KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Much has been made of redshirt-senior midfielder Ryan King's (County Durham, England) 2019 campaign, and rightfully so, and it will be a trend that continues as he has earned his second All-American honor of the day as he picked up Second-Team recognition from the United Soccer Coaches (USC) on Wednesday, December 11.
 
It marks the fifth time that an individual has claimed a pair of All-American honors on the same day but each of the other four came from women's tennis which presents both its Singles and Doubles All-Americans at the same time.
 
Previously Viktoryia Semyrodenko (June 20, 2011), Anna Redecsi (May 31, 2007) and Jackeline Nieto (June 1, 2004 and June 6, 2003) accomplished the feat. King is the first non-tennis student-athlete to do so.
 
Additionally, it is the sixth time in program history that an individual has claimed USC (previously NSCAA) All-American honors and the first since Igor Lukic was named to the First-Team in 2010.
 
King joins Lukic as the only Laker men's soccer player to collect multiple All-American honors in the same season as he was named a Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) First-Team honoree earlier today. Clayton State Athletics Hall of Famer Alex Dowling (Third-Team in 2004 and 2005) is the only other individual to earn multiple All-American recognition over the course of a career.

Already in select company as one of the 35 best players in the country, King would also be joined by only one other Peach Belt Conference member as Young Harris' Dani Fischer was also named to the Second-Team. The only other member of the Southeast Region to land on the team was Wingate's freshman phenom Paul Ngongo who was selected to the First-Team.

The All-American selection is the second of King's career and the 79^th overall in Clayton State Athletics history. He joins teammate Tim Neusesser (Bad Berleburg, Germany) on that list, who was named a CoSIDA Academic All-America First-Team honoree earlier this month.
 
The combined three All-America(n) honors equals the most in a single season in program history. It matches the 2010 team that saw Lukic notch NSCAA First-Team and Daktronics Honorable Mention honors and Ryan Pugh pick up Daktronics Third-Team recognition.
 
It is also the most that Clayton State has had in a single year since 2015-16 when track & field's Jessica Matthews earned All-American honors in both indoor and outdoor and women's soccer's Maria Marti Bartis claimed CoSIDA Academic All-America First-Team recognition.
 
In terms of men's soccer All-Americans, King becomes the 14^th such honoree with Neusesser, the other five National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/United Soccer Coaches (USC) selections, four D2CCA/Daktronics choices and a pair of NAIA honorees.

RYAN KING – THE 2019 SEASON
The impact that King had in the Lakers 11 win turnaround from the 2018 season to 2019 cannot be overstated as he delivered a season for the ages.
 
While playing in 17 of a possible 20 games he registered an impressive 17 goals and two assists for 36 points to garner D2CCA First-Team All-American honors and both USC and D2CCA All-Southeast Region First-Team recognition.
 
Additionally, he was also chosen as the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year, an All-PBC First-Team selection and was the league's Gold Ball Award honoree as the leading scorer while also leading the circuit in points.
 
His goal total tied for the Southeast Region lead and his point total was just one off of that lead while ranking in the Top-10 in NCAA Division II in four major categories for much of the season. The latter would see him rank third in goals per game (1.0), eighth in total goals and points per game (2.12) and 13^th in total points.

King was also a three-time PBC Player of the Week selection in 2019 which is a program record. He also became the first Laker to be named the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week on November 5, that following a five goal week that was capped by all three scores in a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory at No. 7 Francis Marion on November 2.
 
NOTE: Prior to 2018, the United Soccer Coaches was known as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
 
ABOUT THE UNITED SOCCER COACHES ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
The USC All-American teams begin with nominations from member coaches at the All-Region level. From there head coaches vote based solely upon players that have competed against their teams during the season and are only allowed to vote on those players.
 
The All-American teams are based off of the highest vote getters by position and then are ranked in descending order to determine not only who is an All-American but what team they are on. The USC traditionally releases the All-American teams prior to the Division II Final Four and to coincide with that signature event's pre-championship banquet.

2019 USC All-American Men's Soccer Teams
First-Team
GK Alex Brems, Cal State-LA
D Issac Bawa*, Azusa Pacific
D Morten Bjoershol*, Cal State-LA
D Rodrigo Fernandez , Lynn
M Frank Daroma, Cal State-San Bernardino
M Jimmie Villalobos, Cal Poly Pomona
M Ollie Wright, St. Mary's (Texas)
F Paolo Marciano, Adelphi
F James Ndubueze, Azusa Pacific
F Paul Ngongo, Wingate
F Alex Lee Yaw, Gannon
 
Second-Team                                                                    
GK Chandler Hallwood, Gannon
D Carlos Ferrando Felis, Franklin Pierce
D Dani Fischer, Young Harris
D Austin Ludwik, Gannon
D Jason Zobott, Colorado School of Mines
M Jonathon Carr, Lake Erie
M Matteo Polisi*, Simon Fraser
M Connor Rutz, Saginaw Valley State
F Lorne Bickley, Wilmington
F Cadu Cusatis, Palm Beach Atlantic
F Brett Jones, UC-San Diego
F Ryan King, Clayton State
 
Third-Team
GK Gabriel Prgomet, Wilmington
D Joe Bell, Wilmington
D Bridger Hansen, Westminster
D Williams N'Dah*, Charleston
M Manuel Achondo*, Mercy
M Sergio Diaz , Post
M Leki Prpa, Wisconsin-Parkside
F David Achaerandio, Point Loma Nazarene
F Santiago Agudelo*, Fort Hays State
F Jake Simpson, Rogers State
F Javier Steinwascher, Indianapolis
F James Stone, McKendree
*Denotes Previous Selection