![]() In addition to serving as an assistant coach, Surkamp also served as Richard Bland's Coordinator of Life Skills and Athletic Services. Surkamp helped de Souza and the Statesmen win a school-record 17 games in 2017. Richard Bland won the NJCAA Region 10 regular-season championship and made the NJCAA Division I Southeast District Tournament for the second consecutive season. Last fall, Richard Bland was ranked in the NJCAA Division I men's soccer poll for the first time in program history. The Statesmen finished the season ranked 17th. In 2016, Richard Bland won a then-school record 12 games and three straight matches in the Region X Tournament for the program's first-ever region title. The fifth-seeded Statesmen upset defending national champion and top-seeded Louisburg (N.C.) 2-1 in the semifinals before battling second-seeded Spartanburg (S.C.) Methodist to a 1-1 double-overtime tie in the title match, winning in a PK Shootout, 4-2, to claim the championship. Richard Bland advanced to the NJCAA Southeast District Championship, dropping a 2-0 decision to nationally-ranked No. 15 Eastern Florida State College in the semifinals. The Statesmen placed six team members on the 2016 All-Region X Team. Surkamp began his collegiate career playing at Longwood in 2010 where he was a starter in his rookie campaign while leading the team in assists. In 2011, he was named the Atlantic Soccer Conference (ASC) Player of the Year, while also being named being selected as an NSCAA All-North Atlantic Region team member and a VaSID All-State team member. He helped lead Longwood to a 11-6-3 mark and an ASC tournament championship. Surkamp led the Lancers in goals (11) and finished in the top 20 of the NCAA for goals scored. ![]() He then transferred to North Carolina State, where he led the Wolfpack and finished tied for third in the ACC in goals scored (eight) during his junior season in 2013. Although Surkamp missed almost half of his senior season in 2014 due to injury, he still tied the team high with four goals and dished out three assists. He was named to College Sports Madness's All-ACC First Team and the College Sports Madness All-American team during his time at NC State. ?Surkamp played four years of soccer at Osbourn Park High School in Manassas, where he led the team in assists and ranked second in scoring as a junior and senior. He was named First Team All-District, First Team All-Region and All-State as a senior. Additionally, Surkamp was tabbed a First Team All-Area selection by The Washington Post and The Potomac News and was selected to the Washington Post All-Metro team as a senior.DeKalb County Schools has made its mark on the cross country scene since the 1950s when state competition began with the boys. Since that time the county has brought home 20 state titles in boys and 5 in the girls’ competition. The first team state title came in 1957 as the Druid Hills boys won the first of two consecutive titles (1957, 1958). Lakeside and the now defunct Gordon High lead the county with five state titles apiece. 2 seed - and owner of a 25-4 overall record.Lakeside won five titles in a seven-year span from 1969 to 1975, the only non-title years coming in 19. Richard Bland entered the Region X tournament as the No. The combo follows Mealy in scoring, averaging 13.6 and 12.8 point per game, respectively. Teammates Moses and Ugba were both named second-team all-Region X. He was the lone Statesman to earn first-team honors. Mealy closed out regular-season play with a 65.6 percent field-goal percentage. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound sophomore forward entered the Statesmen's Region X semifinal matchup against Lenoir (North Carolina) Community College averaging 18 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. Mealy, an Armstrong High School product, was named Region X player of the year. PETERSBURG - Richard Bland College players Tavon Mealy, Avery Ugba and Reginald Moses were selected to the 2015 NJCAA all-Region X team, the league announced Saturday.
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