Rodrigues dos Santos Earns United Soccer Coaches All-American Status

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The awards continue to roll in for the University of Memphis men's soccer team as Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos has been named to the United Soccer Coaches All-American Third Team.

Rodrigues dos Santos, a junior out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, had an all-star season after leading the Tigers and the American Athletic Conference with 14 goals while dishing out seven assists. The AAC's Offensive Player of the Year and All-East Region First Team honoree recorded eight game-winning goals in route to the program's best postseason run.

A Hermann Trophy Watchlist honoree, Rodrigues dos Santos recorded a career outing against Temple this year where he played a role in all goals scored in the match. Rodrigues dos Santos notched his eighth goal of the year while assisting on the three other strikes that game in route to his second AAC Weekly Honor Roll nod.

Along with being named to the AAC's Weekly Awards three times this season, Rodrigues dos Santos was named as the College Soccer News' National Player of the Week and to the Team of the Week in August and was selected to the TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week twice.

Rodrigues dos Santos is the first Tiger men's soccer player to be named as an All-American since the 2013 season.

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Rodrigues dos Santos Earns United Soccer Coaches All-American Status

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