Three student-athletes and two teams from Marshalltown Community College have been recognized by the NJCAA for their academic success throughout the 2012-13 school year.
The Marshalltown Community College soccer team has had great success the past two years and a lot of that has to do with this group of graduating sophomores. These players saw their team reach 26 victories in two years at MCC, and were nationally ranked at the end of both seasons (No. 20 in 2011 and No. 11 in 2012).
Marshalltown Community College sophomore Javier Lopez(Granada, Spain) has been named a third team NJCAA Division I All-American by the National Junior College Athletic Association.
In opening ceremonies at the NJCAA Division I Soccer Championships, head Marshalltown Community College men's soccer coach Rafael Martinez, was named NJCAA Great Lakes District Coach of the Year, leading the Tigers to a 14-6-1 season and birth into the National Championship Tournament.
The MCC men's soccer team knew that they would have to put up at least a two point deficit against 5th seeded Jefferson College (14-6-1) to keep their semifinal dreams alive. Off a header by freshman Marcus Boehler (Yokosuka, Japan) 84 minutes into play the Tigers did just that.