Boys soccer: Tars’ Meek a Hoosier

Barry Faulkner

NEWPORT BEACH - Newport Harbor High senior Trey Meek, a two-time

All-Sea View League boys soccer performer, said Friday he has accepted a

full athletic scholarship to continue his career at Indiana University.

Meek signed his letter of intent to become a Hoosier Friday, after

fielding additional scholarship offers from UCLA, San Diego State and

Oregon State.

Indiana coaches believe Meek, an explosive forward, is the final piece

to the perennial NCAA powerhouse’s recruiting puzzle for next season,

according to Howard Meek, Trey’s father.

Meek, a first-team All-Sea View pick as a junior and a second-team

honoree as a senior, amassed eight goals and three assists in nine recent

tournament games for the American Global Soccer School’s under-19 premier

club team.

He helped Burbank-based AGSS win the College Showcase tournament,

March 23-25, and also impressed IU coaches in the Dallas Cup, held April

8-14 in Texas.

Meek took a recruiting visit to Indiana March 30-April 1, then visited

the UCLA campus April 21-22.

“I had mixed emotions, but I really liked the family atmosphere at

Indiana,” Meek said. “I just thought the whole environment was first

class.”

Meek will major in sports management at IU, which has a storied soccer

history under 28-year head coach Jerry Yeagley.

The Hoosiers have won five national championships, including

back-to-back crowns in 1998-99, and have been to the last four College

Cup events, the sport’s final four.

Indiana has been to the College Cup 14 times and made 25 NCAA

Tournament appearances in Yeagley’s tenure. The Hoosiers lost in the

semifinals to Creighton, 2-1 in overtime, last season.