December 1, 2015

Welo, Read nab D2CCA All-Southeast Region honors

BREVARD, N.C. – Carson-Newman senior defender Sindre Welo (Trondheim, Norway) and junior forward Tom Read (London, England) were each named a member of the Division II Conference Commissioners’ Association All-Southeast Region teams on Tuesday after helping the Eagles to a 15-3-2 season, a share of the South Atlantic Conference regular season championship and an appearance in the NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Championship.

BREVARD, N.C. – Carson-Newman senior defender Sindre Welo (Trondheim, Norway) and junior forward Tom Read (London, England) were each named a member of the Division II Conference Commissioners' Association All-Southeast Region teams on Tuesday after helping the Eagles to a 15-3-2 season, a share of the South Atlantic Conference regular season championship and an appearance in the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship.

Welo is appearing on his third All-Region team after being named second team All-Southeast Region by the NSCAA and Daktronics during the 2013 season while Read's inclusion to the second team was his first All-Region honor.

"It's a big honor. It's exciting to be a part of such a good team. It's obviously a very strong region we are in and to be named one of the best players there is a big honor," Welo said. "I just got into good momentum. I was confident. Every time I got into the box, I thought I would score. On top of that, the delivery was great from Bruno (Andrade) and Tom so it was just being in the box."

Welo ended his career as the most-capped player in Carson-Newman history by appearing 77 games during his four years at Mossy Creek. During his senior campaign, the Norwegian tallied nine goals, which led the team, and an assist and was named a first team All-SAC center back. As a defender, he ranked third on the team with 27 shots. Welo tallied his fourth multi-goal game of his career against Catawba on Oct. 10^th and his penalty kick against Coker on Oct. 31^st clinched Carson-Newman a share of the SAC regular season title.

He finished his career with 28 career goals, which was sixth-most in program history, and seven game-winning goals. Welo placed seventh in school history with his 71 career points and is tied with four other Eagles, including senior Lucas Siqueira (Sao Paulo, Brazil), for the school record with three made penalty kicks. The senior was also a member of the 2013 team that made a run to the program's first-ever NCAA Championship game.

Read set a new school record with 16 assists and added eight goals during his first season in the Orange and Blue and named a first-team All-SAC member. The London-native registered all 16 of his assists in the team's last 14 games. Against Catawba on Oct. 10^th, Read recorded the first three-assist game by a Carson-Newman player in 11 years; he repeated the feat against Queens (N.C.) in the SAC Tournament semifinals. He led the team with 62 shots and tied for second with the eight goals.

"Tom is one of the big reasons I'm here. He has a right foot, which we use a lot on set pieces. We obviously scored a lot on set pieces. I have to give a lot of credit to him. He came in with a great attitude, worked hard and got goals and assists. He's a great player," Welo said of Read.

D2CCA All-Southeast Region Men's Soccer First Team

Position	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
GK	Pablo Jara	Wingate	Fr.	Santiago, Chile
D	Cristobal Allendes	Pfeiffer	Jr.	Santiago, Chile
D	Paco Craig	Young Harris	Jr.	London, England
D	Alex Nelson	Wingate	Jr.	Newcastle, England
D	Sindre Welo	Carson-Newman	Sr.	Trondheim, Norway
M	Harry Cooksley	Limestone	So.	Hartley Wintney, England
M	Martim Galvao	Pfeiffer	So.	Lisbon, Portugal
M	Lewis Hilton	Young Harris	Sr.	Newquay, England
M	Aksel Juul	Wingate	Jr.	Newcastle, England
F	Jon Ander	Wingate	So.	Bilbao, Spain
F	Gui Machado	Limestone	Jr.	Sao Paulo, Brazil
F	Nathan Regis	Pfeiffer	Jr.	Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
F	Jaime Siaj	Pfeiffer	So.	Madrid, Spain

D2CCA All-Southeast Region Men's Soccer Second Team

Position	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
GK	Tomas Correa	Pfeiffer	Fr.	Lisbon, Portugal
D	James Abraham	Lees-McRae	Sr.	Maidstone, England
D	Macauley King	Young Harris	Fr.	Narborough, England
D	Lalaina Randriamanantena	Limestone	Sr.	Auvergne, France
D	Dani Siaj	Pfeiffer	So.	Madrid, Spain
M	Jonny Cosgrove	Flagler	Sr.	Belfast, Northern Ireland
M	Shaun Gadsby	Wingate	Sr.	Newcastle, England
M	Sven Ricke	Francis Marion	Sr.	Dortmund, Germany
M	Avery Shepard	Clayton State	Sr.	Kennesaw, Ga.
F	Corey Brown	Queens	Jr.	Toronto, Canada
F	Charlie Machell	Wingate	Jr.	Newcastle, England
F	Santi Moar	Pfeiffer	So.	Ordes, Spain
F	Tom Read	Carson-Newman	Jr.	London, England