John Jeffers, a U19 player, recently committed to playing at Muskingham College. JJ has been playing in the club since he was a U12. He will graduate from West Liberty Salem High very soon.
Born in Bogata Colombia in 1990, John started playing soccer at the age of 4 with the West Liberty soccer association. (On a U6 team.)
Started playing for Elite in 2001 with Rodulfo Perez after attending the West Liberty Elite soccer camp (Marc Kirsch and Dan Lahut).
He has played 12 seasons for Elite FC. (2001-2004 spring and fall, 2005-2009 spring)
6 Tournament championships with Elite FC (That we recorded.)
Attended the West Liberty Elite FC soccer camp from 2001 - 2008. Assisting with the U10-12 camp in 2008.
He has played with the Ohio South Olympic Development Program from 2002 to 2006 (HIs last year of eligability)
He has made District level, State level and Regional level teams with ODP. (Region 2 consists of llinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.)
With WLS highschool:
Freshman: Honorable Mention - Ohio Heritage Conference. Dayton North Sectional 2nd team. (Miami Valley Scholastic Coaches Association)
Sophmore: Honorable Mention - Ohio Heritage Conference. Dayton North Sectional 3rd team.
Junior: Honorable Mention Ohio Heritage Conference.
Senior: 1st team Ohio Heritage Conference. 1st team Division 3 Dayton District. 1st team Division 3 Dayton Sectional Team.
A statement from the Jeffers Family: "Thanks to everyone involved with Elite FC. The training that John has received over the last nine years with Elite FC has been a large part of his success. Special thanks to Rodulfo Perez for helping John get started in the right direction. Marc and Glenda Kirsch for all of the time and energy they put into the club. I don't know how you keep up. A special thanks to Dan Lahut. You have helped to shape the talents of many players. Thank you for taking the time to shape the life of our son. We have traveled from West Liberty to Marysville for practices for nine years. (Five of them for Spring and Fall seasons.) It was worth the effort. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. Thank you so much."
We wish him all the best at Muskingham.