Lakers Volunteer!

The Men's and Women's Laker soccer teams provided a helping hand to a local woman moving to a new home. Within a half hour of being asked for assistance the Lakers teams arrived at her house to help with the heavy lifting. With everyone that helped, the moving was completed in a fraction of the time. This is just one way the Lakers are trying to "Be better today than you were yesterday. Be better tomorrow than you were today."

Watermelon Ride!

The Iowa Lakes Soccer Program will be hosting a fundraiser. This isn't just any fundraiser though, it is a 800 mile bike ride to Rockford, IL and back. The Iowa Lakes Soccer Coaching Staff will be riding 400 miles to Rockford, IL on bike to recruit soccer players at the annual "Watermelon Tournament". The Watermelon Tournament is a fun, competetive soccer tournament, hosted by Rockford United Soccer club and gives out free watermelon to all of the athletes. After recruiting at the tourney, all the coaches will bike 400 miles back to Spencer, IA.

The trip is scheduled June 6th-18th. Money will be raised through sponsorships and donations, in which half of the proceeds will be going to Positively Spencer Youth. We are very excited to raise money for this unique local charity because of it's core values of getting youth active and involved in the community!

Stay tuned for more information, how to donate, and how the Coach's are preparing for this event!

Incoming!!

Tyler Eissler a Rapid City, South Dakota native is making his way to Iowa Lakes. Tyler had a brief stint at the University of Sioux Falls before moving home and joining the military. Tyler has played soccer his entire life and loves nothing more than watching Arsenal or the Netherlands play. We are very excited to have a player who loves the game and will do anything to help his team win! Tyler is just one of the many on our blog that will help Iowa Lakes be successful in 2010.

(Tyler, grey shirt in the air)

Champions League

After study hall today some of the guys and girls got together to watch the Champions League. We ended up getting it projected in one of the classrooms so that everyone could come watch! Not sure if Arsenal or Porto will win but there is a lot of cheering for both teams right now. Just another day of loving soccer here at Iowa Lakes!

Tom Boe

A former player for Coach Farley at Dakota Wesleyan University, Tom Boe has now come to play for Coach at Iowa Lakes! A Pierre, SD native has loved the sport of soccer ever since he was introduced to it at an early age. Now that Tom is older he is focused on getting back into match form as well as staying organized and achieving his academic goals. We are very excited that Tom has joined our Soccer family and look forward to his talents on the field in the upcoming season!!

Esteban Campuzano

Esteban Campuzano came to Iowa Lakes all the way from Fort Worth, Texas. His dreams are to become a professional soccer player and to be successful in the academic goals he has set. His favorite foods are pizza, steak, and Mexican food. We are very excited to have Esteban here on Campus and he is a great addition to the Iowa Lakes Soccer Family!!

Shayla Silva

Shayla Silva from Fairbanks, Alaska joined the Iowa Lakers family this January. The 21 year old loves fried chicken, green beans and homemade mashed potatoes. Her dream is to become a Petroleum Engineer and possibly a CEO of a large oil company. She motivates herself with her favorite quote, "Noone can take your joy unless you give it to them."

Welcome to the ILCC Soccer Family Shayla!

Moving all the way to Spencer, Iowa from Fort Worth, Texas for an opportunity to play at the next level is a big decision. For Ruud Gullit Boijseauneau this decision was not all that hard to make. The coaching staff is very excited to have him here and we look forward to seeing the positive impact he will have on our program. His dream is to one day become a professional soccer player and play for Mexico's national team! Welcome to the Laker family Ruud!!

New Arrival!

Blake Viedenkamp signed with Iowa Lakes Men's Soccer team this January after a semester at Wartburg University. Blake is a central midfielder from Spencer, Iowa and lives for the game of soccer. Blake has a favorite quote from professional Roy Keane, "Fail to prepare, prepare to fail." We are excited to have Blake on our team but more importantly in our Iowa Lakes Soccer Family!!