WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State's Mere Escobar earned D2CCA South Central Region Player of the Year honors for the second consecutive season as released Tuesday afternoon.

The senior from Austin is in the midst of another brilliant campaign with 16 goals and 10 assists.

Escobar, who was also tabbed as the LSC's Player and Midfielder of the Year for the second time in his career, is the program leader with 60 career goals.

Merito accounted for multiple goals in five matches this season, including a hat trick against Texas A&M International and braces in wins over MSU Denver, Fort Hays State, Southern Nazarene, and Lubbock Christian.

During his career, the Mustangs are an astounding 41-0-2 when Escobar scores.

Escobar is a four-time, first-team All-LSC honoree and earned LSC Forward of the Year in 2023 and was also the league's top midfielder in 2022.

The reigning D2CCA Ron Lenz National Player of the Year is two-time D2CAA All American, earning second-team honors in 2022 and first-team accolades in 2023.

He was named a second-team All American by the United Soccer Coaches following each of the last two seasons.

Escobar was joined by a pair of second-team performers in senior defenders Tristian Adams and Juan Galindo.

Adams earned the second all-region honors of his career after gaining first-team honors from the United Soccer Coaches in 2022. He earned All-LSC first-team honors twice during his career.

The Mustangs posted an 9-0-2 mark in his 11 matches this season and he scored goals in both wins over the LSC champion St. Mary's Rattlers.

Galindo makes an appearance on the D2CCA All-South Central Region squad for the second consecutive season. He was a first-team honoree last season on the way to gaining first-team All-America accolades.

The 2023 Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Year is a three-time, all-conference performer earning first-team mention following each of the last two seasons.

Midwestern State faces No. 17-ranked Fort Lewis in the third round of the NCAA Division II Championship Sunday afternoon at Stang Park. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m.
 

2024 D2CCA All-South Central Region

First Team

Pos	Student-Athlete	School	Yr	Hometown
GK	Johnny Thurbin	St. Mary's	Jr.	Surrey, England
F	Gabriel Legendre	Fort Lewis	Sr.	Rio Rancho, N.M.
F	Elias Taubo	Regis	Sr.	Asker, Norway
F	Tobi Osifodunrin	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	Brighton, Colo.
F	Peyton Voelker	Dallas Baptist	Sr.	Timnath, Colo.
MF	Mere Escobar	Midwestern State	Sr.	Austin, Texas
MF	Caio Oliveira	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	Espigao d'Oeste, Brazil
MF	Dani Barajas	UC Colorado Springs	Sr.	Edwards, Colo.
MF	David Citron	Fort Lewis	Jr.	Toulouse, France
D	Shjon Andrews	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	Longmont, Colo.
D	Luke Mulkey	St. Mary's	Jr.	Parker, Texas
D	Lewis Nohar	St. Mary's	Sr.	Cumnock, Scotland
D	Jakob Larson	Fort Lewis	Sr.	Missoula, Mont.

Second Team

Pos	Student-Athlete	School	Yr	Hometown
GK	Soren Russell	UC Colorado Springs	Jr.	Bellevue, Wash.
F	Arthur Souza	St. Edward's	Sr.	Houston, Texas
F	Liam Corr	Regis	So.	Coal Island, Ireland
F	Gael Gallegos	St. Mary's	So.	Laredo, Texas
F	Ayman Bushara	Colorado School of Mines	Jr.	Aurora, Colo.
MF	Matteo Landais	West Texas A&M	Jr.	Vitre, France
MF	Sofian Maghouz	St. Mary's	Sr.	London, England
MF	Hunter Dierlam	Dallas Baptist	Sr.	Sacramento, Calif.
MF	Joep Classen	Oklahoma Christian	Sr.	Deurne, Netherlands
D	Juan Galindo	Midwestern State	Sr.	Dripping Springs, Texas
D	Ignatius DeMark	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	Phoenix, Ariz.
D	Tristian Adams	Midwestern State	Sr.	Mansfield, Texas
D	Dylan Zavatini	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	Santa Catarina, Brazil