WCHS soccer standout inks scholarship

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

The Warren County High School soccer team will send a player to the next level as Tatsuro Kusunoki signed a letter of intent on Thursday to play for Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Kentucky.

The Patriots finished last year’s season 8-6-4 and fell to Lambuth University in semifinal action of the Mid-South Conference tournament.

Kusunoki has been a member of the WCHS soccer team for four years and helped his team to a semifinal district tournament game last year. With the help of Kusunoki the Pioneers are 3-0 in district play this year.

“Tatsuro will join a very young team and will be able to step in to a starting position next season,” said Cumberland’s head coach Chris Little.

“Tatsuro is a very fine young man and his attitude on and off the field will be a great contribution to the team. He visited Cumberland back in January and worked out with the team for one day. His abilities were equal to players at the college level and I’m been working to sign him every since. This will be one of our strongest recruiting classes in the past three years and Tatsuro will complete our efforts on improving our program.”

PHOTO INFO:
Tatsuro Kusunoki, front center, signs a scholarship to play soccer for Cumberland College of Williamsburg, Ky., Thursday afternoon at the WCHS library. On hand for the signing were Cumberland coach Chris Little, front left, Tatsuro’s mother Kyoko, and back row, from left, WCHS coach Keith Hamilton and English as a Second Language teacher Marilyn McGee. (Dale Stubblefield photo)