MORROW, Ga. – Clayton State men's soccer landed a pair of student-athletes on the Scholar All-Region Team and one on the Scholar All-American Team, the United Soccer Coaches announced Thursday.  
 
Geo Rios earned Scholar All-Region and Scholar All-American honors for the first time in his career while Theo Blachon was named a Scholar All-Region honoree.
 
The Scholar All-Region and All-American selections were both firsts for the men's soccer program.
 
For Rios, the two awards add to his already impressive season. The Lawrenceville, Ga. native was named Peach Belt Conference Co-Player of the Year, first-team All-Conference, second-team All-Region by the D2CCA and was a first-team All-Region selection by the United Soccer Coaches.
 
The Captain totaled 22 points for the season and led the team and conference with 12 assists. That mark ranks fifth in the NCAA. Rios started the season with a four-game point streak and had points in eight of the first nine-games.
 
He was one of two PBC student-athletes to earn Scholar All-American honors, joining Lander's Tom Marriott.
 
Blachon wrapped his Clayton State career this past fall and was a member of the fall graduation. The Frenchman was selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region third team and was a second-team All-Conference player.
 
For his career, he was a first-team All-Region selection by the D2CCA in 2019 and was a first-team All-PBC goalkeeper.
 
This season, he made a conference-best 73 saves and tied for second in the league with three shutouts. He also ranked 17th in the nation in goalie minutes.  
 
Blachon and Rios joined Tom Marriott and Max McNulty from Lander as the only PBC members of the Scholar All-Region team.

Scholar All-Region Team (Positions and First and Last Names Left Off by United Soccer Coaches)

Class	School	Major	GPA	Hometown
Jr.	Frostburg State University	Business	3.54	Potomac, Md.
Sr.	Clayton State University (Theo Blachon)	General Business	3.73	Saint Didien en Velay, France
Gr.	Auburn University at Montgomery	Master's in Business Administration	4.00	Bay Saint Louis, Miss.
Sr.	Coker University	Business Administration	3.54	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sr.	Coker University	Psychology	3.46	Malmo, Sweden
Sr.	Lander University	Business Management & Marketing	3.69	Nottingham, UK
Gr.	Christian Brothers University	Business Administration	3.81	Lingfield, England
Jr.	Lander University	Business Management & Marketing	3.83	Birmingham, UK
Jr.	Queens University of Charlotte	Business Administration	3.66	Salvador, Brazil
Sr.	University of Mount Olive	Business	3.81	London, England
Jr.	Clayton State University (Geo Rios)	Accounting	3.90	Lawrenceville, Ga.
Jr.	Coker University	Business Administration	3.89	Paris, France

 Scholar All-America Team

Pos	Name	Class	School	Major	GPA	Hometown
K	Alexandre Durand	Jr.	Univ. of Wisconsin-Parkside	Business and Marketing	3.54	Paris, France
D	Patrick Allan	Gr.	Colorado School of Mines	Civil and Environmental Engineering	3.97	Stillwater, Minn.
D	Alec Bevis	Jr.	Fort Hays State University	Chemistry	3.92	Wichita, Kan.
D	Henry Bruer-Schmadalla	Jr.	Univ. of Wisconsin-Parkside	Sports Management	3.43	Stuttgart, Germany
D	Izaac Zausch	Jr.	Biola University	Business Administration	3.60	Liberty Hill, Texas
M	Domenic Baumann	Sr.	Lewis University	Business Administration	3.77	Westphalia, Germany
M	Sergio DelCastillo	Jr	Gannon University	International Management Sport Management and Marketing	3.54	Madrid, Spain
M	Gregoire Diep	Jr.	Azusa Pacific University	Business Administration	3.88	Munich, Germany
M	Mirza Hasecic	Jr.	Maryville University (Mo.)	Sports Management	3.64	Grindavik, Iceland
M	Angel Lopez	Sr.	Southern Nazarene University	Business Administartion	3.46	Colony, Texas
M	Tom Marriott	Sr.	Lander University	Business Management and Marketing	3.69	Nottingham, UK
M	Chandler O' Dwyer	Gr.	Christian Brothers University	Business Administration	3.81	Lingfield, England
M	Beckham Sibiski*	Gr.	Lock Haven University	Secondary Education-Mathematics	3.90	Kutztown, Pa.
F	Geo Rios	Jr.	Clayton State University	Accounting	3.90	Lawrenceville, Ga.
F	Jacques Fokam Sandeu	Jr.	Coker University	Business Administration	3.89	Paris, France

* - National Scholar Player of the Year
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