Horizon League Reveals 2024 #HLMSOC Awards
Kobe Mosley
INDIANAPOLIS (November 8, 2024) – The Horizon League revealed our 2024 #HLMSOC awards on Friday. All-League awards are voted on by the League’s head coaches.
Cleveland State forward Bojan Kolevski won Player of the Year honors while fellow Viking Matteo Correia took home Freshman of the Year. Oakland’s Alex Flowers was awarded Goalkeeper of the Year, Wright State’s Cole Werthmuller earned Offensive Player of the Year and Green Bay’s So Nishikawa collected Defensive Player of the Year. The Sportsmanship Awards went to Milwaukee’s David Cox and Oakland’s Jace Foster, while Paul Doroh of Oakland was voted as the League’s Coach of the Year.
Dig Deeper:
- Winning his second #HLMSOC Player of the Year award, Kolevski finished the regular season with four goals and four assists in League play.
- Correia led the League with 13 points in #HLMSOC play in his first season.
- Flowers recorded a League-best goals against average of 1.111 and saved 35 shots against League opponents.
- Werthmuller earns Offensive Player of the Year honors after recording nine points in League play this season.
- Nishikawa piloted a Phoenix defense that allowed only 13 goals in #HLMSOC action, while also producing two goals and four assists.
- The Sportsmanship Award recognizes student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior. Sportsmanship is defined as behavior exhibited during competition by student-athletes based on values, respect and integrity.
- Cox, a three-year team captain, is considered “the glue of the team” by Panthers head coach Kris Kelderman and takes a leadership role in the team’s community involvement efforts.
- “(Foster) routinely helps not only his own teammates, but others across the league,” says Oakland head coach Paul Doroh. “He is a true professional towards officials and opposing coaches.”
- In his first season as head coach of the Golden Grizzles, Paul Doroh wins #HLMSOC Coach of the Year honors after leading Oakland to a regular-season title and the No. 1 seed.
- Regular season champion Oakland paced the League with four All-League First Team selections.
- Cleveland State, Green Bay and RMU all posted five All-League selections.
- Detroit Mercy, Milwaukee, Purdue Fort Wayne and Wright State are all represented with multiple All-League selections.
- The 2024 #HLMSOC Championship starts Sunday, Nov. 10 with quarterfinal play kicking off at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT.
- No. 3 seed Milwaukee hosts No. 6 seed Purdue Fort Wayne while No. 4 seed Green Bay welcomes No. 5 seed Cleveland State.
- The semifinals and championship matches will take place at the Oakland Soccer Field at Oakland University on Thursday, Nov. 14.
- No. 1 seed Oakland will face the lowest-remaining seed at 1 p.m. ET and No. 2 RMU will take on the highest-remaining seed at 4 p.m. ET.
- The championship match is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 16.
- Every match of the 2024 Horizon League Men’s Soccer Championship will be streamed live on ESPN+ and fans can also follow all the action on social media by following @HorizonLeague and the hashtags #HLMSOC and #OurHorizon.
- For complete championship information, visit #HLMSOC Championship Central.
2024 Horizon League Men’s Soccer Award Winners
Player of the Year: Bojan Kolevski, Cleveland State
Goalkeeper of the Year: Alex Flowers, Oakland
Offensive Player of the Year: Cole Werthmuller, Wright State
Defensive Player of the Year: So Nishikawa, Green Bay
Freshman of the Year: Matteo Correia, Cleveland State
Sportsmanship Award(s): David Cox, Milwaukee & Jace Foster, Oakland
Coach of the Year: Paul Doroh, Oakland
All-League First Team
Bojan Kolevski, Cleveland State, Forward
Chris Album, Green Bay, Forward
So Nishikawa, Green Bay, Defender
Alejandro Martinez, Milwaukee, Forward
Carson Ballagh, Oakland, Midfielder
Alex Flowers, Oakland, Goalkeeper
Jace Foster, Oakland, Defender
Zachary Townsend, Oakland, Defender
Juan Romero, Purdue Fort Wayne, Midfielder
Chase Gilley, RMU, Midfielder
Cole Werthmuller, Wright State, Forward
All-League Second Team
Matteo Correia, Cleveland State, Forward
Kyle Folds, Cleveland State, Defender
Marko Rimac, Cleveland State, Forward
Drew Pierson, Detroit Mercy, Defender
Tommy Coughlin, Green Bay, Midfielder
Andrew Paolucci, Green Bay, Midfielder
Abdul Al-Rashed, Oakland, Midfielder
Andrew Hollenbach, Purdue Fort Wayne, Defender
Joshua Lane, RMU, Goalkeeper
John Paul Mbuthia, RMU, Forward
Fabian Overkamp, RMU, Defender
All-League Third-Team
Tom Mertz, Cleveland State, Midfielder
Josh Copeland, Detroit Mercy, Midfielder
Guershom Sylvain, Detroit Mercy, Forward
Aidan Fong, Green Bay, Defender
Daniel Ibarra, Milwaukee, Goalkeeper
Mesfin Roda, Milwaukee, Forward
Wade Stinson, Northern Kentucky, Defender
Shane Anderson, Purdue Fort Wayne, Forward
Felipe Medina, Purdue Fort Wayne, Midfielder
Anass Hadran, RMU, Midfielder
Brock Pickett, Wright State, Defender
Sportsmanship Award Finalists
Luke Winters, Detroit Mercy
Jago Thompson-Roberts, IU Indianapolis
David Cox, Milwaukee*
Jace Foster, Oakland*
Nate Erre, Wright State