Rock Hill, S.C. – The Big South Conference annual awards were announced as Winthrop garnered five honors.

Ricardo Ferreira was named First Team All-Big South, Nick Guido and Diego Candia were named Second Team while Rodrigo Ferreira was voted Honorable Mention. The four all-conference honorees are the most since the 2014 squad had four Eagles receive all-conference recognition.

Ricardo Ferreira led the Eagles in goals (6), points (12) and points per game (0.71). His six goals were tied for second in the Big South and his 12 points were tied for 7^th. Ferreira tied for the most game-winning goals in the conference with three.

Guido started 15-of-16 matches for the Eagles and was second on the team in scoring with eight points, tied for second with two goals. Guido's second goal of the season came on Oct. 14 at Presbyterian College as he found the back of the net in the 85^th minute to lead the Eagles to a 2-1 victory. His four assists paced the Eagles and two of which set up game-winning goals.

Candia anchored the Winthrop back line as he started all 14 games he played. Despite missing two games he logged the third most minutes on the squad. He is the first Winthrop defender named all-conference since Jordi Lluch in 2015.

Rodrigo Ferreira started all 13 games in the midfield in which he played and was tied for fourth on the team in scoring with five points (1g, 3a). First assist of the season came late in the contest on the insurance goal in 2-0 win at Coastal Carolina. In his first Big South contest he assisted on two goals to help the Eagles earn a 4-3 victory over Gardner-Webb.

Grayson Woodard was named to the Big South Conference All-Academic Team. Woodard started 12-of-16 games he played and finished with one goal and two assists on the year. His lone goal came in a 2-1 loss at Furman while he assisted on the game-winning goal at Gardner-Webb and the game-winning goal at Presbyterian College.

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2023 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Award Winners
First-Team All-Conference
F:  Damorney Hutchinson, Jr., Presbyterian College
F:  Ricardo Ferreira, Jr., Winthrop
F:  Victor Faaborg Christensen, Fr., Presbyterian College
MF:  Jefferson Amaya, Soph., High Point
MF:  Seth Antwi, Gr., High Point
MF:  Brendan Herb, Sr., UNC Asheville
MF:  Conor Behan, Jr., UNC Asheville
D:  Finn McRobb, Sr., High Point
D:  Myles Edmondson, Jr., UNC Asheville
D:  Karson Kendall, Gr., High Point
D:  Felipe Marty, Sr., USC Upstate
GK:  Charlie Farrar, Jr., UNC Asheville
AL:  Carson Griffith, Sr., Presbyterian College
 
Second-Team All-Conference
F:  Jeremy Montero, Sr., USC Upstate
F:  Pablo Brimeux, Soph., Gardner-Webb
F:  Braiden Hall, Soph., USC Upstate
MF:  Nick Guido, Sr., Winthrop
MF:  Caio Hughes, Soph., Gardner-Webb
MF:  Sam Pitts-Eckersall, Soph., UNC Asheville
MF:  Kaya Ignacio, Sr., High Point
D:  Shady Hammam, Gr., Radford
D:  Mason Butcher, Sr., Longwood
D:  Griffin Stidham, Sr., UNC Asheville
D:  Diego Candia, Jr., Winthrop
GK:  Josh Caron, R-Fr., High Point
AL:  Santiago Hoyos, F, Soph., Gardner-Webb
 
Honorable Mention All-Conference
Alex Kryashev, F, Sr., Radford
Simao Coelho, F, Soph., Longwood
Alex Abril, F, Gr., High Point
Rodrigo Ferreira, MF, Jr., Winthrop
Tony Pineda, F, Gr., High Point
 
All-Freshman Team
Victor Faaborg Christensen, F, Fr., Presbyterian College
Anthony Ramirez, MF, Fr., High Point
Josh Caron, GK, R-Fr., High Point
Jack Steel, MF, Fr., UNC Asheville
Max Fisher, D, Fr., Gardner-Webb
Cooper Jennings, GK, R-Fr., USC Upstate
Darcy Moffat, F, Fr., Longwood (tie)
Dzenan Cerimagic, F, Fr., USC Upstate (tie)
 
All-Academic Team
Giampaolo Nardi, MF, Soph., Gardner-Webb
Noah Holmes, F, Gr., High Point
Gonzalo Carrasco, MF, Gr., Longwood
Carson Griffith, MF, Sr., Presbyterian College
Noah Haddad, D, Gr., Radford
Brendan Herb, MF, Sr., UNC Asheville
Jakob Benz, D, Soph., USC Upstate
Grayson Woodard, F, Sr., Winthrop
 
Offensive Player of the Year
Jefferson Amaya, MF, Soph., High Point
 
Goalkeeper of the Year
Charlie Farrar, Jr., UNC Asheville
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Finn McRobb, D, Sr., High Point
 
Freshman of the Year
Victor Faaborg Christensen, F, Presbyterian College
 
Newcomer of the Year
Damorney Hutchinson, Jr., F, Presbyterian College
 
Coach of the Year
Zach Haines, High Point
 
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Noah Holmes, F, Gr., High Point