Roadrunner Soccer Players Earn Postseason Honors
Jory Named Conference MVP, 1st Team All-Region
By GARY STALLARD
AC Athletics
The Angelina College Roadrunner soccer team provided plenty of thrills and chills throughout the 2025 season, going so far as to come up a single goal short of advancing to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament.
Those efforts helped land several players on the Region XIV postseason superlatives list.
The Roadrunners' Jhosua Jory earned All-Region XIV Most Valuable Player and 1st Team All-Region honors following his brilliant freshman season with AC.
Also named to the All-Region 1st Team was teammate Patricio Villalobos. 'Runners earning 2nd Team All-Region accolades were Albi Zyla, Josmy Ngandola and Christian Castaneda.
Jory, a freshman from Cinco Ranch High School in Houston, Texas, finished among league leaders in total points (23), goals (9) and assists (5). Those numbers were impressive, but Jory provided an all-time AC Soccer highlight when he nailed the last-second game winner in AC's thrilling 1-0, double-overtime win at Blinn College in the Gulf Coast South District Semifinals.
Villalobos, a sophomore from Instituto CADE in Aguascalientes, Mexico, served as the team's primary facilitator from his midfield position.
Zyla, a freshman from Clear Springs High School in League City, Texas, proved an all-around player on both ends of the pitch, helping to keep the offense moving while providing valuable efforts on the back line.
Ngandola, a sophomore product of MBO Rijnland in The Hague, Netherlands, was one of the team's top defenders in both of his seasons at AC.
Castaneda, a sophomore from Langham Creek High School in Houston, was among the nation's leaders in assists (he finished tied for sixth nationally) over most of the season. Castaneda wrapped up his final year at AC with 23 points, 11 assists and six goals – including two game-winning kicks.
The Roadrunners finished their 2025 campaign with a final record of 11-5-1 and an appearance in the Region XIV Conference Tournament finals.
The email address for AC's Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.