ORLANDO, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference recognizes thirty-three men's soccer student-athletes as All-Conference for the 2025 season. Palm Beach Atlantic, the SSC Regular Season Champion, boasts eight award winners, including Defensive Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, and Coaching Staff of the Year. Voting for the awards is conducted among the league's men's soccer coaches.
Dominik N’gatie, a forward from Lynn, is honored as Offensive Player of the Year. The junior from Munich, Germany, leads the league in goals (12), goals per game (0.92), and points per game (2.00). He’s also second in total points (26) and third in game-winning goals (4). In SSC play, N’gatie tallied nine goals, including two game-winners, and 20 points in nine games. N’gatie becomes the fifth Fighting Knight to win the award and the first since 2016
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SSC Men's Soccer History: ALL-SSC Teams | Players & Coaches of the Year | Conference Champions | National Champions | Record Book
PBA’s Juan Hermoso collects Defensive Player of the Year accolades. The graduate student from Mendoza, Argentina, led a Sailfish defense that allowed the fewest goals in SSC play (4) and shutout conference opponents seven times in 2025. Hermoso played 1374 minutes for PBA over 16 games and tallied five goals, including three game-winners. Hermoso is the second Sailfish named Defensive Player of the Year in men's soccer
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Flavio Giannini becomes PBA’s first Goalkeeper of the Year award winner. The graduate student from Rome, Italy, recorded eight shutouts, including seven against conference opponents across his 15 games in net. Giannini led the SSC in goals against average (.462), save percentage (.857), minutes played (1364), and total goals allowed (7).
Midfielders Joao Lopes from Florida Southern and Thiago De Carvalho of Lynn share 2025 Freshman of the Year honors. Lopes, a São Paulo, Brazil, native, started 16 games and played nearly 1200 minutes for the Moccasins this season. He’s the third FSC athlete to be named Freshman of the Year in men’s soccer and the first since 1997
3. De Carvalho, a product of Umuarama, Brazil, started 14 games for the Fighting Knights and tallied nearly 1000 minutes on the pitch. He’s the fifth Lynn player to win the award, first since 2011
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PBA’s coaches earn SSC Coaching Staff of the Year
5, following the program’s fourth regular-season championship. The Sailfish staff, led by head coach Lucas Martorana, guided the program to a 13-1-2 overall record with an 8-0-2 mark in conference play. PBA leads SSC play in goals against (4), scoring margin (1.7), and save percentage (.889). The Sailfish have also held a United Soccer Coaches’ Top-10 ranking for five consecutive weeks.
Sjur Drechsler of Florida Tech highlights the repeat All-SSC winners following the third First Team honor of his career. Also earning a third career All-SSC honor are Hayden Judge of Rollins, Anel Rojas from Saint Leo, and Lynn’s Luca Clavero. Judge returns to the First Team after Second Team honors in 2024. Rojas picks up a third consecutive Second Team honor, while Clavero is named to the Second Team after First Team and Goalkeeper of the Year laurels in 2024 and a Third Team nod in 2023. In total, seven athletes repeat as all-conference.
Offensive Player of the Year: Dominik N’gatie, Lynn
Defensive Player of the Year: Juan Hermoso, Palm Beach Atlantic
Goalkeeper of the Year: Flavio Giannini, Palm Beach Atlantic
Freshman of the Year: Joao Lopes, Florida Southern
Freshman of the Year: Thiago De Carvalho, Lynn
Coaching Staff of the Year: Palm Beach Atlantic
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2025 Men’s Soccer ALL-SSC First Team
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Pos.
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Name
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School
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Yr.
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Hometown
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F
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Dominik N’gatie
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Lynn
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Jr.
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Munich, Germany
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F
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Tin Vastic
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Palm Beach Atlantic
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Jr.
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Split, Croatia
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F
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Santiago Hoyos
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Nova Southeastern
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Sr.
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Medellin, Colombia
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M
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Robin Muenst
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Lynn
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Gr.
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Stuttgart, Germany
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M
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Yousef Shakweer
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Rollins
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Jr.
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Orlando, Florida
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M
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Niklas Mahler
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Palm Beach Atlantic
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Gr.
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Stuttgart, Germany
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M (AL)
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Stefan Momcilovic
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Barry
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Jr.
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Chicago, Illinois
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D
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Juan Hermoso
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Palm Beach Atlantic
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Gr.
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Mendoza, Argentina
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D
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Sjur Drechsler^^
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Florida Tech
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Gr.
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Stavanger, Norway
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D
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Hayden Judge^*
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Rollins
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Sr.
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Tampa, Florida
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GK
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Flavio Giannini
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Palm Beach Atlantic
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Gr.
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Rome, Italy
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2025 Men’s Soccer ALL-SSC Second Team
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Pos.
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Name
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School
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Yr.
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Hometown
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F
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Justin Nelson
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Rollins
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Fr.
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Portmore, Jamaica
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F
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Rodrigo Lopes
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Tampa
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Sr.
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Lisbon, Portugal
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F
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Julien Laborde
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Barry
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Jr.
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Lons, France
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F (AL)
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Anel Rojas**
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Saint Leo
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Sr.
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Panama City, Panama
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M
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Fabian Vyhnalek
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Lynn
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Sr.
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Weitersfeld, Austria
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M
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Alvaro Ivorra Ronda
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Florida Tech
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Jr.
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San Juan de Alicante, Spain
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M
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Luan Rennstich^
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Lynn
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So.
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Ingelheim, Germany
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D
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Marc Ehmann
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Lynn
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Gr.
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Hochdorf-Assenheim, Germany
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D
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Kaden Foreman
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Rollins
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Sr.
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Westerville, Ohio
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D
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Anton Mand*
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Lynn
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Gr.
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Munster, Germany
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GK
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Luca Clavero^~†
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Lynn
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Sr.
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Sevilla, Spain
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2025 Men’s Soccer ALL-SSC Third Team
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Pos.
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Name
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School
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Yr.
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Hometown
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F
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Antonio Di Gaudio
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Florida Tech
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Gr.
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Firenze, Italy
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F
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Darcy Moffat*
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Florida Southern
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Jr.
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London, England
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F
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Tim Baierlein
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Florida Southern
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So.
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Amberg, Germany
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M
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Liam Healey
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Nova Southeastern
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Gr.
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Rochdale, England
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M
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Fynn Friedrichs
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Lynn
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Gr.
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Ritterhude, Germany
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M
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Ayoub Boumelala
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Saint Leo
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Sr.
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Dijon, France
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D
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Francesco Micheli
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Florida Tech
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Gr.
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Bergamo, Italy
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D
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Daniel Shabani
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Florida Southern
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Gr.
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Boras, Sweden
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D
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Paul Danner
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Palm Beach Atlantic
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Gr.
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Bielefeld, Germany
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D (AL)
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Mani Steinbjornsson
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Nova Southeastern
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So.
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Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
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GK
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Alex Hare
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Tampa
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So.
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Derby, England
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^ = Previous First Team All-SSC Selections
* = Previous Second Team All-SSC Selections
~ = Previous Third Team All-SSC Selections
† = 2024 Goalkeeper of the Year
(AL) = At Large Selection
1 Previous Lynn Offensive Players of the Year: Dwight Barnett (2007), Jean Alexandre (2008), Chris Hellman (2015 & 2016), Jack Watson (2016)
2 Previous PBA Defensive Players of the Year: Juan Sanchez (2017 & 2018)
3 Previous FSC Freshmen of the Year: Chris Crawshaw (1994) and Luke Miller (1997)
4 Previous Lynn Freshmen of the Year: Rob Strickland (1998), Fin Tomulevski (1999), Chris Karagianis (2002), Jason Sangha (2011)
5 Previously the Coach of the Year. PBA Coach of the Year honors includeBrian McMahon (2017 & 2018)