Dakota Alliance Soccer Club Sends 16 to the Next Level on National Signing Day

2/1/2012 12:49:41 PM

For Release February 1, 2012:

 

Dakota Alliance Soccer Club Sends 16 to the Next Level on National Signing Day

 

SIOUX FALLS, SD – Sixteen Dakota Alliance Soccer Club players have declared the college where they will continue their soccer careers.

 

The area high school seniors represent seven different high schools and one soccer club, Dakota Alliance.  They are committing to 12 different colleges.

 

Three of the club teammates will compete in NCAA Division I.

 

Signing with Texas A&M University is Karlie Mueller of Roosevelt High School.

 

South Dakota State University signed Alyssa Brazil of O’Gorman High School.

 

The University of South Dakota signed Roosevelt’s Brenna Bills.

 

Five of the club members will compete in the NCAA Division II Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

 

The University of Sioux Falls signed Alexia Schumacher of Lincoln High School.

 

West Central High School’s Allie Macdonald signed with Northern State University.

 

Watertown’s Demi Rorvick committed to Southwest Minnesota State University.

 

O’Gorman’s Elizabeth Busch committed to the University of Minnesota Crookston.

 

Wayne State College inked Courtney True of Yankton.

 

Rounding out the class of 2012 Jacob Moir of Harrisburg is headed for the University of Sioux Falls.  Luther College is the destination for Roosevelt’s Cecelia Douma and Lincoln’s Jon Gednalske.  O’Gorman’s Ashton Weber is headed for St. Catherine’s University.  O’Gorman’s Alex Nelson and Roosevelt’s Zach Schneider committed to Dakota Wesleyan University.  Lincoln’s Anthony Brandner and O’Gorman’s Matthew Meisinger are headed to Concordia University Nebraska.

 

A ceremony will be held at the Dakota Alliance Soccer Club offices at 7:00 p.m. today.

 

Dakota Alliance is the merged community soccer organization made up of the former Sioux Falls Soccer Association and Dakota Gold Soccer Club.  Last year more than 7,000 youth participated in soccer through the two organizations’ recreational and competitive programs. 

 

Last                  First                  College                                                 HS      

Bills                  Brenna              University of South Dakota                     SF Roosevelt

Brandner           Anthony            Concordia University Nebraska               SF Lincoln

Brazil                Alyssa              South Dakota State University                SF O’Gorman

Busch               Elizabeth           University of Minnesota Crookston          SF O’Gorman

Douma              Cecelia             Luther College                                       SF Roosevelt

Gednalske         Jon                   Luther College                                       SF Lincoln

Macdonald        Allie                  Northern State University                       West Central

Meisinger          Matthew            Concordia University Nebraska               SF O’Gorman

Moir                  Jacob               University of Sioux Falls                                    Harrisburg

Mueller              Karlie                Texas A&M University                           SF Roosevelt

Nelson              Alex                  Dakota Wesleyan University                   SF O’Gorman

Rorvick             Demi                Southwest Minnesota State University    Watertown

Schneider          Zach                 Dakota Wesleyan University                   SF Roosevelt

Schumacher      Alexia               University of Sioux Falls                                    SF Lincoln

True                  Courtney           Wayne State College                             Yankton

Weber               Ashton              St. Catherine University                         SF O’Gorman

 

 

For more information contact: 

Frank Gurnick

Director of Recreational Soccer

Dakota Alliance Soccer Club

Office – 605.332.5911

Cell – 605.521.8147

frankg@dakotaalliancesoccer.com

 

Dakota Alliance Soccer Club

401 W 39th St

Sioux Falls, SD 57105

605.332.5911

 

www.DakotaAllianceSoccer.com