MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Trinity University junior forward Yuri Ribeiro and senior defender Michael Micheletti as well as Colorado College senior forward Matt Fecther were named D3Soccer.com Second Team All-Americans, the website announced today. Complete D3Soccer.com Men's All-America Team
Ribeiro, who las week was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association (NSCAA) All-America First Team, led Trinity (19-1-4) to its 15th Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's soccer championship. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA tournament for the 11th straight year. Trinity advanced to the third round of the NCAA tournament where they fell 2-1 to Montclair State.
The Salvador, Brazil native ranked among the SCAC leaders in nearly ever offensive category includuing shots (117 - 1st), shots per game (4.88 - 1st), goals (14 - 3rd), assists (11 - 2nd), points (39 - 2nd) and points per game (1.62 - 3rd). Ribiero was a First Team All-SCAC selection this season, and he was a Second Team NSCAA All-America selection as a freshman in 2010.
Fechter, the league's 2011 Offensive Player-of-the-Year, 2012 Co-Offensive Player-of-the-Year and a 2011 Second Team NSCAA All-America selection, led the league in both goals scored (16) and assists (15) and tied for second in the nation in assists per game at 0.68.
Fechter is the first player since 1993 to lead the league in both categories and his 47 points are tied for the ninth-most in conference history in a single-season and ranked ninth in the nation this season.
A senior forward from Westfield, N.J., Fechter is just the 14th player in league history to post the rare single-season double/double of double digit totals in both goals and assists, and he is one of just eight players to earn First Team All-SCAC honors all four years of his career.
The Tiger captain had two assists in Colorado College's 3-1 victory over Babson (Mass.) College in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament, the program's first postseason appearance since 2004.
Micheletti, a senior from Kingwood, Texas, helped a Trinity defense that allowed just 14 total goals in 24 games (0.58 per game). He played in 24 games (17 starts) while scoring two goals and picking up two assists (six points). Micheletti notched the game-tying goal in Trinity's 1-1 draw at Redlands on Sept. 14.
