ESPN RISE named its boys soccer First-Team All-Americans over the weekend and there was one name on the list that Mason men's soccer fans are likely to become familiar with in the coming years. Verneri Valimaa, a Mason signee and the Gatorade Florida State Player of the Year was named to the 12-player team.

Valimaa has been piling up accolades the past few months and the graduate of American Heritage School in Delray Beach, Fla. Added one more after a senior season in which he scored 32 goals and handed out 19 assists. He led American Heritage to a state title and was selected as the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Class 4A-3A-2A Player of the Year.

Valimaa trains with the U.S. Under-18 national team and he used his dual citizenship to play for the Finland U-18 national team last month.