Ellis and Thompson have been named United Soccer Coaches All-Americans

United Soccer Coaches announced the 2020-21 Junior College Men's and Women's All-America Teams on Thursday. Fifty-one total student-athletes (25 men's players and 26 women's players) were named to the All-America Teams. 

For this year's Junior College Men's and Women's All-America Teams all three divisions were combined to produce one All-America team for men and one All-America team for women. Included on the team were Holmes Community College Lady Bulldog sophomores Cariel Ellis and Mackenzie Thompson.

Holmes captured the North Division title for the fifth consecutive time. They were the MACCC, NJCAA Region XXIII and NJCAA South District Champions and finished as the NJCAA DII Women's Soccer National Runner-up after last week's national tournament in Evans, Ga.

Ellis hails from Madison while Thompson hails from Pelahatchie.

On the season, Ellis finished with 16 goals and eight assists while Thompson had one goal and 10 assists.

Ellis, Wilson and Thompson were named to the NJCAA All-Tournament Team with Ellis being named the Most Outstanding Offensive Player. Both players were named to the NJCAA All-Region XXIII team.

This year's All-Americans will be recognized as part of the United Soccer Coaches College Awards Ceremony, which will be made available to view online as a digital event beginning June 30.