The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

BABSON PARK, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its 2009 Men's Soccer post-season award winners on Tuesday. Wheaton junior, Yuri Moreira (Marlboro, Mass.), was tabbed as the NEWMAC Athlete of the Year while Eric Anderson (Scituate, Mass.) of Babson was named Rookie of the Year. After helping lead Babson to the NEWMAC Regular season and Tournament crowns, Jon Anderson was selected as the Coach of the Year. WPI received the league's Sportsmanship Award for the third straight year.

In addition to Moreira, teammates Josh Solomon (Acton, Mass.) and David Ferriero (Medway, Mass.) were named to the First Team All-Conference, giving Wheaton a league-high three selections. Anderson was one of two Babson representatives on the First Team, along with Dan Fogarty (Brookline, N.H.). Coast Guard and MIT also had a pair of First Team honorees. Tim Olah (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Nick Devine (Rocky Hill, N.J.) of Coast Guard as well as Zachary Kabelac (Potomac, Md.) and Christian Therkelsen (Nesbru, NORWAY) from MIT garnered First Team honors. Kenny Howard (Longmeadow, Mass.) of Clark and WPI's Tommy Zajac (Merrimack, N.H.) rounded out the squad.

2009 Men's Soccer All-Conference Team and Award Winners

NEWMAC Athlete of the Year:
Yuri Moreira, Wheaton

NEWMAC Rookie of the Year:
Eric Anderson, Babson

NEWMAC Coach of the Year:
Jon Anderson, Babson

NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award:
WPI

First Team All-Conference
Eric Anderson, Babson, F
Dan Fogarty, Babson, M
Kenny Howard, Clark, M/D
Tim Olah, Coast Guard. GK
Nick Devine, Coast Guard, F
Zachary Kabelac, MIT, F
Christian Therkelsen, MIT, F
Josh Solomon, Wheaton, F
David Ferriero, Wheaton, D
Yuri Moreira, Wheaton, F
Tommy Zajac, WPI, M

Second Team All-Conference
Peter Crowley, Babson, GK
Chris Morris, Babson, M/D
Jacob Larsen, Coast Guard, M
Max Stein-Golenbock, MIT, M
Ben Lewis, MIT, D
David Chessen, Springfield, D
Eric Stalsburg, Springfield, F
Cecil Jeffrey, Wheaton, M
Kyle Sye, Wheaton, M
Rens Hayes, WPI, D
Jason Hopkins, WPI, F

NEWMAC Announces 2009 Men's Soccer Post-season Award Winners