December 18, 2019
The United Soccer Coaches Association named Arman Kovac to the USC Scholar All-American 1st Team for men’s junior college players. The news release was published in the end of 2019 and the awards will be presented at the USC Convention being held in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, January 18, 2020.
“Arman Kovac has been a stellar student over the course of his 2 year tenure at East Central College. Along with his great sophomore season netting 15 goals for the Falcons and being named an NJCAA 3rd Team All-American, he has been honored for his hard work in the classroom,” states ECC Athletic Director, Jay Mehrhoff. “It is great to see our student athletes do well on the field and in the classroom, Kovac is one of those exceptional student athletes who will do well in any of his future endeavors.”
Kovac will be pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business after spending his first two years studying education at East Central College. A number of four year school’s have Kovac on their radar and he hopes to make a decision where he will attend college for his last two years very soon.
| 2019 United Soccer Coaches Men’s Junior College Scholar All-America Team | ||||||||
| (as of 12/16/19) | ||||||||
| First Team | ||||||||
| Pos | Name | Class | School | Major | Hometown | |||
| K | Carl Koester | So. | Tyler Junior College | Psychology | Skye, Germany | |||
| D | Alfeu Bertini Dos Santos | So. | Northeast Texas Community College | General Studies | Sao Paulo, Brazil | |||
| D | Luke Mills | So. | Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | Business | Leighton Buzzard, England | |||
| D | Derek Neidlinger | So. | Santa Rosa Junior College | Business Administration | Windsor, Calif. | |||
| D | David Rivera | So. | Louisburg College | Science Technology | Sterling, Va. | |||
| D | Cameron Weston | So. | Iowa Lakes Community College | Business | Leicester, United Kingdom | |||
| M | Frederico Ferreira | So. | Butte College | Social Science | Nova Friburgo, Brazil | |||
| M | Nicolas Torres | So. | Iowa Western Community College | Business | Linares, Chile | |||
| F | Hiago Barros de Souza | So. | Genesee Community College | Applied Science | Sao Paulo Brazil | |||
| F | Arman Kovac | So. | East Central College | Education | St. Louis, Mo. | |||
| F | Aedon Kyra | So. | Eastern Florida State College | Business | Sydney, Australia | |||
| Pos | Name | Class | School | Major | Hometown | |||
| K | Joshua Wilson | So. | Iowa Lakes Community College | General Studies | Cairns, Australia | |||
| D | Gian Luca Fahling | So. | Herkimer College | Business | Domat, Switzerland | |||
| D | Kaimipono Halemano | So. | Whatcom Community College | Business | Honolulu, Hawaii | |||
| D | Sebastian Karlholm | So. | Butte College | Social Science | Uppsala, Sweden | |||
| D | Matthew Raftery | So. | Jefferson College | Associate of Arts | Galway, Ireland | |||
| D | Peyton Ratcliff | So. | Jones College | Criminal Justice | Jackson, Miss. | |||
| M | Oliver Diaz | So. | El Camino College | Business Administration | Hawthorne, Calif. | |||
| M | Marc Grifell | So. | Eastern Florida State College | Business | Barcelona, Spain | |||
| M | James Lighton | So. | Genesee Community College | Physical Education | Essex, United Kingdom | |||
| M | Jack Moynihan | So. | Oxford College of Emory University | Psychology | Grayson, Ga. | |||
| F | Daniel Whitworth | So. | De Anza College | Communications | San Jose, Calif. | |||
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