20142014 Men’sMen’s SoccerSoccer 2014 San Jacinto College Soccer Roster 2014 San Jacinto College Soccer Team No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown / High School (Previous College) 0 De’Monte Dudley GK 6-0 Soph. Columbus, Ga. / Hardaway HS (Darton State College) 1 Gavin Ng GK 6-1 Fresh. Houston / Cy-Falls HS 2 Cristian Cruz CB 6-0 Soph. Richmond / B.F. Terry HS 3 Prince Ihenacho RB 5-7 Fresh. Houston / Alief Elsik HS 4 Doolin O’Toole CB 6-3 Fresh. Dublin, Ireland / Colaiste Dhulaigh Dublin 5 Eduardo Carrizales LB 5-8 Soph. Houston / Westfield HS 6 Roberto Diaz Fernandez CB/DM 6-2 Fresh. Madrid, Spain / Maria Inmaculada 7 Derick Gonzalez M/F 5-6 Fresh. Pasadena / Sam Rayburn HS 8 Esteban Reyes AM 5-9 Fresh. San Marcos, Calif. / San Marcos HS 11 Joao Monteiro AM 5-8 Soph. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Colegio Icaro RJ 12 Cristian Rodriguez D 5-5 Fresh. San Marcos, Calif. / San Marcos HS 13 Carlos Lessa AM/DM 6-0 Soph. Houston / Mayde Creek HS 14 Nathan Ariya M/F 5-10 Fresh. Houston / Nimitz HS 15 Saheed Atolagbe M 5-11 Fresh. Houston / Alief Elsik HS 16 Carlos Garcia M/D 5-8 Soph. Houston / George Bush HS 17 Patrick Dunigan DM/CB 6-2 Fresh. Missouri City / Ridge Point HS 18 O’Neal Moore F 5-10 Soph. Houston / Alief Taylor HS 19 Rami Najeebe LB 5-7 Fresh. Houston / Lamar HS 20 Angel Cardona F 5-8 Fresh. Houston / Cy-Falls HS 21 Ian Barbosa LB/M 5-9 Soph. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Colegio Icaro RJ 22 Stephen Melchor CB 6-1 Soph. Chesapeake, Va. / Oscar Smith HS 23 Gonzalo Orozco RB 5-11 Soph. Humble / Humble HS 24 Jesus Melendrez LB 5-7 Fresh. San Diego, Calif. / Murray HS 25 Donald Mombo F 6-0 Fresh. Houston / Lutheran High North 26 Fabian Billings M/D 5-10 Fresh. Round Rock / Cedar Ridge HS 27 Erivaldo Vieira F 5-8 Fresh. Baton Rouge, La. / Christian Life Academy HS 28 Nathannael Martinez D 5-7 Fresh. Houston / Atascocita HS 99 Jhonattan Garduno GK 5-7 Fresh. Houston / Cy-Falls HS 2 San Jacinto College Men’s Soccer 2014 Player Bios De’Monte Dudley Gavin Ng 6-0 | Soph. | GK 6-1 | Fresh. | GK Columbus, Ga. | Hardaway HS Houston | Cy-Falls HS (Darton State College) Prior to San Jac: Led the Eagles to the regional quarterfinals and co-district Prior to San Jac: Played in three games at championship in 2012… Two-time first- Darton State, recording seven saves, two goals team All-district selection… Named to the against, and a 2.25 goals against average… At All-region second team as a senior… Team Hardaway High School, helped the Hawks to captain as a senior… Three-year starter. four region championships… First-team All- 0 district as a freshman. 1 Cristian Cruz Prince Ihenacho 6-0 | Soph. | CB 5-7 | Fresh. | RB Richmond | B.F. Terry HS Houston | Alief Elsik HS Prior to San Jac: Helped the Rangers to Prior to San Jac: Led the Rams to a district, three district championships… Named area, and regional championship, as well as newcomer of the year as a sophomore, the state semi-finals… Named a first-team All- defensive player of the year as a junior, and district and defender of the year as a senior… team MVP as a senior… Also played football. Member of the student council, African Student Association, and was named Mr. Elsik 2 3 High School. Doolin O’Toole Eduardo Carrizales 6-3 | Fresh. | CB 5-8 | Soph. | LB Dublin, Ireland | Colaiste Dhulaigh Houston | Westfield HS Dublin Prior to San Jac: Played club for the Prior to San Jac: Member of the All-Ireland Houstonians and Texas Rush… Won the Texas U15 tea mthat earned the winners medal and conference to earn a spot at the national league cup winners. tournament. 4 5 Roberto Diaz Derick Gonzalez 5-6 | Fresh. | MF Fernandez Pasadena | Sam Rayburn HS 6-2 | Fresh. | CB/DM Prior to San Jac: Two-time first-team All- Madrid, Spain | Maria Inmaculada district as a junior and senior… Second-team Prior to San Jac: Helped his team win the All-district as a sophomore. international championship. 6 7 Esteban Reyes 5-9 | Fresh. | AM San Marcos, Calif. | San Marcos HS Prior to San Jac: Second-team All-district as a freshman. 8 For more information about the men’s soccer team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 3 Player Bios Joao Monteiro Cristian Rodriguez 5-8 | Soph. | AM 5-5 | Fresh. | D Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Colegio Icaro RJ San Marcos, Calif. | San Marcos HS As a freshman: Played and started in 21 Prior to San Jac: He was a 3year Starter at games… Scored nine goals and had 14 assists San Marcos High School and help lead his for 32 points, second on the squad. team to a CIF Semi-Finals. Prior to San Jac: Played for Audax – RJ 2012. 11 12 Carlos Lessa Nathan Ariaya 6-0 | Soph. | AM/DM 5-10 | Fresh. | M/F Houston | Mayde Creek HS Houston | Nimitz HS As a freshman: Played in nine games, Prior to San Jac: First-team All-district starting three. selection as a varsity player… Team MVP. Prior to San Jac: Second-team all-district selection as a sophomore and junior. 13 14 Saheed Atolgabe Carlos Garcia 5-11 | Fresh. | M 5-8 | Soph. | M/D Houston | Alief Elsik HS Houston | George Bush HS (University Prior to San Jac: Led the Rams to the of HOuston - Victoria) state runner-up… Second-team All-district Prior to San Jac: Played a year at University selection as a sophomore and junior… Honor of Houston – Victoria, appearing in 10 roll student all four years. games… Scored one goal for two points… Four-year varsity player at George Bush HS… 15 16 All-district selection. Patrick Dunigan O’Neal Moore 6-2 | Fresh. | DM/CB 5-10 | Soph. | F Missouri City | Ridge Point HS Houston | Alief Taylor HS Prior to San Jac: Helped the Panthers to the As a freshman: Played in 22 games, making district and bi-district championships… First- a start in 21… Scored 17 goals and had four team All-district selection as a senior. assist for 38 points. Prior to San Jac: Led the Lions to the Alief Tournament title in 2012… First-team All- 17 18 district as a junior… Second-team All-district as a sophomore. Rami Najeebe Angel Cardona 5-7 | Fresh. | LB 5-8 | Fresh. | F Houston | Lamar HS Houston | Cy-Falls HS Prior to San Jac: Four-year varsity Prior to San Jac: Led the Eagles to the third letterman… Scored 13 goals and five assists. round of the playoffs as a sophomore… First- team All-district selection as a sophomore… Named team captain as a senior… Two-time second-team All-district selection as a junior 19 20 and senior. 4 San Jacinto College Men’s Soccer 2014 Player Bios Ian Barbosa Stephen Melchor 5-9 | Soph. | LB/M 6-1 | Soph. | CB Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Colegio Icaro RJ Chesapeake, Va. | Oscar Smith HS As a freshman: Played in 10 games, starting one. Prior to San Jac: Led the Tigers to a district championship, regional runner-up, and state tournament as a senior… First-team All-state 21 22 as a junior… Three-time first-team All-district and All-region selection. Gonzalo Orozco Jesus Melendrez 5-11 | Soph. | RB 5-7 | Fresh. | LB Humble | Humble HS San Diego, Calif. | Murray HS As a freshman: Appeared in 20 games, Prior to San Jac: Played club for Carlsbad making a start in 13… Posted three assists for Elite. three points. Prior to San Jac: Four-year letterwinner for 23 the Wildcats… Honorable mention as a junior. 24 Donald Mombo Fabian Billings 6-0 | Fresh. | F 5-10 | Fresh. | M/D Houston | Lutheran High North Round Rock | Cedar Ridge HS Prior to San Jac: First-team All-state and Prior to San Jac: Led the Raiders to the All-district… Two-time All-tournament MVP… 2012-2013 district championship… First-team Named the Lion’s team MVP All-district selection as a sophomore and senior… Second-team All-district as a junior. 25 26 Erivaldo Vieira Nathannael Martinez 5-8 | Fresh. | F 5-7 | Fresh. | D Baton Rouge, La. | Christian Life Houston | Atascocita HS Academy HS Prior to San Jac: All-district selection… Team MVP. 27 28 Jhonattan Garduno 5-7 | Fresh. | GK Houston | Cy-Falls HS Prior to San Jac: Led the Eagles to the third round of the playoffs… Second-team All- district selection as a sophomore. 99 For more information about the men’s soccer team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 5 Coaching Staff Bios Ian Spooner Head Coach Western Michigan University (2005) Overall Record: 32-6-1 (two seasons) Conference Record: 15-3 (two seasons) Conference: 6-2 Ian Spooner, now in his seventh season overall with the San Jacinto College soccer team, is beginning his third as head coach of the Coyote soccer program. Spooner served four years as an assistant coach, was the interim head coach in 2012, and earned the top spot as head coach in the summer of 2013. Through all the transitions, the former collegiate goalkeeper has upheld the tradition of excellence that is the San Jacinto College men’s soccer program. Last season was one for the record books at San Jacinto College. Spooner guided his team to a third place national finish at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I men’s soccer championship, setting a new school record with 20 wins.