NEW YORK - High Point University's Jefferson Amaya, a sophomore midfielder from Charlotte, N.C., has been invited to participate in the MLS College Showcase.
 
Major League Soccer announced the 44 invitees for the Adidas MLS College Showcase, which will take place from December 6-9 in Phoenix, Ariz. The four-day event will give technical staffs from every MLS club an opportunity to scout top collegiate prospects in the nation ahead of MLS SuperDraft 2024 presented by Adidas, which will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 19, and feature an expanded eligible player pool. Please note that the list of attendees is subject to change prior to the event.
 
Amaya will take his talents to Phoenix, Ariz., as he will get the chance to perform in front of MLS scouts from around the country.

Amaya was a key part of the Panthers offense. He has started all 18 games he played this season, scoring five goals with six assists. Amaya helped the team to all their conference wins with four Big South Conference goals and four assists. He led the Big South in conference game points (12) and was a two-time Big South Offensive Player of the Week winner and the Big South Offensive Player of the Year. Amaya was named #96 on the TopDrawerSoccer Midseason Top-100 Player list. Prior to his sophomore season, Amaya was listed to the preseason all-conference team.
 
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2023 adidas MLS College Showcase Invitees
Name	Position	College	Year
Trace Alphin	GK	Wake Forest University	Junior
Jefferson Amaya	MF	High Point University	Sophomore
Stephen Annor Gyamfi	FW	University of Virginia	Freshman
Femi Awodesu	DEF	Pennsylvania State University	Senior
Jacob Babalai	FW	University of Portland	Senior
Hugo Bacharach	MF	Indiana University	Senior
Damien Barker John	FW	University of Louisville	Sophomore
Matthew Bell	FW	Marshall University	Sophomore
Kevin Bonilla	DEF	University of Portland	Senior
Yannick Bright	MF	University of New Hampshire	Senior
Taylor Calheira	FW	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Senior
Ryan Carmichael	FW	Hofstra University	Senior
Amir Daley	DEF	Duke University	Senior
Morris Duggan	DEF	Marshall University	Senior
Jahlane Forbes	DEF	Wake Forest University	Senior
Eliot Goldthorp	FW	Hofstra University	Junior
Jayden Hibbert	GK	University of Connecticut	Sophomore
Alec Hughes	FW	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Senior
Emil Jääskeläinen	FW	Long Island University	Senior
Nate Jones	DEF	University of Washington	Junior
Josh Jones	DEF	University of Louisville	Junior
Hosei Kijima	MF	Wake Forest University	Senior
Jeorgio Kocevski	MF	Syracuse University	Senior
Kalani Kossa-Rienzi	DEF	University of Washington	Senior
Giona Leibold	DEF	Syracuse University	Junior
Tucker Lepley	MF	University of California Los Angeles	Senior
Joey Maher	DEF	Indiana University	Senior
Peter Mangione	MF	Pennsylvania State University	Senior
Ruben Mesalles	DEF	Duke University	Junior
Wyatt Meyer	DEF	University of California Berkeley	Senior
Filip Mirkovic	MF	University of Pittsburgh	Senior
Casper Mols	GK	University of Kentucky	Sophomore
Jacob Murrell	FW	Georgetown University	Sophomore
Taimu Okiyoshi	MF	Marshall University	Senior
Roberto Ordonez	MF	California State Fullerton	Senior
Jamar Ricketts	DEF	California State University Northridge	Senior
Sander Roed	MF	University of Louisville	Junior
Joel Sangwa	DEF	University of Akron	Senior
Ryan Schewe	GK	Georgetown University	Senior
Jason Shokalook	FW	University of Akron	Senior
Kimani Stewart-Baynes	FW	University of Maryland	Freshman
Mouhameth Thiam	FW	University of Virginia	Senior
Justin Weiss	FW	Northwestern University	Senior
Mads Westergren	DEF	Southern Methodist University	Junior