Former Eastlake soccer player Omar Gio Mora has a bright future ahead of him.
The former United Soccer Coaches All-American has verbally committed to play for Division I Oral Roberts in Oklahoma.
Mora is currently at Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas, where he scored eight goals last year and has nine goals this season.
Oral Roberts is one of the nation’s top schools and is ranked No. 22 in the nation in the Top Drawer Soccer poll and is No. 26 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll.
“Oral Roberts started recruiting this season after the second game and process went well,” said Mora, who will sign with the school in November. “I feel college has really gone well for me so far at Angelina and it’s helped me become the person I am today. Oral Roberts is a strong program and has recruited Texas well.”
Future Miner: Eastlake goalkeeper Danica Guzman commits to UTEP soccer program
Mora was named a 2021-2022 All-American by the United Soccer Coaches. He was one of 20 boys players named to the team, Mora scored 30 goals and tallied 22 assists as a senior for the Falcons, who reached the Region 1-6A semifinals that season. As a junior, he helped the team to the Elite Eight. He scored a school-best 114 goals during his four-year career.
Mora, who was El Paso Times’ Boys Soccer Player of the Year as a senior, was the first Eastlake soccer player to earn an All-American award.
Felix F. Chavez can be reached at [email protected]; @Fchavezeptimes on X, formerly known as Twitter.
.