Sports Shorts

Golden Eagle No. 2 soccer recruit in the nation Taylor Kemp, a senior defender from Mountain Vista High School, was named in the December issue of ESPN RISE magazine as the No. 2 recruit in the country for the Top 20 Soccer Recruit Class of 2009. Kemp was called in by the Under-20 U.S. Soccer National Team in May to Manchester, England, and by the Under-18 National Team to Uraguay and Argentina in July. Kemp was named to the U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy Starting XI Team for 2008.