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 2007 Men's Soccer Post-season awards on Tuesday. Babson Junior Forward Tim Winn (Sutton, Mass.) was named NEWMAC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, while Wheaton Freshman Kyle Sye (Acton, Mass.) was named the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year. Coast Guard Coach Chris Parsons was honored by his peers as the NEWMAC Coach of the Year and WPI received the conference's annual Sportsmanship Award.

Joining Winn on the First Team All-Conference are Babson teammates Chris Schwartz and Chris Necklas, Clark's Lino Goncalves and Marc Labbe, Coast Guard's David O'Brien and Martin Villa, MIT's Christian Therkelsen, Springfield's Adrian Schippers, as well as Trevor Cote and Jim Ferriero from NEWMAC Regular season and Tournament Champion Wheaton College.

Sye was named to the Second Team All-Conference along with Johnny Hakala and Kevin Owens from Babson, Clark's Peter Wise, Coast Guard's Peter Deneen and James Toohey, Nitin Perumbeti of MIT, Springfield's Tony Distasio, John Plourd and Michael Kilmartin, and Ben Gilde of WPI.

2007 Men's Soccer All-Conference Team and Award Winners

NEWMAC Athlete of the Year:

Tim Winn, Babson College

NEWMAC Rookie of the Year:

Kyle Sye, Wheaton College

NEWMAC Coach of the Year:

Chris Parsons, United States Coast Guard Academy

NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Chris Necklas, Babson, GK

Chris Schwartz, Babson, M

Tim Winn, Babson, F

Lino Goncalves, Clark, D

Marc Labbe, Clark, M

David O'Brien, Coast Guard, M

Martin Villa, Coast Guard, D

Christian Therkelsen, MIT, F

Adrian Schippers, Springfield, F

Trevor Cote, Wheaton, M

Jim Ferriero, Wheaton, D

SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Johnny Hakala, Babson, F

Kevin Owens, Babson, D

Peter Wise, Clark, GK

Peter Deneen, Coast Guard, F

James Toohey, Coast Guard, D

Nitin Perumbeti, MIT, D

Tony Distasio, Springfield, F

John Plourd, Springfield, F

Michael Kilmartin, Springfield, D

Kyle Sye, Wheaton, M

Ben Gilde, WPI, M