Atlantic East Conference

Men's Soccer All-Conference Honors Announced With Wesley Snagging Two Major Awards

11/9/2018 9:37:13 AM

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the first-ever Men's Soccer All-Conference honors on Friday, the last of the Fall conference postseason awards, and Wesley College earned two of the major awards while Immaculata University and Neumann University grabbed one each. 

Heading the major awards was the 2018 Player of the Year from Wesley, Chimaobi Ikwuagwu, who ranks 30th in the country and atop of the league in goals with 14 this season. That is six more than the next highest contender in the Atlantic East. He also has 31 points this season with the addition of three assists. The senior forward has played in 18 games so far this season, and has scored in nine of them. 

Ikwuagwu is joined in the major awards category with teammate Matthew Dina as Defensive Player of the Year. A junior defender for the Wolverines, he has started in all 19 games for Wesley this season after missing most of last season due to an injury. He was a key cog in the success of a Wesley backline that averaged the least amount of goals against in the league this season at 1.11 goals per game. The squad also sat atop the league in shutouts with seven this season. 

The Rookie of the Year honor went to a First-Team honoree in Neumann's Gavin Ford. Ford finished the season ranked fifth in the Atlantic East in total points with 17 off six goals and five assists. He was the second-leading scorer for a Knights team that won the regular season and went on to win the tournament title. With a pair of assists in the title game against Cabrini University, he was named the tournament's most valuable player. 

The Coach of the Year honor, voted on by the coaches in the league, went to Immaculata's Jamie Scott, after earning a spot in the Atlantic East tournament and advancing to the semifinals. In a lot of tight games throughout the season, his squad toughed out six one-goal victories for the first-year Head Coach. Taking over the program this season, he added three more victories to the Mighty Macs' win column, while winning their first playoff game since the 2009 season. 

Below are the full First- and Second-Team honorees...

 

Position	Name	School
Forward	Chimaobi Ikwuagwu	Wesley College
Forward	Alex Noel	Immaculata University
Forward	Gavin Ford	Neumann University
Forward	Danny Garza	Wesley College
Midfielder	Marlon Trejo	Neumann University
Midfielder	Jared Irwin	Cabrini University
Midfielder	Nicholas Hood	Wesley College
Midfielder	Chad Catalana	Immaculata University
Defender	Matthew Dina	Wesley College
Defender	Andre Justin	Cabrini University
Defender	Andrew Kelly	Neumann University
Defender	Matt Ochman	Cabrini University
Goalkeeper	Anthony Zampirri	Cabrini University

 

Position	Name	School
Forward	Brady Simon	Neumann University
Forward	Zac Lloyd	Marywood University
Midfielder	Chris Cardenas	Marymount University
Midfielder	Daniel Rival	Neumann University
Midfielder	Luis Cruz	Wesley College
Defender	Rodney Ngoh	Marymount University
Defender	Kevin Bowers	Gwynedd Mercy University
Defender	Kevin Hegarty	Immaculata University
Goalkeeper	Mikey Kalpokas	Immaculata University