*****PRESS
RELEASE*****
Date-December 11, 2008
From-Steven Chapman, Deep Run
High School & Strikers Staff
Coach
NATIONAL SOCCER COACHES
ASSOCIATION of AMERICA:
Deep Run’s Brian Ownby named
NSCAA High School All-American
The 2008 VHSL boy’s soccer class
“AAA” State Champions, the Deep
Run Wildcats, have added another
stellar award to their expanding
trophy case, an NSCAA
All-American! Brian Ownby, a
2008 DRHS graduate, was named by
the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America as a 2008
High School All-American. To
qualify for the award Ownby had
to be named to the State team,
then he earned Region III
recognition and finally, the A-A
award. Ownby is the first All
American (in any sport,) from
DRHS, a school that opened in
2002 and has only played five
varsity seasons!
Ownby spent four seasons with
the Wildcat varsity team and led
them to a four year record of
60w-16- 5t. During the same
four year span, the upstart
Wildcats claimed two season
titles in the Colonial District
(2006, ’08) and three
consecutive CD tournament
titles, 2006-2008. The
Wildcat’s qualified for the
Central Region playoffs during
three of Ownby’s years, but lost
in the semi-final’s in 2006 (to
Clover Hill, 4-3ot) and 2007 (to
Hanover, 2-1.) {*Ownby was
called into a US National Team
camp during the 2007 Regional
tournament and missed the ‘Cats
playoff games.} The Wildcat’s
culminated Ownby’s senior season
(along with his nine senior
classmates,) by earning the
Central Region runner-up trophy,
then marching to the VHSL State
Championship with a 1-0 victory
over Robinson High School.
Ownby, currently a freshman at
the University of Virginia,
finished his career at DRHS with
58 goals, 34 assists and 150
career points in 64 games
played! He was named Colonial
District Player of the Year for
three consecutive
seasons(2006-’08,) Central
Region POTY (2008,) and the
Virginia State POTY in 2008! He
was named to the VHSL East
All-Star team in 2008 and
subsequently earned the MVP
Award. Additionally, Ownby
received the following awards
for his 2008 play: Richmond
Times-Dispatch All-Metro Team;
Digital Sports 1st
Team and DS Boy’s Soccer POTY.
He was also recognized by his DR
teammates and coaching staff as
the team MVP (twice,) Golden
Boot Award (three,) and Silver
Assists Award (twice) winner.
Brian is a product of the
Richmond Strikers Soccer Club
where he played for numerous
coaches/teams and he finished as
a member of the u18 US Academy
team. He has also received
numerous calls to the US
National Team programs; an
alternate for the u17 World Cup
team, and a member of the u18
team (2007-08) and a recent call
to the u20 team.
