristhian Hernandez	PDA 18’s	Philly Union	MLS
Jose Angulo	PDA Cantona	NY Red Bull	MLS
Antoine Hoppenet	PDA U-20’s/PDL	Philly Union	MLS
Sam Petrone	PDA Vieira	Mjallby AIF	Sweden
Billy Schuler	PDA Socrates	Hammarby IF	Sweden
Ryan Adeleye	PDA Conquistadors	Hapoel Be’er Sheva	Isreal
Guiseppe Rossi	PDA Conquistadors	Fiorentina	Italy
Mark Wiltse	PDA Cantona	Charleston Battery	USL Pro
Tommy Gray	PDA Conquistadors	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	USL Pro
RJ Allen	PDA U20’s	Skive IK	Denmark
Noah Sadaoui	PDA 18’s	Maccabi Haifa	Isreal
Ryan Finley	PDA 18’s	Columbus Crew	MLS
Jon Okafor	PDA Cantona	MYPA	Finland
Dilly Duka	PDA Socrates	Chicago Fire	MLS

Player	PDA Team	Team Drafted By	League
Ryan Finley	PDA Larsson – 18’s	Columbus Crew	MLS
Jossimar Sanchez	PDA Larsson	NE Revolution	MLS
Marc Cintron	PDA Cruyff	Red Bull	MLS
Yannick Smith	PDA Cruyff	Houston Dynamo	MLS
Alex DeJohn	PDA Cruyff	NE Revolution	MLS
Ryan Clark	PDL – U23’s	Red Bull NY	MLS
Greg Cochrane	PDL – U23’s	LA Galaxy	MLS

Teddy Schneider	PDA Vieira	NY Red Bull	MLS
Nelson Becerra	PDA Cantona	City Islanders	USL-Pro
Randi Patterson	PDA United	Carolina	USL-Pro
Eric Hort	PDA Conquistadors	Chicago Fire	MLS

Pictured and listed below are all the PDA Girl Seniors wearing their respective future colleges!

Very proud of all the girls!

Top picture: (Back row-left to right) Jessica Heifetz (Michigan), Danielle Temares (Yale), Michelle McEnroe (Delaware), Danielle Sedillo (Lafayette), Anna Soccorsi (Michigan), Alex Cooper (Boston University), Jessica Ratner (Bucknell ),Callie Duliba (Villanova), Taylor Dey (Towson),  Julia Wescott (Lafayette), Christine Monroy (Louisville)

Front row – Jessica Pulchalski (Rutgers), Natasha Ntone-Kouo (Maryland), Jenny Olensky (Syracuse),

Zoe Clarke (California), Carly Rotatorie (Harvard), Catrina Atanda (Clemson), Meg McDonald (Boston College), Hayley Snyder (Dartmouth)

Bottom Picture: (Back row/left to right) – Ellie DeCarlo (George Washington), Katie Murphy (Wagner), Nicolette Wilkins (Drexel), Nicole Varela (Georgetown), Olivia Blaber (UPenn), Tess Wei (Swarthmore),

Kate Walters (Rutgers)

Front Row:  Tori Prager (Rutgers), Clair McAdam (Navy), Ashley Gault (Duquesne), Kristen Sullivan (Drexel), Erin Smith (Rutgers)

Pictured far right by herself: Brittain Deardon (BYU)

Former PDA Girl Players Drafted and Signed!

Former PDA Pride player and UCF women’s soccer forward Nicolette Radovcic was chosen in the second round of the inaugural National Women’s Soccer League Draft on Friday morning. The Rockaway, N.J., native was selected as the 16th-overall pick by the Portland Thorns FC.

Radovcic wrapped up her career as the Knights’ leading goal scorer for the past two seasons. During her tenure, she was chosen as an NSCAA All-Central Region Second Team selection, All-Conference USA First Team honoree and the 2012 C-USA Tournament Offensive MVP.

Tobin Heath to play for PSG until at least May

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In today’s USWNT training camp roster announcement we learned that Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns FC) has signed with Paris Saint-Germain and is assumed to be playing for them until the end of May when their 2013 season concludes (May 26).

Heath will be joining US U-20 midfielder Lindsey Horan who last July decided to forgo a full scholarship to the University of North Carolina and instead agreed to a reported six-figure deal with PSG.

If you were hoping to see a Heath versus Megan Rapinoe (Seattle Reign) match-up prior to them joining the NWSL, you’ll have to wait. PSG plays Rapinoe’s Lyon on March 2nd which is just four days before the start of the Algarve Cup tournament and it is highly unlikely either player will be with their respective clubs so close to the beginning of the tournament.

Meet the Breakers: Heather O’Reilly (PDA), Sydney Leroux, and Heather Mitts

U.S. trio adds golden touch to Breakers

To many, these three players need little to no introduction. They’ve been in the international spotlight for the greater part of the last decade. Most recently, they took silver at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup, then followed that up by winning gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Between the three, they’ve won three Olympic gold medals and one FIFA U-20 World Cup championship.

Midfielder Heather O’Reilly, defender Heather Mitts, and forward Sydney Leroux come to Boston fresh off the Fan Tribute Tour with the U.S. Women’s National Team, a 10-game post-Olympics run in which the U.S. went 10-0. During the Tour, Leroux scored six goals, setting a U.S. record for goals scored by a substitute in a single year (14). O’Reilly finished the 10-game stretch with five assists, including three in a 4-0 win over China on Dec. 12. She assisted on one of Leroux’s two goals in a 5-0 win Nov. 28 against Ireland.

Heather O’Reilly

The Golden Girls

The U.S. Women’s National Team captured the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a 2-1 victory against Japan in front of a crowd of 80,203 at the famed Wembley Stadium. USA midfielder Carli Lloyd, the gold medal hero of the 2008 Olympics, was the hero once again with both goals for the U.S. on Thursday to upend the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Japan.

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