Postseason Awards announced for men’s soccer

Postseason Awards announced for men’s soccer

    RICHARDSON, Texas – Lone Star Conference champion Midwestern State led all teams with nine players selected to the All-LSC first team as the 2010 men's soccer awards were announced on Wednesday.

   On the first team for the Mustangs were Ryan Spence, Dean Lovegrove, David Freeland, Paulo Teixeira, Sam Broadbent and Raul Herrera, while Tex McCullough, Bryce Taylor and Nathan Fitzgerald were named to the second team.  MSU also picked up two individual accolades as Spence, a junior back, was named Defensive Player of the Year and head coach Doug Elder earned co-Coach of the Year honors for the third consecutive year.

    Incarnate Word had three claim special awards with first-teamers Callum Riley and James Nero named Offensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, respectively, while John Smith was tabbed co-Coach of the Year.

   Rounding out the All-Conference first team were UIW’s Jesus Cortez, West Texas A&M’s Nicki Nielsen, Ben Everson and Dominic Furness and Eastern New Mexico’s Emerson Rodrigues and Andy Wilkinson.

2010 LSC MEN’S SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS

FIRST TEAM

Pos.       Player                                   Team                                         Year         Hometown

B             James Nero                        Incarnate Word                    Fr.             Charlotte, NC

B             Ryan Spence                      Midwestern State               Jr.             Decatur, Texas

B             Nicki Nielsen                      West Texas A&M                 Sr.             Denmark

B             Dean Lovegrove               Midwestern State               Jr.             London, England

F              Emerson Rodrigues         Eastern New Mexico          Sr.             Brazil

F              Callum Riley                        Incarnate Word                    Jr.             Lutterworth, England

F              David Freeland                  Midwestern State               Jr.             Midland, Texas

F              Ben Everson                       West Texas A&M                 Sr.             Middlesbrough

MF         Jesus Cortez                       Incarnate Word                    Jr.             San Antonio, Texas

MF         Paulo Teixeira                    Midwestern State               Sr.             Brockton, Mass.

MF         Dominic Furness               West Texas A&M                 Jr.             Middlesbrough

MF         Andy Wilkinson                 Eastern New Mexico          Fr.             England

MF         Sam Broadbent                 Midwestern State               Sr.             London, England

GK          Raul Herrera                       Midwestern State               Sr.             Dallas, Texas

                                                                                                                                           

SECOND TEAM

Pos.       Player                                   Team                                         Year         Hometown

B             Freddy Dominguez          West Texas A&M                 Sr.             El Paso, Texas

B             Bo Evans                              Northeastern State             Sr.             Duncanville, Texas

B             Andrai Hill                            Northeastern State             Jr.             Muskogee, Oklahoma

F              Martin Fuentes                 West Texas A&M                 Fr.             El Paso, Texas

F              Tex McCullough                Midwestern State               Jr.             Plano, Texas

MF         Bryce Taylor                       Midwestern State               Sr.             Broken Arrow, Okla.

MF         Kal Herbert                         Eastern New Mexico          So.            England

MF         Justin Odette                     Incarnate Word                    Sr.             Tyler, Texas

MF         Nathan Fitzgerald            Midwestern State               Jr.             Wichita Falls, Texas

GK          Sebastian Furness           West Texas A&M                 Jr.             Middlesbrough

HONORABLE MENTION

Pos.       Player                                   Team                                         Year         Hometown

MF         Zach Schmoker                 Northeastern State             Sr.             Catoosa, Okla.

MF         Alfredo Chavez                 West Texas A&M                 So.            Amarillo, Texas

MF         Cory Cipollone                   Northeastern State             So.            Garland, Texas

SPECIAL AWARDS

Offensive Player of the Year: Callum Riley, Incarnate Word

Defensive Player of the Year: Ryan Spence, Midwestern State

Freshman of the Year: James Nero, Incarnate Word

Coach of the Year: Doug Elder, Midwestern State and John Smith, Incarnate Word