Tusculum College freshman defender Matias Rubio is a second-team selection to the 2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Men's Soccer Team, which was announced Tuesday afternoon.

Rubio (Bradenton, Fla.) was a first-team All-South Atlantic Conference honoree after helping the Pioneers to a 6-1-2 league record and a second-place finish in the final standings. He made 16 starts for the Pioneers, playing a key part in limiting opponents to a total of 20 goals during the regular season. Rubio played 1,511 of a possible 1,516 minutes, missing only five minutes due to a brief injury substitution early in the year, and scored his first goal of the season in the Pioneers' 4-0 win over Carson-Newman on Oct. 12.

Tusculum finished the 2011 season with a 7-8-3 overall record, going unbeaten in 10 of its last 11 regular-season games after opening the season with six straight losses.

The Daktronics NCAA II All-Southeast Region Men's Soccer Team is selected by a vote of the region's sports information directors of the Southeast Region, comprised of the Conference Carolinas, the Peach Belt Conference, and the South Atlantic Conference.

The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The online nomination and voting process is powered by ATHLETICSITE.COM.