NEWMAC Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Honors

From a Babson College Release

WELLESLEY, Mass. -- The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its men's soccer post-season awards on Tuesday, and both regular season champion Wheaton College and tournament champion Babson College had three players selected to the All-Conference First Team.

Representing Wheaton on the All-NEWMAC First Team was senior midfielder Shaun Cavanaugh (Botsford, Conn.), who was also named the NEWMAC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, senior Dan Antoniuk (Philadelphia, Pa.), and senior Hans Ingram (St. Maarten, N.A.). For Babson, senior Jonah Frisch (Los Angeles, Calif.), junior Shaun Dowell (Vienna, Va.), and junior goalie Tom Malloy (Newtown, Conn.) each received First Team honors.

Along with Wheaton and Babson, regular season and tournament runner-up MIT received numerous honors on Tuesday. Junior Nick Nestle (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and junior Rory Foster (Madison, Wisc.) were each named to the All-Conference First Team, and first-year Walter Song (Carrollton, Texas) was chosen as the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year. In addition, head coach Walter Alessi was named the NEWMAC Coach of the Year after guiding the Engineers to a 10-6-1 record and a berth in the ECAC Tournament.

Rounding out the NEWMAC All-Conference First Team were senior Brett Oberacker (Bethel, Conn.) of Springfield College and seniors Joe Goncalves (Ludlow, Mass.) and Mark Dion (Plymouth, Mass.) of WPI.

First Team
Jonah Frisch, Babson College
Shaun Dowell, Babson College
Tom Malloy, Babson College
Rory Foster, MIT
Nick Nestle, MIT
Brett Oberacker, Springfield College
Dan Antoniuk, Wheaton College
Shaun Cavanaugh, Wheaton College
Hans Ingram, Wheaton College
Joe Goncalves, WPI
Mark Dion, WPI

Second Team
Steve Pagnotta,Babson College
Mark Abraham, Babson College
Dana Gilpatrick, Clark University
Dan Griffith, MIT
Walter Song, MIT
Jose Torradas, MIT
Tony Alongi, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Phil MacArthur, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
John Chronis, Wheaton College
David Wurm, Wheaton College
Tony Paradise, WPI
James Norton, WPI
James Jenkins, WPI

NEWMAC Player of the Year
Shaun Cavanaugh, Wheaton College

NEWMAC Rookie of the Year
Walter Song, MIT

NEWMAC Coach of the Year
Walter Alessi, MIT