The men’s Trail Blazer team made their first great 2012 signing on Jan. 18, with the addition of Hunter McRoberts, an up-and-coming soccer player from Lee’s Summit City Community Christian High School.
McRoberts has already collected an amazing list of awards including All-Conference First Team, All-District First Team, Missouri-Western Region First Team, Mo-Western Offensive Player of the Year, All-Kansas City First Team, All-Kansas City Offensive Player of the Year, and All-State First Team.
McRoberts also led his high school last fall with 38 goals and 18 assists. His high level of athletic ability has earned him spot playing for Kansas City Soccer Club Galaxy under coach Mike Jensen.
Watch for McRoberts to make a difference this spring with the Trail Blazer men’s soccer team.
For a soccer team defined by the quality and determination of its players, it is no surprise that the Metropolitan Community College Trail Blazers is proud of the players that have taken the field at Blue River over the years.
In 2010 MCC-Blue River All-American Yacine Hamchaoui was considered one of the best community college players in the nation. He helped lead the Trail Blazers to their 2010 NJCAA Region XVI Championship season. In 2011, Hamchaoui was also voted NJCAA Region XVI Player of the Year.
Hamchaoui graduated from Van Horn high school to become one of many accomplished Trail Blazers athletes. He finished the 2011 season with 20 goals and making him 14th in the nation in goal scoring and 23rd in points, with 44.
Head Soccer Coach Dave Owens points out that more than 3,000 other players at the junior college level vied for consideration, and Hamchaoui stood out among the best.
“To be considered one of the twenty best is a massive achievement,” Owens says. “Yacine’s coachable attitude and dedication earned him that honor.”
The Trail Blazers plan to continue the winning tradition by filling their ranks with more standout athletes.
For the 2012 season, great recruiting has brought some of the top high school talents in the Greater Kansas City area to the Trail Blazers teams.
This year’s most decorated new Trail Blazer men’s recruit is Hunter McRoberts out of Lee’s Summit Christian High School. Hunter scored 38 goals and had 18 assists in his senior year, and made First Team All-State, All-Kanas City, and Missouri-Western Region. He was also the Missouri-Western Offensive Player of the Year and All-Kansas City Offensive Player of the Year. A highly talented cast of players recruited from around the metro and the Midwest will support his talent and athleticism.
