National Champion men’s soccer team wins many awards

Herkimer, NY— The Herkimer County Community College men’s soccer team won the program’s eighth Division III National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) championship Sunday with a 4-1 win against #1-ranked Genesee Community College.

HCCC hosted the national tournament at Wehrum Stadium, where the Generals outplayed Bergen Community College of New Jersey 5-2 in the quarterfinals on Thursday, and won over Long Island’s Nassau Community College 5-0 in the semifinals on Friday. 

Photo: Region III Player of the Year Reco McLaren freezes a defender in front of Sunday’s huge crowd

Generals named to the All-Tournament Team were: Cody Farrier (Poughkeepsie, New York/Arlington), Davion Bailey (Brooklyn, New York/James Madison), Charlie Anderson (Southhampton, England/Taunton's School) and Reco McLaren (Bridgeport, CT/Central), who was named Tournament MVP.

Photo:  All-Tournament Team members Cody Farrier (7), Davion Bailey (1), Charlie Anderson (19), and Reco McLaren (10)   

McLaren also was recently named Region III Player of the Year for Division III and Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year. Joining McLaren on the 2011 All-Region first team were Anderson, Bailey and Devarr Pedlar (Brooklyn, New York/Norman Manley). Farrier and Elliott Hockley (Sheffield, England/King Edward) were named to the All-Region second team. McLaren, Anderson, Farrier, Hockley and Bailey were named to the All-Conference team.

Pepe Aragon, head coach for the Generals since 1998, was named Coach of the National Tournament. Aragon also was recently named 2011 Region III and Mountain Valley Conference Coach of the Year. Aragon has led the Generals to 14 consecutive Region III championships and five (NJCAA) national championships. 

Photo:  Awardees, clockwise from top left: Reco McLaren, Charlie Anderson, Head Coach Pepe Aragon, Davarr Pedlar, Cody Farrier, Davion Bailey, Elliott Hockley

The 2011 team won the program’s 22nd consecutive Region III championship October 29 at Tompkins-Cortland Community College with a 4-0 championship game shutout against Mohawk Valley Community College. The Generals’ overall record is 17-1 with a 7-0 record in the Mountain Valley Conference. 

Photo:  The 2011 National Champions

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