The 5-foot-6, 165-pound senior midfielder scored eight goals and passed for 14 assists this past season, leading the Tigers (9-7-1) to the Class 7A state tournament. A First Team All-State selection, Castro was the Class 7A West Conference Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore in 2015. He opted to play club soccer as a junior and was a member of an FC Dallas team that won the 2016 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Under-16 national championship.
Castro has maintained a 3.42 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play soccer on scholarship at Oral Roberts University beginning this fall.
Castro has volunteered locally as a youth soccer coach. "Jose Castro is such a game-changer," said John Marshall, head coach of Bentonville West High. "I think he is a complete player. He reads the game well, attacks with and without the ball and has an incredible shot."
