Men's Soccer TSC Awards Handed Out
The Sun Conference handed out its men’s soccer honors for the 2016 season Thursday at the Sun Conference Championship banquet hosted by regular-season runner-up St. Thomas.
The banquet was held on the eve of Friday’s championship matchup between the second-seeded Bobcats and No. 4 seed Keiser Seahawks.
The Nighthawks placed four on the All-Sun Conference first team, to be joined by three from Southeastern and Thomas each. SCAD and St. Thomas also had two players named to the team.
Thomas earned two of the top honors, as junior forward Jarrod Ingram was named the Player of the Year and Ricky Zambrano was tabbed Coach of the Year. Ingram led the Nighthawks with a team high 19 goals and three assists for 41 points. He was also tops in the conference in goals, shots, and shots on goal.
Aaron Molloy of Keiser, a midfielder from Dublin, Ireland was named Sun Conference Freshman of the Year. Aaron started 12 of the 13 games he appeared in while scoring four goals and racking up two assists for 10 points.
Fernando Zeledon, a junior goalkeeper for SCAD appeared and started 14 games. Fernando made 64 saves while picking up two shutouts and only allowing 17 goals.
The Champions of Character Award went to Warners’ Austin Shaner. He was Nominated West Central FL FCA player of the year in 2016 and Founded and led Warner’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) which has now grown to over 100 students. Austin is also involved with Inroads college ministry, and works for Warner’s Admissions office and works for childcare at his church.
The winner of Friday’s championship game will earn an automatic berth in the NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship Opening Round. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. and live stats and video will be available through Stretch Internet.
Player of the Year (Offensive Player of the Year)
Jarrod Ingram, Thomas
Coach of the Year
Ricky Zambrano, Thomas
Freshman of the Year
Aaron Molloy, Keiser
Defensive Player of the Year
Fernando Zeledon, SCAD
Champion of Character
Austin Shaner, Warner
First Team All-Conference
GK: Fernando Zeledon, SCAD
GK: Lee Howarth, Thomas
D: Tom Rouine, SCAD
D: Antonio Rodriguez, Thomas
D: Gerritson Craane, Southeastern
D: Diego Menendez, Keiser
MF: Severin Abt, Thomas
MF: Amine Meski, Keiser
MF: Pedro Ivo Dias, Southeastern
MF: Kris Wilkinson, St. Thomas
F: Jarrod Ingram, Thomas
F: Reece Weldon, Keiser
F: Jake Van Der Luit, Southeastern
F: Federico Moronell, St. Thomas
Second Team All-Conference
GK: Randy Chesson, Webber
D: Jordan Chambers, SCAD
D: Donal Branagan, Thomas
D: Kendall Crouse, Southeastern
MF: Aaron Molloy, Keiser
MF: Naim El Harrati, SCAD
MF: Torin Melville, SCAD
MF: Richie Slaney, Thomas
MF: Valentin Salinas, Johnson & Wales
F: Greg McDoom, Johnson & Wales
F: Arthur Sharaoov, St. Thomas
Honorable Mention
GK: Connor Christie, St. Thomas
MF: Jonathan Jimenez, Southeastern
MF: Juan Figueroa, Thomas
MF: Devyn Hencil, Warner
MF: Jeff Henkel, Ave Maria
D: Vicente Morata, St. Thomas
D: Malcolm Findlay, Johnson & Wales
D: Emiliano Solar, Johnson & Wales
D: Ross Clarke, Webber
F: Pablo Gill, St. Thomas
F: Kaleem Haitham: SCAD
Academic All-Conference
Resam Moghimi, Ave Maria
Andrea Salomone, Ave Maria
Martin Irusta Magni, Florida Memorial
Matias Ledesma , Florida Memorial
Herman Luis Liporace, Florida Memorial
Lucas Vigliaccio, Florida Memorial
Marco Perretta , Florida Memorial
Arns Carrenard, Florida Memorial
Gustavo Gordillo, Florida Memorial
Aldar Selimovic , Florida Memorial
Juan Cruz Pegoraro, Florida Memorial
Julio Vera Negrete, Florida Memorial
Martin Lozano, Florida Memorial
Facundo Bouciguez Sciales, Florida Memorial
Agustin Fernandez Saralegui, Florida Memorial
FacundoTorres Barsanti, Florida Memorial
Ivan Jelic, Florida Memorial
Julian Conditi, Florida Memorial
Federico Blumberg, Florida Memorial
Chneider Sagesse, Florida Memorial
Pedro Arias, Johnson & Wales
Francisco Bartolo, Johnson & Wales
Valentine Salinas, Johnson & Wales
Nicholas Guillen, Keiser
Alessandra Giammattei, Keiser
Thomas Johannesen, Keiser
Philip Biorkman, Keiser
Felipe Queiroga, Keiser
Ali Bassar, SCAD Savannah
Willian Bonora Santana, SCAD Savannah
Francesc Carres, SCAD Savannah
Torin Melville, SCAD Savannah
Alejandro Gill, SCAD Savannah
Ethan Carey, Southeastern
Luke Marchesani, Southeastern
Hector Mena, St. Thomas
Santeri Bergman, St. Thomas
Roni Luokkamaki, St. Thomas
Fabian Heinrich, St. Thomas
Chris Giraldo, St. Thomas
Antonio Rodriguez , Thomas
Jake Slocombe, Thomas
Severin Abt, Thomas
Juan Figueroa, Thomas
James Taube, Thomas
Joel Flaming, Warner
Austin Shaner, Warner
Nicolau Prats Coma, Webber
Abelardo Gill Cabrera, Webber
Driss Baraket, Webber