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Purpose
The goal of OMSA is to promote youth soccer and teamwork
through its annual tournament, local high school scholarships and other soccer donations.
History
The Old Mill Soccer Association (OMSA) was formed in 1994 as a non-profit organization
sponsoring youth soccer in Will and Kankakee Counties. We began with 12 teams for the
age groups of U10, U12 and U14 boys/coed from the founding towns of Beecher, Grant
Park, Manteno and Peotone. Later all girls teams were added for U10, U12 and U14. In
2005, U8 teams were invited to participate in a special “Founders Classic” and U8s have
been included ever since. 2012 & 2013 included an Adult League consisting of four teams
after featuring an exhibition game in 2011. The tournament continues to be improved
from our experiences and has grown to 40+ teams with over 550 participants.
Scholarships
OMSA gives back to the community of Peotone by offering scholarships to
high school graduates who have been active in soccer in grade school and
high school. OMSA has contributed a total of $32,500 towards 66 scholarships
since 2002. Recipients that have received up to $500 scholarships for continuing
education at the college level include:
| Year |
Name |
High School |
| 2023 |
Ethan Graham |
Beecher |
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Tucker White |
Herscher |
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Jacob Diedrich |
Manteno |
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Kyle Coners |
Peotone |
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| 2022 |
Lexi Scroggins |
BBCHS |
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Danielle Piper |
Peotone |
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| 2021 |
AJ Graham |
Beecher |
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Logan Lunsford |
Herscher |
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Jacob Robinson |
Manteno |
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Lauren Hamann |
Peotone |
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| 2020 |
Chrisian Nietfeldt |
Grant Park |
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McKenna Evans |
Peotone |
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| 2019 |
Kate Bireline |
Beecher |
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Jacob Jones |
Beecher |
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Maddie Brown |
Herscher |
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Alyse Crowe |
Manteno |
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Ian Hamann |
Peotone |
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Nikki Miller |
Peotone |
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| 2018 |
Carli Rickson |
Peotone |
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Cole Evans |
Peotone |
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Austin Jacobson |
Grant Park |
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Alexis Keener |
BBCHS |
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Allesandra Varela |
Kankakee |
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| 2017 |
Trevor Mahood |
Peotone |
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Tyler Bireline |
Beecher |
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Ethan McGregor |
Herscher |
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Megan Schaeffer |
Manteno |
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| 2016 |
Jacob Minock |
Peotone |
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Grace Kleindienst |
Peotone |
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Sonny Rodriguez |
Bradley Bourbonnais |
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Dante Marin |
Kankakee |
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Matt Lebeda |
Reed-Custer |
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2015 |
Connor Clausen |
Grant Park |
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Hannah Giroux |
Beecher |
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Leighton Howard |
Herscher |
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Stacy Garrard |
Peotone |
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Paige Novak |
Peotone |
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| 2014 |
Lauren Kenealy |
Manteno |
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Mary Lanove |
Manteno |
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| 2013 |
Lindsey Eckman |
Peotone |
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Kayla Paeth |
Peotone |
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Alexandra Radulovic |
Peotone |
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Andrew Slazk |
Peotone |
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| 2012 |
Tony Gill |
Peotone |
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Jeremy Lensing |
Peotone |
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Alec Mullvihill |
Peotone |
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Julia Perri |
Peotone |
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| 2011 |
Siobhan O'Neil |
Peotone |
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Tyler Paeth |
Peotone |
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| 2010 |
Kara Mayer |
Peotone |
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Skyler Thomas |
Peotone |
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| 2009 |
Chelsea Gruca |
Peotone |
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Robert Polacek |
Peotone |
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| 2008 |
Amber Olbrot |
Peotone |
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Tyler Mayer |
Peotone |
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| 2007 |
Jessica Gruca |
Peotone |
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Alec Panici |
Peotone |
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| 2006 |
Ryan Murray |
Peotone |
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Trisha Rehfeldt |
Peotone |
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| 2004 |
Britney Oliver |
Peotone |
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Nate Oliver |
Peotone |
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| 2003 |
James March |
Peotone |
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Jason Thomas |
Peotone |
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| 2002 |
Kathleen Heinrich |
Peotone |
Community Contributions
- 2003 - $2500 to Peotone School System Save Our Students Program (SOS). This
contribution helped offset the funding of extracurricular activities that year in the junior
high and high school.
- 2003 & 2004- Opportunity for the USSA Girls Fire Team to raise funds with a ticket
raffle. The girls were from Manteno and had participated in the Old Mill Soccer
Tournament earlier in their soccer careers.
- 2008 - Donated a new set of goals at a cost of $4500 to the Peotone Park District.
- 2011 - Donated new soccer goals and nets to the Peotone High School and 2 soccer
team shelters to the Peotone High School Soccer Program at a total cost of $9600.
- 2012 - Contributed another set of goals at a cost of $5000 to the Peotone Park District.
- 2014 and 2015 - $1000 donation to the Peotone H.S. Soccer program.
- 2019 - $10,000 donation to put in an electrical line that provides permanent electricity to power the scoreboard for the Peotone High School soccer field.
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OMSA Officers
- Justin Schroeder - President
- Christine Rodriguez - Vice President
- Dan Younker - Treasurer
- Amy Younker - Secretary
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Contact OMSA
OMSA
PO Box 847
Peotone, IL 60468
Phone: 708-607-2345
email: oldmillsoccertournament@gmail.com
www.oldmillinvitational.com
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