Westview Boys Soccer: Alumni News

Saturday, November 24
Brendan McWalters 2007 Rookie of the Year!

Brendan McWalters was selected as 2007 Rookie of the Year for the Whittier College men's soccer team.  A first-year player, McWalters joined Seminara as a part of the men's defense.  He came to Whittier to play both soccer and lacrosse.  This season, McWalters played 90 minutes of every soccer game.  Coach Paul G. Walmesy had this to say about McWalters:  "He played left full back and central defender.  Once we moved him to central defense, her really stepped up and performed magnificently.  As a freshman, to be given the responsibility of playing central defender is a huge challenge.  Brendan was as solid as a rock, great in the air, fierce in tackles and an all around committed player."  

Another Westview alumni, Joey Gelaro ('06) was selected as 2006 Rookie of the Year for Whittier College. 



Monday, March 5
GRADUATING SENIORS
Taylor Adams will stay in San Diego attend SDSU.

Jared Brett will be heading to UCLA to study business administration/law.

Juan Cuellar will be attending either SDSU and a UC and pusuing international business or psychology.  Still waiting to hear!

Danny Glaser will be heading east to Boston College and studying computer engineering.

Brian Higgs is going north to UC Davis to pursue chemical engineering and hopes to play college ball.

Jason Kwok will be attending college to study pre-medicine and dentistry.

Brendan McWalters will be attending Whittier College to study mechanical engineering and play soccer and lacrosse.

Berrick Rastok will also be attending SDSU and studying business.

Thursday, December 21
1ST ANNUAL WESTVIEW BOYS ALUMNI GAME

Our first “official” Alumni game on Wed night was a great experience for all the players involved.  This year’s Varsity team turned up thinking that they were going to be scrimmaging a high school team from L.A., only to find that they were going to be playing the Alumni.  The first half ended 1-0 to the current Varsity team (with Brian Robinson scoring the goal); however, after hitting the posts a few times, the Alumni managed to score 3 goals (Erik Pavlics, Joey Gelaro, and Greg Piechota) to finish the game with the win.  I know that the current Varsity team was really excited about seeing many of their buddies from last year, and how impressed they were that many of the Alumni “still have it”.  I would like to make the Alumni game a regular occurrence, with 5:00pm every December 20 as the time and date.        - Coach Martin Coughlin



Tuesday, October 31
Players in College
Several 2006 graduates are attending colleges and universities and playing soccer on the college or intramural teams.  Check back here for more information as we get it.

All Star by Smash Mouth

Friday, November 3
John Hall
John is attending Cal State Fullerton and playing on the Intramural Mens Soccer Team. He is looking forward to trying out for the college team next year.

Sunday, November 5
Joey Gelaro
Joey is attending Whittier College and playing on the Mens Soccer Team.  Joey started the season as a Forward! He ended up playing most of the season in the midfield and a few games in the back. Joey was recently named Rookie of the Year for the Whittier Men's Soccer program.  Above is a picture of Joey with his team so his friends can see he's still #6!  Below is an article highlighting a great game for Joey this season.


Men's Soccer Wins Again
Gelaro '10 Finishes with Hat Trick



Joey Gelaro '10 provided all the offense the Poets would need by registering his first collegiate hat trick and Whittier beat La Sierra University 3-2 at Donald Graham Field on September 14. 

The Poets improve their record to 2-1, beating La Sierra (1-3 overall) for the second time in as many games.  Whittier won their last meeting 4-1 at La Sierra on September 8. 




The Golden Eagles struck first, scoring in the seventh minute.  The Poets evened the score thirty minutes later when Gelaro scored his first collegiate goal on a rebound from a Dan Roe '08 shot that caromed of the post.  The score was 1-1 at the half.

Whittier started the second half scoring in the 60th minute.   Ronnie Beal '10 beat a La Sierra defender and sent a perfect ball from the end line and through the box that found Gelaro's left foot for his second goal of the day.  Gelaro completed the hat trick in the 77th minute on a free kick  from 25 yards that beat the LSU goalkeeper.  The Golden Eagles added one more in the 81st minute, but it wasn't enough as the Poets defense held on for the 3-2 victory.



Wednesday, November 8
Eric Davison
Eric Davison is currently attending Sonoma State University studying Computer Science.

Thursday, November 9
Jon Hamm
Jon is attending LeTourneau University, a NCAA Division III school in Longview, Texas.  He is studying Electrical Engineering.  He began his college soccer season on the bench for the first 7 games, and then became a starting left defender for the remaining of the season.  The school had one of their best seasons in their history with a record of 12-5-2.  They play in the American Southwest Conference which includes the states of Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.  Jon enjoyed the road trips with the team.  They are a young team and are looking forward to going even further next year.


Sunday, November 12
Sean Weafer
Sean is attending UC Santa Cruz and studying Economics - Business Management.

Monday, March 26
BRIAN HIGGS PARTICIPATES IN NORTH-SOUTH ALL STAR GAME

The 1st team All-League players from each of the North County Conference leagues were chosen to play in the North-South Boys All Star game at Helix High School.  Senior Brian Higgs represented Westview this year.