Athlete: Peter Omega
School: James Kenan
Sport: Soccer
Position: Striker
Year: Senior
Hometown: Warsaw
Parents: Wilfene Omega and Zilna Pierre (of Haiti)
A multi-faceted player who can make an impact anywhere on the pitch, Omega has collected 17 goals this season. The crafty ball-handler logged a career-high five goals against South Lenoir on the East Central 2A soccer scene. He boosted his career total to 73.
Tigers’ head coach Mitchell Quinn said, “Peter has a tremendous amount of skill and talent, and is the best passer that I’ve ever seen. He plays such a pivotal role on the field with other teams knowing his talent, they have to put more than one man on him. Even if Peter is not on ‘top’ of his game, other teams still must respect his skill and talent. [They will] use two, three or sometimes even four players to try and stop him. That really helps us knowing that we should have one or two players open [on the pitch] somewhere. With or without the ball, Peter has someone on him and if not, we make sure we get him the ball. Peter is very important to our team, not only in scoring, but in controlling the passing the ball. He will be missed tremendously.”
