Warsaw Standout Signs With Western Illinois
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
And after helping lead WCHS to three consecutive Final Four appearances, including this season’s state runner-up performance, the talented forward has signed a letter of intent to continue his soccer career at Western Illinois University in the fall.
While Lopez does not stand at the top of the record boards due to missing many matches, including the majority of his junior season while he was injured, there may not have been another player to wear a Tigers soccer uniform that could take over a match – either through scoring goals or by drawing extra defenders – like Lopez.
Lopez finished his career with 48 goals, 18 assists and 114 career points, and he ranks third in goals and points for a career. A four-year varsity starter, Lopez was nominated for Indiana Coaches of Soccer Association Player of the Year, was named the co-offensive player of the year for WCHS, and was a 2012 all Northern Lakes Conference and ISCA All-State first-team selection.
Lopez also played for Fort Wayne Fever for four seasons and was a member of back-to-back state champion teams for the U17 squad in 2011 and the U18 team in 2012.
An honor roll student in the fall of 2012, Lopez is looking forward to the tradition of the Western Illinois soccer program and the atmosphere in Macomb, Illinois, where he will major in Engineering and suit up on the soccer field for coach Eric Johnson and the Leathernecks.[[In-content Ad]]
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And after helping lead WCHS to three consecutive Final Four appearances, including this season’s state runner-up performance, the talented forward has signed a letter of intent to continue his soccer career at Western Illinois University in the fall.
While Lopez does not stand at the top of the record boards due to missing many matches, including the majority of his junior season while he was injured, there may not have been another player to wear a Tigers soccer uniform that could take over a match – either through scoring goals or by drawing extra defenders – like Lopez.
Lopez finished his career with 48 goals, 18 assists and 114 career points, and he ranks third in goals and points for a career. A four-year varsity starter, Lopez was nominated for Indiana Coaches of Soccer Association Player of the Year, was named the co-offensive player of the year for WCHS, and was a 2012 all Northern Lakes Conference and ISCA All-State first-team selection.
Lopez also played for Fort Wayne Fever for four seasons and was a member of back-to-back state champion teams for the U17 squad in 2011 and the U18 team in 2012.
An honor roll student in the fall of 2012, Lopez is looking forward to the tradition of the Western Illinois soccer program and the atmosphere in Macomb, Illinois, where he will major in Engineering and suit up on the soccer field for coach Eric Johnson and the Leathernecks.[[In-content Ad]]
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