BRIDGEPORT — The Mountain East Conference announced Friday morning its 2025 men’s soccer all-conference teams and major award winners following a vote of the league’s head coaches.

The University of Charleston, ranked No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll and unbeaten on the season, swept the four major honors.

UC’s Sam Newell is the MEC Offensive Player of the Year. Newell, who is from the United Kingdom, has been a key piece to the Golden Eagles’ undefeated campaign with four goals and nine assists. The senior scored his first goal of the season in a 2-1 win at Concord, and then tallied all nine of his assists in the eight games of the regular season.

University of Charleston’s Franco Tradatti is the MEC Defensive Player of the Year. The senior from Argentina has started all 18 games on the Golden Eagles’ back line, which has surrendered only four goals this season. Tradatti has scored two goals and assisted on two others for undefeated UC, which has allowed the fewest goals among Division II teams this season.

UC’s Martin Echarren is the MEC Freshman of the Year. The collegiate rookie from Argentina has tallied seven goals in 18 appearances (16 starts), and was twice named MEC Player of the Week. Echarren notched game-winners against Salem, West Liberty, and Wheeling, the latter of which was a two-goal performance for the undefeated and nationally ranked Golden Eagles.

Charleston’s Daniel Smee is the MEC Coach of the Year. UC is 14-0-4 overall and 11-0-3 in the MEC entering postseason play. The Golden Eagles are D-II’s top-ranked team a year after reaching the national championship game. Smee is now a five-time MEC Coach of the Year, and this past season was also voted the MEC Men’s Sports Coach of the Year after leading UC to the national runner-up.

Davis & Elkins placed three players on the All-MEC first team — sophomore midfielder Hugo Fauli, sophomore midfielder Francisco Lopez Kreik and sophomore defender Joao Silva, while senior forward Chinedu Ikem was named to the second team.

Goalie Charlie Phillips was listed as honorable mention and midfielder Souleymane Baal was named to the All-MEC Freshman team.

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Concord’s Tiana Campbell, meanwhile, is the MEC Offensive Player of the Year. The sophomore from England tallied 12 goals and three assists for the Mountain Lions, with four multi-goal efforts. Campbell scored in five of Concord’s final eight games of the regular season, with the team compiling a 4-0-1 record in those contents.

Fairmont State’s Filippa Stalhammar is the MEC Defensive Player of the Year. The graduate student from Sweden scored three goals and added three assists while playing on the Falcons’ back line. Fairmont State, which won the MEC North Division title, has allowed the fewest goals in the league this season and leads the MEC in goal differential.

Point Park’s Rebecca Pihlgren is the MEC Freshman of the Year. The native of Sweden made an immediate impact for the Pioneers, scoring 11 goals and adding five assists in 17 games (11 starts). Pihlgren scored in five of the final seven games of the regular season, and notched a goal and an assist in the same game four times.

Fairmont State’s Kernell Borneo is the MEC Coach of the Year. The Falcons captured the MEC North Division title and enter the MEC Women’s Soccer Championship as a top seed. Fairmont State lost only one match — Oct. 5 to MEC South Division champion West Virginia State — and are on a nine-game unbeaten streak entering the postseason.

West Virginia Wesleyan placed senior midfielder Ava Badallo and sophomore defender Carlie Ice on the All-MEC Second Team. Defender Natalie Carlock was tabbed honorable mention.