TLU's Lopez-Rivera named All-Region Scholar

SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran junior defender Eduardo Lopez-Rivera (Round Rock/Stony Point) has been named to the 2018 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Men's Scholar All-West Region Team.

Lopez-Rivera is a business major, and he holds a grade point average of 3.39.

Lopez-Rivera is a three-year starter for the Bulldogs, and he led TLU to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal.

The Bulldogs produced an overall record of 11-8 and a conference mark of 9-6.

An All-SCAC Second Team selection in 2018, Lopez-Rivera played in all 19 games and led a TLU defense that allowed 12.8 shots per contest and 1.53 goals per match.

Lopez-Rivera was the 2016 SCAC Co-Newcomer of the Year, a 2016 All-SCAC Second Team selection, and a 2017 All-SCAC Honorable Mention selection.
 

2018 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Men's Scholar All-West Region Team

Pos.	Player	Class	School	Major	GPA	Hometown
K	Keller Mochel	Jr.	Colorado College	Economics	3.46	Carpinteria, Calif.
K	Joseph Khalaf	Sr.	Austin College	Math & Economics	3.81	Sherman, Texas
D	Landen Gozashti	Sr.	University of California Santa Cruz	Developmental Biology	3.56	Penngrove, Calif.
D	Jadon Bachtold	Jr.	Whitman College	Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	3.50	Sister, Ore.
D	Eduardo Lopez-Rivera	Jr.	Texas Lutheran University	Business	3.39	Round Rock, Texas
D	Keenan Amer	Sr.	Colorado College	Organismal Biology and Ecology	3.84	Santa Fe, N.M.
M	Steven Dang	Sr.	Uniiversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor	Nursing	3.34	Dallas, Texas
M	Robert Malone	Sr.	Colorado College	Computer Science	3.39	Littleton, Colo.
F	Ari Statler	Sr.	University of California Santa Cruz	Ecology	3.36	Redwood City, Calif.
F	Alex Day	Sr.	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Business	3.74	Lake Forest Park, Wash.
F	Jake Kennedy	Sr.	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Engineering	3.32	Lincoln, Neb.