Dakota Collins Headed to UCLA

Written by By Matt Swindle of UFC
Edited for additional content by TVSA Hawks

Dakota Collins, who spent many years training under David Halliday in the Hawks program, currently playing with the UFC BU16B team, has verbally committed to UCLA.

Dakota will join one the most prestigious universities in the nation. As a Bruin he will have the opportunity to play with some of the top players in the country. UCLA, a perennial powerhouse in Men’s Soccer, posted a 9-9-3 record last year and advanced to the second round of the NCAA playoffs before losing to Santa Clara.

Dakota selected UCLA because of their long history of success and moving players to pro ranks. The academic opportunity also allows Dakota to continue his success in the classroom as well as on the field. Collins received scholarship offers from USD, UC Davis, UCR, Georgetown, Cal Poly SLO, Oregon State, UCI, New Mexico U, Fullerton and UConn.

Dakota is currently with the ODP Region IV team in Italy and will play in the Trafeo De Gradisca Youth Tournament in Venice. The tournament includes the following groups.

Hawk Alumni joins National Team

Jackie ‘Rocky’ Garcia, who played for the Hawks for six years and is currently in her Junior season playing with the University of San Diego, was recently called upon by the Women’s National Team of Mexico to join their roster.

Players on our older girls teams were very excited by the recent news as Jackie has spent time during this last season training with the Hawks players as she prepared to return to USD. Current accomplished players such as Jackie ‘Rocky’ Garcia and Michelle Enyeart (US WNT try-outs) highlight the success of many Hawks Alumni players who have pursued their goals over the years after receiving quality local training from the Hawks organization.

GU11 clinch President's Cup title

The Girls U11 Black Team, led by Coach Amy Litteral, won the President's Cup Championship in San Diego on February 19-20th. The girls dominated the Gold Bracket competition to sweep the tournament with 4 strong victories. The girls demonstrated superb teamwork to earn their 5th championship title this season. Go Hawks!

Team picture: Back (l to r): Samantha Holder, Coach Amy Litteral, Alexis Rodriguez-Willie, MacKenzie Hobert, Carolyn Jagoda, Sarah Shetler, Ileana Burleson, and Gabrielle Constante Front (l to r): Madori Spiker, Sarah Fenton, Sydney Magnin, Jordan Sanders, Brittney Rogers, Nevaeh, and Sara Hogman Lying in Front: Maegan Gibson Not Pictured: Mekayla Clemons

Hawks BU9 Black Earn Second in Top Flight

The TVSA Hawks Black BU-9 captured second place in Presidio League play in the Blue North Bracket. The Hawks strong finish behind the undefeated champions entitles the team to play Presidio AAA next season among the league’s top 8 teams.

Front Row: Jacob; Second Row: Omari, Daniel, Alec, Carlos; Back Row: Alex, Joey, Blayne, Raymond, Zack; Manager Suzette Rooks, Coach Patrick Borin

BU9 Hawks Red are Presidio League Champions!

Congratulations to the Hawks BU-9 Red for going undefeated in Presidio League play to earn their division championship title for the Green North Bracket.

The Hawks Red had a league record of 10-0-2, and lost only two games during the prior tournament season. The team scored a bracket high 45 goals and allowed a bracket low of only 8 goals against. A job well done goes out to this new outstanding team!

Front row L-R: Ezekiel, Adrian, Austin, Daniel; Back row L-R: Jayson, Tyler, Jacob, Kevin, Diego; Manager Jennifer Palmer, Coach Patrick Borin; Non-pictured players: Eric, Bryce

GU12 Black Canyon Cup Champions

The GU12 Black team won their fifth tournament of the season by going undefeated in the Canyon Hills Holiday Cup. The finals were played against CVU White and went to overtime where the Hawks scored in the first several minutes. The team is preparing for Nationals after a strong 4th place finish in the Presidio League Premier division. Pictured on the bottom Nicole Robertson, Kelly Von Zup, Haylee Shingleton, Rachel Witz, Sammi Fuentes, and Angela Ziff. Middle row Michelle Benjamin, Brienna Diaz, Stephanie Malherbe, and Kayci Griffen. Top row Nik Laytart, Sidonia Vega, Jenna Utter, Sha'Mya Williams. and Katie Maddox.

THIRD TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP for the GU9 Black

The Hawks GU9 Black team won the Nike Harvest Cup Soccer Tournament over Thanksgiving weekend in Irvine, CA, November 23-25. Throughout the 5 game tournament the girls scored 18 goals with only 2 against.

The girls played two games on Friday, beating the Simi Valley Eclipse 4-2 and the host team, ISC Strikers 6-0. Saturday play was no different, with another two wins against Glendora FC 5-0 and Force FC 2-0.

Sunday’s final was against So Cal Blues (Naimie) and proved to be the most exciting game of the weekend.
Although both teams came out strong, Hawks overcame with their ever constant drive, aggression and desire to win with a nail biting final of 1-0.

Congratulations to all of the teams at the tournament.  It was a great weekend! Way to go Hawks!

Pictured Bottom row: Nemo Carty, Audrey Kate Ward; Middle Row: Lydia Buggs, Bridget Sway, Miah Conde, Cameron Allen; Top Row: Grace Heinz, Samantha Hobert, Katelyn Swanson, Cassidy Leake, Victoria Arvizu, Monique Buenrostro; Back: Coach Nicole Conde

Hawks GU-12 Black Featured in Las Vegas Finals

TVSA Hawks Premier U12 Girls team competed in the Las Vegas Turkey Shoot Out Nov 23 - 25th. The Hawks U12 girls team won their Gold bracket by going 2-0-1. The highlight of bracket play was tying the Nevada State Cup Champs, Neusport 96 Green 0-0. In the semis, the girls defeated a very physical Chula Vista Puma team 2-0. And in the finals the girls faced the same Nevada State Cup team only to fall a little short 1-0. In five games the lady Hawks gave up only 2 goals and posted 3 shutouts.

Pictured back row: Chloe Amaradio, Kayci Griffin, Julia Taylor, Katie Maddox, Brienna Diaz, Emily Griganavicius, Sha'Mya Williams, Kelly Von Zup, Stephanie Malherbe. Front row: Coach Chuck Elsea, Paige Wernli, Angela Ziff, Nicole Robertson & Michelle Benjamin

GU-10 Hawks Black Add Presidio League Championship

The TVSA Hawks Black Girls Under-10 team has added the Presidio League Championship to their list of accomplishments this season. With one game left to play, an impressive 11-1-1 record provides more than enough points to secure first place. Add in a successful summer tournament season as Champions of both the Pegasus Cup and Oceanside Beach Soccer Tournament, and Finalists in the Crown City Cup and Hotspurs Labor Day Tournament, this has proven to be an exceptional season of achievements.

Congratulations to Coach Guinn and all of her talented team members.

Championship Season for Hawks GU-11 Black

The TVSA Hawks Black Girls Under 11 achieved a fourth championship title this season by taking first place in their Presidio League bracket. The girls went undefeated in league and can combine their Presidio League Championships with title victories such as Pegasus Cup Champions, Copa Del Mar Champions, and Encinitas Rotary Cup Champions.

To all the young ladies and to Coach Litteral, congratulations on a great season!