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Men’s Soccer Team Holds Annual Team Banquet
April 17, 2018 05:04 PM | Men's Soccer
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University men's soccer team held its annual team banquet on Sunday, April 15, 2017.
The team looked back on the 2017 season, honored its senior class and presented two awards.
The 2017 senior class of Jad Arslan, Stephen Banick, Steven James, Joey Piatczyc, Jose Santos and Louis Thomas was recognized for its outstanding contributions to the program.
The 2017 highlight video also was played at the event, which can be viewed here, while a photo gallery is available here.
Thomas was named the Abel "Shadow" Sebele Players' Player of the Year, while Sebastian Garcia-Herreros was named the Coaches Award recipient.
Thomas started all 19 matches as a senior and notched two assists. The defender helped lead WVU to nine shutouts in 2017, tied for the fifth-most in a single season in program history. He also was named to the Mid-American Conference All-Tournament Team.
Garcia-Herreros also played in all 19 contests with 18 starts as a sophomore. The midfielder was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete and to the Academic All-MAC Team in 2017. Garcia-Herreros scored two goals and had four assists, finishing fourth on the team with eight points.
Voted on annually by members of the WVU men's soccer team, the Players' Player of the Year award was renamed in Sebele's honor in 2016. Sebele, who passed away in January 2016, was a midfielder for the Mountaineers from 2009-12.
The Coaches' Award honors the player that best exemplifies what it means to be a Mountaineer men's soccer player: honor, respect, philanthropy, leadership, academic success, selflessness, character and integrity.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUMensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
The team looked back on the 2017 season, honored its senior class and presented two awards.
The 2017 senior class of Jad Arslan, Stephen Banick, Steven James, Joey Piatczyc, Jose Santos and Louis Thomas was recognized for its outstanding contributions to the program.
The 2017 highlight video also was played at the event, which can be viewed here, while a photo gallery is available here.
Thomas was named the Abel "Shadow" Sebele Players' Player of the Year, while Sebastian Garcia-Herreros was named the Coaches Award recipient.
Thomas started all 19 matches as a senior and notched two assists. The defender helped lead WVU to nine shutouts in 2017, tied for the fifth-most in a single season in program history. He also was named to the Mid-American Conference All-Tournament Team.
Garcia-Herreros also played in all 19 contests with 18 starts as a sophomore. The midfielder was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete and to the Academic All-MAC Team in 2017. Garcia-Herreros scored two goals and had four assists, finishing fourth on the team with eight points.
Voted on annually by members of the WVU men's soccer team, the Players' Player of the Year award was renamed in Sebele's honor in 2016. Sebele, who passed away in January 2016, was a midfielder for the Mountaineers from 2009-12.
The Coaches' Award honors the player that best exemplifies what it means to be a Mountaineer men's soccer player: honor, respect, philanthropy, leadership, academic success, selflessness, character and integrity.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUMensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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