Jason Wright Named Second Team All-America
Dec 11 | Men's Soccer
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Sophomore forward Jason Wright (Kingston, Jamaica) has been named Second Team All-America by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), it was announced on Friday. Wright becomes the Rutgers men's soccer program's 19th All-American.
"I know I can say this on behalf of Jason, that this recognition doesn't come from his efforts alone, but that it's an award our entire group shares with him," said head coach Dan Donigan. "Without his teammates and our team success, Jason doesn't receive this great honor. I am incredibly proud of him and the entire team for their efforts on and off the field this season. Our entire staff is proud to have Jason as our first All-American since we arrived here at Rutgers. Now we continue our work to have more team success and have more of our student-athletes named All-America in the future."
A unanimous selection as Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Big Ten and a First Team NSCAA All-Region honoree, Wright led Rutgers with 31 points (13G, 5A) and ranked among the top 10 nationally and led the Big Ten in goals (13), total points (31) and game winners (5).
Wright captured RU's first hat trick since 2013 in the 5-2 win over Yale (Oct. 6), kicking off a streak of six-straight games finding the back of the opponent's net and also had multiple goal outings with Siena (Aug. 28) and Loyola (MD) (Sept. 29). Three of his game-winning goals came against nationally ranked competition, including No. 22 Indiana (Sept. 20), a golden goal at No. 25 Michigan (Oct. 10) and vs. No. 16 Ohio State (Oct. 25), which put Rutgers into first place in the Big Ten standings for the first time in school history.
The Rutgers men's soccer team closed out the 2015 campaign at 12-7-2 overall and reached the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. RU's 12 victories were the most by the program since the 2001 season.
NSCAA All-Americans
1954 Art Brinkman
1960 Herb Schmidt, First Team
1961 Steve Fuller, Honorable Mention; Herb Schmidt, Honorable Mention
1966 Richard Schiesswohl
1983 David Masur, First Team
1984 David Masur, First Team
1986 Bobby Joe Esposito, Third Team
1987 Peter Vermes, First Team
1989 Lino DiCuollo, Third Team; Alexi Lalas, Third Team
1990 Steve Rammel, First Team; Alexi Lalas, Third Team
1991 Bill Andracki, Third Team; Alexi Lalas, First Team
1993 Pedro Lopes, First Team
1994 Pedro Lopes, Second Team
1996 Alan Branigan, Third Team; Michael Shaw, Third Team
1997 Billy Walsh, Second Team
1999 Jon Conway, Second Team
2001 Guy Abrahamson, Second Team
2002 Guy Abrahamson, Third Team
2003 Josh Gros, Third Team
2015 Jason Wright, Second Team
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