Coulibally, Oman Make All-Region Team

More postseason honors continue to come in for the USAO men’s soccer team. Senior Nene Coulibally and freshman Jonathan Oman were named to the All-Region VI team, officials announced this week.

This is Coulibally’s second time on the All-Region list, while Oman is making his first appearance. Both players are now qualified to receive NAIA All-American honors, when the list is released in the coming weeks.

Coulibally, a 5-foot-10 forward from Bamako, Mali, was second on the team in scoring with 24 points, including a team-high 11 goals and two assists. He was also named second-team All-Conference this season. In 2002, Coulibally was named the Sooner Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year.

A 6-0 defender from St. Edmunds, England, Oman finished with four points on one goal and two assists. He started 20-of-22 teams this season, and was named first-team All-Conference earlier this month.

Coulibally and Oman helped lead USAO to its second straight SAC tournament championship, and berth in the Region VI tournament. The Drovers finished 13-8-1 overall and third in the SAC at 3-3. USAO’s season came to an end with a 2-1 loss to No. 14 Southern Nazarene last Friday in the regional tournament.

Region VI is made up of teams from the Sooner Athletic and Red River conferences. Eleven of the 14 players on the All-Region team are from the SAC, while the other three are from the RRAC.

Other All-Region team members include goalkeepers Pablo Fernandez, John Brown, Ark., and Caleb Mullins, Oklahoma Christian; forwards Dominique Nayaga, Southern Nazarene, Daniel Hermosillo, Texas A&M-International, and Matt Clark, OC.

Also, midfielders are Thomas Siranga, SNU, Jose Melendez, Texas Wesleyan, Daniel Agina, SNU, Fabio Perez, Oklahoma Baptist; defenders are Darko Naumoski, SNU, Robert Oguda, SNU, and Mark Lukowiecki, College of the Southwest.