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ARTEAGA NAMED TO NSCAA ALL-NEW ENGLAND REGION FIRST TEAM
December 19, 2007

ARTEAGA NAMED TO NSCAA ALL-NEW ENGLAND REGION FIRST TEAM

Blauvelt, NY (12/19/07) Dominican College men's soccer player, Johnny Arteaga, has been named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-New England Region First Team. He is among five players from Central Atlantic Collegiate conference (CACC) institutions to earn All-Region honors and the only player to be selected to the First Team.

ARTEAGA NAMED TO NSCAA ALL-NEW ENGLAND REGION FIRST TEAM

Courtesy of Kirk Reed, Assistant Commissioner of the CACC

Blauvelt, NY (12/19/07)  Dominican College men's soccer player, Johnny Arteaga, has been named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-New England Region First Team.  He is among five players from Central Atlantic Collegiate conference (CACC) institutions to earn All-Region honors and the only player to be selected to the First Team.

Arteaga, the 2007 CACC Player of the Year, led the CACC in points (38), goals (16) and game-winning goals (six) this season and also ranked second with six assists.  He scored 12 more points and four more goals than anyone else in the conference in leading Dominican to its fourth consecutive CACC regular-season championship.  Arteaga was a second team NSCAA All-Region choice last year.

Arteaga, a native of Stamford, CT, recently earned first team All-America accolades from Daktronics, becoming the first CACC men's soccer player to earn the honor.  He was also named to the Daktronics All-New England Region first team.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.