The South Atlantic Conference Posts Three 2017 D2CCA Men’s Soccer All-Americans

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference placed three men's soccer student-athletes on the Division II Collegiate Commissioner's Association All-America teams, the organization announced recently.  Ignacio de Goya of Lenoir-Rhyne, Wingate's Jon Ander, and Tom Reed of Carson-Newman represented the South Atlantic Conference as they were named honorable mentions.  Below is a look at the South Atlantic Conference student-athletes who earned the plaudit. Below is a look at the complete list of men's soccer student athletes who earned the honor:

2017 Division II Conference Commissioners Association Men's Soccer AllAmerica

First Team

Pos.        Name                                     School  

GK          Paulo Pita                                Charleston (W.Va.)

F              Aidan Apodaca                        California Baptist

F              John Haist                              Colorado School of Mines

F              Sergi Monso                          Cal Poly Pomona

F              Brogan Shrimpton               Davenport (Mich.)

M            Chahin Aghrim                    GoldeyBeacom (Del.)

M            Esteban Berumen                  Notre Dame de Namur (Calif.)

M            Moshe Perez                         ColoradoMesa

M            Gabriel Torres                       District of Columbia

B             Magnus Kristensen              Simon Fraser (B.C.)

B             Ty Mobley                            St. Edward's (Texas)

B             Abe Placito                           California Baptist

B             Thomas Vancaeyezeele     Charleston (W.Va.)

2017 Ron Lenz National Player of the Year - Aidan Apodaca, Cal Baptist

Second Team

Pos.        Name                                     School  

GK          Carlos Rubio                        Ohio Valley (W.Va.)

F              Kaleb Jackson                      Rockhurst (Mo.)

F              Lukas Ostermann                LIU Post (N.Y.)

F              Will Roberts                          Charleston (W.Va.)

F              Marek Weber                       Le Moyne (N.Y.)

M            Pierre Bocquet                      Midwestern State (Texas)

M            Tom Deeley                          LeesMcRae (N.C.)

M            Derick Gonzalez                  Fort Hays State (Kan.)

M            Patrick Guier                         Charleston (W.Va.)

B             Slater Elkind                         ColoradoMesa

B             Patrick Fitzgerald                 Midwestern State (Texas)

B             Seiji Rose                              Jeff erson (Pa.)

B             Niklas Tasky                        Lynn (Fla.)

Third Team

Pos.        Name                                     School

GK          Elliot Barker                         Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.)

F              Juwon Akintunde                West Virginia Wesleyan

F              Ali Brador                             West Alabama

F              Scott Doney                          Midwestern State (Texas)

F              Finn Reese                            Nyack (N.Y.)

M            Kieran Bywater                    Charleston (W.Va.)

M            Joe Garcia                             Northeastern State (Okla.)

M            Charlie Dennis                      Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.)

M            Christopher Makengo         Mercyhurst (Pa.)

B             Jordan Skelton                     Lander (S.C.)

B             Nadeer Ghantous                Cal Poly Pomona

B             Armando Tikvic                  Charleston (W.Va.)

B             Juan Sanchez                       Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.)

Honorable Mention

Pos.        Name                                     School

GK          Wiktor Lasota                      Point Loma (Calif.)

GK          Lucas Rezende                    Merrimack (Mass.)

F             Jon Ander                            Wingate (N.C.)

F              Dylan Armstrong                 St. Edward's (Texas)

F             Ignacio de Goya                                 LenoirRhyne (N.C.)

F              Sebastian Loibl                    Mount Olive (N.C.)

F              Leonardo Paiva                   Notre Dame (Ohio)

M            Niki Grotz                              Colorado School of Mines

M            Hugo Gutierrez                     California Baptist

M            Adam Michel                       Rockhurst (Mo.)

M            Luis Najera Jr.,                     Cal Poly Pomona

M            Tom Read                            CarsonNewman (Tenn.)

M            Paul Smith                            West Virginia Wesleyan

M            Toni Soler                              Adelphi (N.Y.)

M            Alun Webb                            Lynn (Fla.)

B             Keelby Espinola                   East Stroudsburg (Pa.)

B             Macauley King                    Young Harris (Ga.)

B             Johan Mauritzson               LIU Post (N.Y.)

B             Connor Mullen                     Rockhurst (Mo.)

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