West Virginia Wesleyan College forward captain and team goal-leader Sinasi Emre Deniz has been selected as the Mountain East Conference Offensive Player of the Year. Deniz, from Istanbul, Turkey amassed 10 goals and three assists for 23 points to lead all Bobcats.
 
Earing the All-MEC First-Team award were midfielder Sam Newell, a sophomore from Nottingham, England and Deniz.
 
Second-Team honors went to defenders Brogan Horniman, a junior from Doncaster South Yorkshire, U.K. and Jamie Razo, a senior from Tomball, Texas.
 
One All-MEC Honorable Mention went to defender freshman Dillon Rajkovic from London, U.K. Rajkovic was also named to the All-MEC Freshman Team along with teammate forward Max Evans, from Edinburgh, Scotland. Evans was second in scoring for the Bobcats in 2023, scoring 8 goals and 2 assists for 18 points.
 
 


 

2023 All-MEC First Team
Pos.	Name	Cl.	School
GK	Keegan Grant	So.	Concord
GK	Marc Torrado	Sr.	Charleston
F	Joao Belmudes	So.	Charleston
F	Sinasi Emre Deniz	Sr.	West Va. Wesleyan
F	Mirai Sato	Jr.	Notre Dame
M	Evans Armah	Jr.	Notre Dame
M	Sam Newell	So.	West Va. Wesleyan
M	Connor O'Reilly	Jr.	Notre Dame
M	Lewis Redding	Sr.	Charleston
D	Kai Forsyth	So.	Concord
D	Juan Hermoso	Jr.	Charleston
D	Juan Pineda	Jr.	Notre Dame
D	Franco Tradatti	So.	Charleston
2023 All-MEC Second Team
Pos.	Name	Cl.	School
GK	Danilo Wilson	Jr.	Notre Dame
F	Fabian Amhof	Jr.	Concord
F	Eduardo Barros	Gr.	Charleston
F	Shemar Daley	Jr.	Davis & Elkins
F	Vitor Otsuka	Sr.	West Liberty
M	Giorgos Diakos	So.	Charleston
M	Mark Donnelly	Sr.	West Liberty
M	Sahar Golov	Fr.	Davis & Elkins
M	Jose Suarez Monaco	Fr.	Charleston
D	Fran Anton Lopez	Gr.	Charleston
D	Allan Cuartas	So.	Davis & Elkins
D	Brogan Horniman	Jr.	West Va. Wesleyan
D	Jasper Newton	Fr.	West Liberty
D	Jaime Razo	Sr.	West Va. Wesleyan
2023 All-MEC Honorable Mention
GK: Noah Underwood (WLU) F: Carlos Almeida (NDC), Stafford Dowling (UC), Zach Forehand (WLU), Carlos Quintero (FROST), Ailton Silva (NDC) M: Dominique Castano (DE), Callum Cleary (NDC), Modou Faye (DE), Elvis Gomez (CU), Dillon Rajkovic (WVWC) D: Mattia Bui (DE), Caleb Dell (FROST), Rhys Lewis (WLU), Jared Rimmer (NDC)
2023 All-MEC Freshman Team
Pos.	Name		School
M	Will Couch		Notre Dame
F	Max Evans		West Va. Wesleyan
F	Zach Forehand		West Liberty
M	Sahar Golov		Davis & Elkins
F	Jon-Michael Gordan		Wheeling
D	Jasper Newton		West Liberty
M	Dillon Rajkovic		West Va. Wesleyan
M	Jose Suarez Monaco		Charleston
GK	Grant Wyles		Davis & Elkins
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Offensive Player of the Year: Sinasi Emre Deniz (West Va. Wesleyan)
Defensive Player of the Year: Marc Torrado (Charleston)
Freshman of the Year: Jose Suarez Monaco (Charleston)
Coach of the Year: Daniel Smee (Charleston)