HIGH POINT, NC-- The Winthrop men's soccer team took home eight All-Big South honors Wednesday evening at the Big South Conference men's soccer banquet.

The honors were highlighted by senior David Garry and sophomore Saidi Isaac being selected to the First Team All-Big South and Patrick Mitrovich being named the Big South Freshman of the Year.

Isaac just missed Player of the Year honors by one vote. Thimo Langer of Birmingham-Southern was named the Big South Player of the Year.

Head coach Rich Posipanko was second in the Coach of the Year voting as he finished eight votes behind Preston Goldfarb of Birmingham-Southern.

Garry became just the fifth player in Winthrop history to be named to the All-Big South team all four years of his career. As a freshman Garry was named to the second team and has been named to the first team the last three seasons.

Senior Michael Chumah headlines the second team for the Eagles as he made his fourth appearance on an All-Big South squad. Chumah was a second team selection as a freshman at Charleston Southern and has been named All-Big South the past three seasons as an Eagle.

Sophomore's Sean Weron and John Gilkerson were both named to the second team as well.

Mitrovich and Daniel Revivo were both named to the Big South All-Freshmen Team.

Mitrovich is only the second Winthrop player to earn Freshman of the Year honors since the award was created in 1993. Robbie Blake tied for the award in 1993 with Sipi Savalainen of Campbell.

Since 2000, the Eagles have had 25 players named to the All-Conference teams, the 2001 Conference Player of the Year, and the 2002 Tournament MVP.

BIG SOUTH MEN’S SOCCER HONORS
       
First-team All-Conference
Saidi Isaac, F, Winthrop
Gino Cozzolino, F, Birmingham-Southern
Jordie Hughes, F, Coastal Carolina
Karim Dietz, F, Birmingham-Southern
Osei Telesford, MF, Liberty
Armando Romero, MF, Radford
Thimo Langner, MF, Birmingham-Southern
Floreal Pedrazo, MF, Birmingham-Southern
David Garry, D, Winthrop
Peter Louis, D, Coastal Carolina
Taylor Rowe, D, Radford
Martin Zaluk, D, Birmingham-Southern
Omar Zinoveev, GK, Radford

Second-team All-Conference
Patrick Colas, F, Radford
Adrian Bumbut, F, Liberty
Charles Nweke, F, VMI
Joseph Kabwe, F, Coastal Carolina
Michael Chumah, MF, Winthrop
Sean Weron, MF, Winthrop
Lachlan Cahill, MF, Coastal Carolina
Kyle Cupid, MF, Liberty
Michael Ward, D, Liberty
Doug Ekhardt, D, Birmingham-Southern
John Gilkerson, D, Winthrop
Jonathan Burklo, D, Liberty
Joe Nasco, GK, Birmingham-Southern

All-Freshman Team
Patrick Mitrovich, GK, Winthrop
Daniel Revivo, F, Winthrop
Dan Haywood, F, High Point
Scott Szymanski, F, UNC Asheville
Robert Geil, D, Birmingham-Southern
Kyle Russell, MF, Coastal Carolina
Michael Ward, D, Liberty
Chris Shrum, D, High Point
Keith Simpson, MF, VMI
Brad Stisser, MF, Coastal Carolina
Stephen Rumble, D, Birmingham-Southern

Academic All-Conference
Gino Cozzolino, Birmingham-Southern
Jordie Hughes, Coastal Carolina
Cole Atkins, High Point
Kevin Mahan, Liberty
Patrick Colas, Radford
Grant Gilmore, UNC Asheville
Michael Lloyd, VMI

Player of the Year
Thimo Langner, Birmingham-Southern

Freshman of the Year
Patrick Mitrovich, Winthrop

Coach of the Year
Preston Goldfarb, Birmingham-Southern

Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Patrick Colas, Radford