Thank You to Our International Student Athletes
January 11th is International Thank You Day and we want to thank our international student athletes for choosing to come to MCCC. In Mercer Athletics, we are very fortunate and grateful that students from all over the world have chosen MCCC to become their home and have chosen to be a part of our athletic program.
Danke to our German soccer players: Laura Kucharz (Singen), Annika Maringer (Asperg), Sarah Kircher (Celle), Eva Sturm (Berlin), Linnea Rameil (Lennestadt), Deniz Karcher (Heidenheim), Phlip Owczarek (Landshut), Bastian Strunk (Weingarten). Grazie to Francesco Quintavalla (Parma), Nassim Carpio (Parma) and Federico Spinola (Bareggio) from Italy.
Gracias to our Spanish player soccer players Adrian and Daniel Garcia Franco, Manuel Alonso (A Caruna), Elias Ramos (Telde) to women’s basketball players Alexandra Garcia Galan (Barcelona) , Ariadna Acosta Camacho (Barcelona), Carla Cencerrero Gallego (Mataro) and Lia Sekhniashvili (Madrid). Gracias to women’s soccer and tennis player Julia Fillat Ferrer (Barcelona). Gracias to men’s soccer players Ignacio Pacecho from Cordoba, Argentina, Daniel Carlos Cuellar from Manta, Ecuador and Colombian men’s soccer players Camilo Osorio (Manizales), Santiago Oliveros (Bogota), Diego Orquiz (Chihuahua, Mexico) and Venezuelan women’s tennis player Andrea Vasquez (San Felipe).
Go Raibh maith agat to our Irish soccer players Fiona Madigan (Dublin) and Dylan Mahar (Wicklow).
Obigado to our Potuguese goalie Celina Oliveira (Ancara) and Brazilian soccer players Joao Delgado (Sao Paolo), Henrique Franza (Sao Leopoldo), Joao Lourenco (Belo Horizonte), Luana Nascimento (Cariacica) and Ana Pacecho (Florianopolis).
Ese to Nigerian men’s basketball player Michael Ana (Lagos). Dankie to men’s soccer player Lesedi Hlabeli from South Africa (Guateng). Koszonom to Hungarian men’s soccer goalie Bercel Ban (Piliscaba). Dziekuje to Polish men’s tennis player Marcin Gniadzik (Piensk). Bedankt to men’s soccer players Jesse Van De Berg from the Rhoon, Netherlands. Tapah leat to men’s soccer player Torin Mitchell from Aberdeen, Scotland. Arigato to Japanese men’s soccer players Takumi Hirose (Minuma-Ku, Japan), Higen Noguchipinto (Tukubamirai, Japan), Riku Yasuda (Ogaki-City) and Ryutu Mitome (Kozagun).
And finally Cheers to women’s soccer players Louise Stritch (Preston Lancashire) and Francesca Wright from England (Beccles).
No matter the language, thank you for choosing MCCC and for being a part of the Mercer Athletics family!
For more on MCCC Athletics, visit: https://www.mccc.edu/athletics_home.shtml
For for MCCC as an international student athletes interested in attending MCCC, visit the following link: https://www.mccc.edu/pdf/athletics/Internation-SA-info-letter.pdf
Women's basketball player Alexandra Garcin Galan is from Spain
Women's soccer player Laura Kucharz is from Germany
Men's soccer player Joao Delgado is from Brazil
Women's soccer player Fiona Madigan is from Ireland
Men's soccer player Diego Orquiz is from Mexico
Women's soccer player Louise Stritch is from England
Lesedi Hlabeli is from South Africa
Women's tennis player Andrea Vasquez is from Venezuela
Men's soccer player Francesco Quintavalla is from Italy
Women's soccer player Celina Oliveira is from Portugal
Men's soccer player Torin Mitchell is from Scotland