Tyler Blackwood Earns Daktronics All-American Honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tyler Blackwood is among the 2012 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-Americans as the Spartan forward is an honorable mention choice.

Blackwood, a sophomore forward from London, England, led the Spartans with 11 goals. The Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year also netted four game-winning goals and finished with a team-high 24 points while starting all 17 matches. He was previously named a first-team all-region choice by Daktronics.

Sports information directors from NCAA Division II schools and conferences selected the three Daktronics All-America teams. The process begins at the regional level with all first-team all-region picks advancing to the national ballot.

This marks the seventh year Daktronics has sponsored the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer All-America and all-region teams. A total of 59 student-athletes representing 30 different institutions filled out the three teams and the honorable mention squad.

The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is voted on by the NCAA Division II members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA).

2012 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-America First Team
Pos. Name School Class Hometown
GK Matt DiCerbo Lynn (Fla.) Sr. Boca Raton, Fla.
F Tesho Akindele * Colorado School of Mines Jr. Thornton, Colo.
F Kenny Hogg# Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) Jr. Irvine, Scotland
F Mario Pinto Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) Jr. Uberlandia, Brazil
F Saeed Robinson^ Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Sr. Portmore, Jamaica
MF Vincent Bailey Incarnate Word (Texas) Jr. Southport, England
MF Matthew Brown West Virginia Wesleyan Jr. Whitby, England
MF Marco Likos Nyack (N.Y.) Jr. Leipzig, Germany
MF Bo White Northeastern State (Okla.) Sr. Durant, Okla.
D Matt Besuschko Simon Fraser (B.C.) Sr. Port Moody, B.C.
D Colin Bjostad West Texas A&M Sr. Keller, Texas
D Taylor Diem Regis (Colo.) Sr. Middleton, Wis.
D Jason Sangha^ Lynn (Fla.) So. Southampton, England

#2012 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Player of the Year
*2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-America First Team
^2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-America Third Team

2012 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-America Second Team
Pos. Name School Class Hometown
GK Josh Cohen California-San Diego Jr. Sunnyvale, Calif.
F Joe Baccielo Post (Conn.) Jr. Stratford, Conn.
F Dominic Furness West Texas A&M Sr. Middlesbrough, England
F Mark Magee% Rockhurst (Mo.) Jr. Evesham, England
F Chris Tsonis Southern New Hampshire Sr. Dartmouth, Mass.
MF Tom Owens Notre Dame (Ohio) Jr. Liverpool, England
MF Daniel Smee West Virginia Wesleyan Sr. New Castle, England
MF Jack Winter Lynn (Fla.) So. Gloucester, England
MF Michael Winter Simon Fraser (B.C.) Sr. Vancouver, B.C.
D Alec Arsht California-San Diego Jr. Oak Park, Calif.
D Walker Hume Rollins (Fla.) Fr. Austin, Texas
D Jonathan Lupinelli Southern New Hampshire Fr. Mont de Marsan, France
D Jon Pearman* Seattle Pacific (Wash.) Sr. Glendale, Ariz.

*2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-America First Team
%2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-America Second Team

2012 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-America Third Team
Pos. Name School Class Hometown
GK Ryan Bass* Rockhurst (Mo.) Jr. Jackson, Mo.
F Martin Maybin Regis (Colo.) So. Belfast, Northern Ireland
F Zach Myers Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich.
F James Pucci Davis & Elkins (W.Va.) So. Carrara, Italy
F Cemil Turan Long Island-Post (N.Y.) Jr. Staten Island, N.Y.
MF Bruno Bonicontro UMass-Lowell Sr. Marlboro, Mass.
MF Ryan Dhillon Simon Fraser (B.C.) Fr. North Delta, B.C.
MF Pedro Guevara Dominican (Calif.) Sr. Santa Rosa, Calif.
MF Rob Vincent* Charleston (W.Va.) Sr. Liverpool, England
D Bastien Catrin Davis & Elkins (W.Va.) Jr. Laon, France
D Matt Duffy Eckerd (Fla.) Sr. Knaresborough, England
D Chris Garavaglia Quincy (Ill.) So. St. Louis, Mo.
D Casey Weddle Ohio Dominican Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio

*2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-America First Team

2012 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-America Honorable Mention
Pos. Name School Class Hometown
GK Marco Jorgensen Long Island-Post (N.Y.) Jr. Copenhagen, Denmark
GK Brendan Ledgeway Montevallo (Ala.) Jr. Ellesmere Port, England
F Antti Arvola Cal State Los Angeles Sr. Espoo, Finland
F Carlo Basso Simon Fraser (B.C.) Jr. Coquitlam, B.C.
F Tyler Blackwood Tampa (Fla.) So. London, England
F Rosario Bras Cal State Los Angeles Sr. Guadalupe, Calif.
F Cauê Da Silva Delta State (Miss.) Fr. São Sebastião do Caí, Brazil
F Alex Manea Mercyhurst (Pa.) Gr. Vaslui, Romania
F Juan Peralta Northeastern State (Okla.) So. Tulsa, Okla.
MF Erik Beattie Notre Dame (Ohio) Sr. Madison, Ohio
MF Chris Hobbs Lander (S.C.) Jr. Cleveland, England
MF Alex Mullen Mars Hill (N.C.) So. Adelaide, Australia
MF Alex Nass% Colorado School of Mines Sr. Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
MF Sean Pike Gannon (Pa.) Jr. Liverpool, England
MF Ruben Resendes Southern New Hampshire Sr. Fall River, Mass.
D Eirik Bjoernoe Long Island-Post (N.Y.) Jr. Randaberg, Norway
D Gavin Bruce St. Edward's (Texas) Sr. Sugar Land, Texas
D Dan Frohock Rockhurst (Mo.) Sr. O'Fallon, Mo.
D Joshua Gray Slippery Rock (Pa.) Jr. Norwich, England
D Kevin Ipina Post (Conn.) Jr. Danbury, Conn.
D James Nero Incarnate Word (Texas) Jr. Charlotte, N.C.

%2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Soccer All-America Second Team