Bruin men have 10 all-NSAA picks, Carr wins Defensive PotY
Alan Carr was named NSAA Defensive Player of the Year and 10 were cited on the all-conference teams
JAMESTOWN, N.D. -- The 2015 North Star Athletic Association Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams and postseason awards were announced after the conclusion of the championship match at UJ Soccer Field Sunday afternoon. After Bellevue University won a 2-1 thriller over host Jamestown with a late penalty kick goal the Bruins received their trophies and senior Alan Carr was named NSAA Defensive Player of the Year.
The Bruins currently stand at 11-3-4 overall and claimed the North Star regular season title by going 3-0-1 in the conference slate. The win in Sunday's championship match was the third conference tournament championship in a row for the Bruins who won each of the previous two MCAC titles.
The Bruins saw six players selected to the all-conference first team. Sophomore Rob Smith was named as a forward while senior Tobias Maertzke and sophomore Daniel Coupland each earned recognition as midfielders. Bellevue saw Carr and junior Lee Woolmore chosen as defenders while junior Ben Martin was picked as a first team goalkeeper.
Bellevue also had four second team all-conference selections. Senior Jamie Henderson and freshman Jonus Starkus won recognition at the forward position. Senior Jonathon Callaghan was chosen as a midfielder and senior Kenan Sahuric was chosen as a defender.
Below is the complete list of award winners and all-conference teams:
Major Award Winners:
- Offensive Player of the Year: Sebastian Flores, Viterbo
- Defensive Player of the Year: Alan Carr, Bellevue
- Freshman of the Year: Anuar Kanan, Jamestown
- Newcomer of the Year: Marco Uribe, Waldorf
- Coach of the Year: Michael Wilson, Waldorf
- NSAA Regular Season Champion: Bellevue
- NSAA Tournament Champion: Bellevue
First Team All-Conference
- Jack Humphries, Sr., F, Jamestown
- Anuar Kanan, Fr., F, Jamestown
- Marco Uribe, Jr., F, Waldorf
- Rob Smith, So., F, Bellevue
- Sebastian Flores, So., MF, Viterbo
- Tobias Maertzke, Sr., MF, Bellevue
- Daniel Coupland, So., MF, Bellevue
- Brady Rotert, Jr., MF, Jamestown
- Alan Carr, Sr., D, Bellevue
- Sam Della Monica, Sr., D, Jamestown
- Lee Woolmore, Jr., D, Bellevue
- Jordan Penn, Sr., D, Viterbo
- Quinten Ludwig, Fr., GK, Viterbo
- Ben Martin, Jr., GK, Bellevue
Second Team All-Conference
- Jamie Henderson, Sr., F, Bellevue
- Kwaku Amoah, Sr., F, Waldorf
- Jonus Starkus, Fr., F, Bellevue
- Ellis Riley, Sr., F, Jamestown
- Steven Shelley, Sr., MF, Waldorf
- Jacob Scotte-Hatherly, Jr., MF, Jamestown
- Jonathon Callaghan, Sr., MF, Bellevue
- Kenan Sahuric, Sr., D, Bellevue
- Jace Nybo, Sr., D, Jamestown
- Caleb Gwerder, Jr., D, Jamestown
- Robert Serrano, So., D, Waldorf
- Matthew Gutierrez, So., GK, Jamestown
- Erubey Ponce, Sr., GK, Waldorf