AC Soccer's Jory Earns All-American Honors

By GARY STALLARD

AC Athletics

Angelina College men's soccer Jhosua Jory recently earned NJCAA Division I 2^nd Team All-American honors, capping his incredible freshman campaign.

Jory, a product of Cinco Ranch High School in Houston, becomes the fifth Roadrunner soccer player in the past four years to receive All-American status, joining Kaito Ueki (2024), Omar Mora (2023), Jaheim Brown (2022) and Juan Lopez (2022).

Earlier this year, Region XIV named Jory its Most Valuable Player while awarding him 1^st Team All-Region honors.

With his dazzling combination of speed and ball skills, Jory finished among league leaders in total points (23), goals (9) and assists (5). Those numbers were impressive, but Jory provided an all-time AC Soccer highlight when he nailed the last-second golden goal in AC's thrilling 1-0, double-overtime win at Blinn College in the Gulf Coast South District Semifinals. With just five seconds before the teams would have headed to penalty kicks, Jory took a lob pass from teammate Kanta Maruyama and banged home the winner to set off a massive celebration.

Jory also added a hat trick (and six total points) in AC's 7-2 win at Louisiana State University-Eunice on Oct. 7.

Jory has committed to play at Tulsa University.

The email address for AC's Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.