Guzman Earns First Team All-BIG EAST Honors
November 12, 2005 | Men's Soccer
Nov. 12, 2005
Louisville, Ky. - Sophomore midfielder David Guzman earned first team All-BIG EAST honors. Guzman finished the season ranked second on the team in scoring with 11 points. He finished the season with four goals and three assists. Guzman was the only Cardinal to receive All-BIG EAST Honors.
Connecticut senior midfielder Mpho Moloi was named the 2005 BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year, while teammate sophomore back Julius James and freshman forward O'Brian White were named Defensive Player and Rookie of the Year, respectively. Seton Hall junior forward Sacha Kljestan was selected as Offensive Player of the Year. Coaching Staff of the Year honors went to Seton Hall's Manny Schellscheidt and his staff. Goalkeeper of the Year was given to St. John's sophomore Jason Landers. Voting was conducted among the league's 16 head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players.
The awards were presentedThursday evening at the conference's annual men's soccer awards banquet in Vernon, Conn. on the eve of the 24th annual BIG EAST Men's Soccer Championship.
Midfielder of the Year: Mpho Moloi, Connecticut, Sr., M
Defensive Player of the Year: Julius James, Connecticut, So., D
Goalkeeper of the Year: Jason Landers, St. John's, So., GK
Rookie of the Year: O'Brian White, Connecticut, Fr., F
Coaching Staff of the Year: Seton Hall - Manny Schellscheidt (head coach), Gerson Echeverry and Kazbek Tambi (assistant coaches)
All-BIG EAST First Team
Jason Landers, St. John's, So., GK
Omar Cummings, Cincinnati, Jr., F*
Greg Dalby, Notre Dame, Jr., D*
Ian Etherington, Notre Dame, Jr., M
Matt Groenwald, St. John's, Sr., F
David Guzman, Louisville, So., M
Rodrigo Hidalgo, USF, So., M
Julius James, Connecticut, So., D*
Sacha Kljestan, Seton Hall, Jr., F*
Mpho Moloi, Connecticut, Sr., M
Steven Old, St. John's, So., D
All-BIG EAST Second Team^ Nick Noble, West Virginia, Jr., GK
Jeff Carroll, St. John's, Sr., D
Chukwudi Chijindu, Connecticut, So., F
Jeff Curtin, Georgetown, Sr., D
Eliseo Giusfredi, Seton Hall, Fr., F
Garry Lewis, St. John's, Fr., M
Teddy Niziolek, Seton Hall, Jr., M
Ezra Prendergast, Syracuse, Sr., D
Jordan Seabrook, USF, Fr., F
Jarrod Smith, West Virginia, Jr., F
O'Brian White, Connecticut, Fr., F
Andy Wright, West Virginia, So., M
All-BIG EAST Third Team
Kenny Anaba, Cincinnati, So., F
Ryan Cordeiro, Connecticut, So., M
Tom Dziamba, Seton Hall, Sr., D
Willis Forko, Connecticut, Sr., D
Nick LaBrocca, Rutgers, Jr., M
Joe Lapira, Notre Dame, So., F
Yohance Marshall, USF, Fr., D
Devon McTavish, West Virginia, Sr., D
Ryan Maduro, Providence, Fr., M
Ricky Schramm, Georgetown, Jr., F
Adam Sternberger, Rutgers, So., M
All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention
Benjamin Jefferson-Dow, Georgetown, Sr., M
Gordon Kljestan, Seton Hall, Jr., D
Brett Stassfurth, Villanova, Sr., M
Eoin Lynch, Providence, Sr., F
* - unanimous selection ^ - Due to a tie in voting an extra member has been added to the second team
