SUWANEE, Ga. - In exclusive
voting by the league's head soccer coaches, Ben Grossman of Trinity
University was selected 2009 SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year,
while Trinity's Alan Llobet and DePauw University's Beau Sorg were
tabbed as SCAC Defensive Co-Players-of-the-Year. Complete
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In the same balloting, Matt Fechter of Colorado College was voted
SCAC Newcomer-of-the-Year and Trinity head coach Paul McGinlay, for
the fifth consecutive year and 11th time overall, was named the
SCAC Coach-of-the-Year.
Ben Grossman, a senior forward from San Diego, Calif., finished the
regular season with 32 points (third in the SCAC) on 14 goals and
four assists. Grossman also led the SCAC in game-winning goals with
six. A two-time First Team all-SCAC selection, Grossman was a
two-time SCAC Player-of-the-Week (Week 3, Week 10) during the 2009
campaign and is the fifth Trinity men's soccer player in the last
seven years to be named SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year.
In being selected the league's Offensive POTY, Grossman received
eight votes from the coaches. Tyler Evans of Birmingham-Southern
College and Josh Spencer of Southwestern University received two
votes each.
Alan Llobet, a senior defender from St. Louis, Mo., was
consistently the Tigers best defender this season - earning SCAC
Defensive Player of the Week honors in Week 9. A two-time all-SCAC
selection and captain of 2009 team, Llobet also chipped in
offensively this season with overtime game-winning goals against
Southwestern and Millsaps.
Beau Sorg, a senior from Fort Wayne, Ind., and one of the league's
better one-on-one defenders, was the Tigers' leading scorer this
season despite playing 90 percent of the time as the team's center
back. The SCAC Defensive Player of the Week in Week 5 and a
two-time all-SCAC selection, Sorg had six goals and four assists
for 14 points this season.
Llobet and Sorg both received five votes to share the SCAC
Defensive POTY honor. Ian Evans of Hendrix College received the
remaining two votes.
Matt Fechter, a first-year forward from Westfield, N.J., led
Colorado College and all conference first-year players in goals
scored (11) and total points (25). He started every game this
season. Fechter scored four goals against Oglethorpe on Oct. 18 -
which earned him his second SCAC Offensive Player of the Week this
season. He was also the SCAC Offensive POTW in Week 4.
Fechter received seven votes in the Newcomer-of-the-Year voting,
followed by Chesley Farmer of Trinity with two votes. Ryan Garvey
of Centre College, Connor Silvestri of Hendrix College and Evan
Perkins of Southwestern University each received one vote.
Coach Paul McGinlay guided the second-ranked Trinity men to another
SCAC title, the program's 13th overall and 12th in the last 14
years. In his 19th season as the head coach of the Tigers, McGinlay
has amassed an overall record of 317-57-22 (.828). Trinity finished
the 2009 season with a 15-2-2 overall mark after Sunday's
second-round NCAA tournament loss to Hardin-Simmons University.
McGinlay is an 11-time SCAC Coach of the Year honoree and has
led his team to an undefeated and untied conference mark eight
times in his career.
McGinlay received eight votes from his peers in the COTY voting.
Jeb Burch of Centre College, Preston Goldfarb of
Birmingham-Southern, Mark Hudson of Austin College and David Poggi
of Sewanee-University of the South all received one vote each.
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