November 11, 2008

NEWMAC Announces 2008 Men's Soccer Post-season Award Winners

BABSON PARK, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its 2008 Men's Soccer post-season award winners on Tuesday and NEWMAC regular season and tournament champions, Babson, led the way with five All-Conference selections, including NEWMAC Athlete of the Year, Tim Winn (Sutton, Mass.). MIT freshman Zachary Kabelac (Potomac, Md.) was named the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year. Clark Coach David Kulik earned NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors. WPI received the league's Sportsmanship Award.

Teammates Brendan McNamara (Exeter, N.H.) and Harrison Heller (Fort Wayne, Ind.) joined Winn on the first team All-Conference. NEWMAC runner-up, MIT, also placed three student-athletes on the first team. In additional to Kabelac, Christian Therkelsen (Nesbru, Norway) and Nithin Perumbeti (Norcross, Ga.) were first team selections. Clark goalkeeper Peter Wise (Providence, R.I.), David O'Brien (Seminole, Fla.) of Coast Guard, John Plourd (Southampton, Mass.) from Springfield and Wheaton sophomores Josh Solomon (Acton, Mass.) and David Ferriero (Medway, Mass.) rounded out the first team.

2008 Men's Soccer All-Conference Team and Award Winners

NEWMAC Athlete of the Year:
Tim Winn, Babson

NEWMAC Rookie of the Year:
Zachary Kabelac, MIT

NEWMAC Coach of the Year:
David Kulik, Clark

NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award:
WPI

First Team All-Conference
Harrison Heller, Babson, M
Brendan McNamara, Babson, D
Tim Winn, Babson, F
Peter Wise, Clark, GK
David O'Brien, Coast Guard, M
Zachary Kabelac, MIT, F
Nithin Perumbeti, MIT, F
Christian Therkelsen, MIT, D
John Plourd, Springfield, F
David Ferriero, Wheaton, F/D
Josh Solomon, Wheaton, F

Second Team All-Conference
Dan Fogarty, Babson, M
Billy Nickerson, Babson, F/M
Baran Doenmez, Clark, F
Preben Gietz, Clark, D
Peter Deneen, Coast Guard, F
James Toohey, Coast Guard, D
Tom Caldwell, MIT, GK
Max Stein-Golanbock, MIT, M
Yuri Moreira, Wheaton, M/F
Kyle Sye, Wheaton, M
Ben Gilde, WPI, M