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GAC/MIAA Awards

Men's Soccer earns five GAC/MIAA Honors

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. –  Northeastern State's Davi Dornelles and Ian Milla highlighted five GAC/MIAA Men's Soccer postseason accolades Thursday.

Dornelles earned his second GAC/MIAA honor and was a First Team selection for his efforts during the 2023 season.  Milla who has a conference-best eight shutouts took top goalkeeping honors as First Team and was the lone freshman to make that list.

For the second consecutive season, Donovan Aparicio claimed an Honorable Mention honor by the GAC/MIAA coaches along with Marcovich Brown and Ben Mings.

37 student-athletes were selected from the seven programs that sponsor men's soccer.

2023 ALL-GAC/MIAA MEN'S SOCCER FIRST TEAM

Pos.  Name  School  Year  Hometown
F *   Unaiz Shajani  Southern Nazarene  Jr.  Nairobi, Kenya
Blake Arndt  Fort Hays State  Gr. Wichita, Kansas
Bruno Ferreira  Southern Nazarene  Gr.  Santos, Sau Paulo, Brazil
Marcos Vasallo  Rogers State  Jr.  Madrid Spain
MF  Francisco Chong  Southern Nazarene  Jr.  Maracay, Venezuela
MF  Davi Dornelles  Northeastern State  Sr. Porto Alegre, Brazil
MF  Luke Morgan  Rogers State  Sr. Nottinghamshire England
MF  Tadhg Walsh  Fort Hays State  So.  Dublin, Ireland
D *  Alvaro Sanchez  Southern Nazarene  Sr.  Toledo, Spain
Callum Frogson  Fort Hays State  So.  Nottingham, England
Sebastian Hernandez  Rogers State  Sr.  Broken Arrow Oklahoma
Miguel Torrecillas  Southern Nazarene  So.  Albacete, Spain
GK  Ian Milla  Northeastern State  Fr.  Lima, Peru

2023 ALL-GAC/MIAA MEN'S SOCCER SECOND TEAM

Pos.  Name  School  Year  Hometown
F Ebon Jordan  Ouachita Baptist  Sr.  Cedar Hill, Texas
Felix Ramirez  Newman  Sr.  Almeria, Spain
Alberto Romano  Newman  Jr.  Cancun, Mexico
Elias Ovelar Semeniuk  Fort Hays State  Fr.  Asuncion, Paraguay
MF  Agustin Ayala  Fort Hays State  So. Asuncion, Paraguay
MF  Carlos Bellosta Manchon  Newman  Sr.  Madrid, Spain
MF  Grant King  Rogers State  Sr.  Tulsa Oklahoma
MF  Rinta Takagi  Southern Nazarene  So.  Gifu, Japan
Artur Carvalho  Rogers State  Fr.  Faro, Portugal
Esteban Ramirez  Southern Nazarene  Jr.  Dallas, Texas
Chris Rios-Cruz  Fort Hays State  Sr. San Antonio, Texas
Trindon Turner  Rogers State  Jr.  Edmond, Oklahoma
GK  Declan Viljoen  Rogers State  Jr.  Auckland New Zealand                                        

2023 ALL-GAC/MIAA MEN'S SOCCER HONORABLE MENTION TEAM

Pos.  Name  School  Year  Hometown
George Robinson  Rogers State  Sr.  Maidstone England
MF  Donovan Aparicio  Northeastern State  Jr.  Dallas, Texas
MF  Daniel Marcano  Ouachita Baptist  So.  Caracas, Venezuela
MF  Hugo Martin  Rogers State  So.  Malaga Spain
Marcovich Brown  Northeastern State  Jr.  Gregory Park, Jamaica
Inigo Jimenez  Fort Hays State  Sr.  Madrid, Spain
Ben Mings  Northeastern State  So.  Colleyville, Texas
Augustine Seaver  Southern Nazarene  Fr.  Tokyo, Japan
Matthew Sweetman  Rogers State  Jr.  Portsmouth, England
GK  Ben Dixon  Fort Hays State  Gr. Conroe, Texas
GK  Andrej Krivokapic  Southern Nazarene  Fr.  Niksic, Montenegro

GAC/MIAA Offensive Player of the Year: Unaiz Shajani, Southern Nazarene`
GAC/MIAA Midfielder of the Year: Luke Morgan, Rogers State
GAC/MIAA Defensive Player of the Year: * Alvaro Sanchez, Southern Nazarene       
GAC/MIAA Newcomer of the Year: Francisco Chong, Southern Nazarene
GAC/MIAA Coach of the Year: * Trevor Harmon, Southern Nazarene

* - Unanimous

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