Tate Schmitt celebrates his winning goal against Notre Dame at Lynn Stadium on November 4, 2018.
Schmitt, Dee and Dieye Receive All-ACC Honors
November 07, 2018 | Men's Soccer
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Schmitt named All-ACC First Team, Dee earns Second Team honor and Dieye tabbed as Third Team selection
By: Garett Wall
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Louisville senior forward Tate Schmitt was selected Wednesday as a 2018 All-ACC First Team member to lead a trio of honorees for the No. 10 Cardinals. Additionally, senior midfielder Geoffrey Dee was named to the All-ACC Second Team and junior midfielder Cherif Dieye was chosen as an All-ACC Third Team selection by the conference's men's soccer head coaches.
Schmitt was honored as a First Team selection for the first time while registering his third ACC honor overall (2017 All-ACC Second Team, 2015 ACC All-Freshman Team). A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Schmitt leads Louisville (9-4-3) with five goals and six assists while starting all 16 matches this season. In his four seasons with the Cardinals, Schmitt ranks fifth in school history with his 67 career points and is sixth all-time at Louisville with his 26 career goals.
Geoffrey Dee vs. Georgia Southern on Oct. 9, 2018.
He has 11 game-winning goals, including the clincher in each of the last five post-season wins for the Cardinals.
Dee received his second All-ACC honor overall after earning Third Team recognition in 2016. The Germantown, Tennessee native has three goals this season, including a pair of game-winners, and two assists in 13 matches. Dee returned to form this season after missing the entire 2017 season with an injury. In his first season with the Cardinals in 2016 after transferring from Tulsa, Dee had two goals and four assists while starting all 21 matches.
Wednesday's announcement marked the first All-ACC honor for Dieye, who has two game-winning goals and four goals overall while playing all 16 matches this season. During his three-year career with the Cardinals, the native of Dakar, Senegal has 11 goals and two assists in 58 matches.
Wake Forest's Omir Fernandez was named ACC Offensive Player of the Year, while Bruno Lapa from the Demon Deacons was chosen Midfielder of the Year.
Cherif Dieye vs.Notre Dame on Nov. 4, 2018.
North Carolina's Alex Comsia was tabbed Defensive Player of the Year, Duke's Issa Rayyan was honored as Freshman of the Year and Wake Forest's Bobby Muuss was voted Coach of the Year for the fourth straight season.
The 10th-ranked Cardinals continue the 2018 ACC Championship with a semifinal tilt at No. 1 Wake Forest on Wednesday at 7 p.m., ET at Spry Stadium. The advancing side will face either No. 4 North Carolina or No. 8 Duke in Sunday's championship match in Cary, N.C.
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 2018 ACC MEN'S SOCCER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Coach of the Year:Â Bobby Muuss, Wake Forest
Offensive Player of the Year: Omir Fernandez, So., M, Wake Forest
Defensive Player of the Year: Alex Comsia, Sr., D, North Carolina
Midfielder of the Year: Bruno Lapa, Jr., M, Wake Forest
Freshman of the Year: Issa Rayyan, Fr., M, Duke
 2018 ALL-ACC MEN'S SOCCER TEAMS First Team All-ACC
Daniele Proch, Jr., M, Duke Tate Schmitt, Sr., F, Louisville
Nils Bruening, Sr., F, North Carolina
Alex Comsia, Sr., D, North Carolina
Mauricio Pineda, Jr., M, North Carolina
James Pyle, Sr., GK, North Carolina
David Loera, So., F, NC State
Edward Kizza, So., F, Pittsburgh
Tajon Buchanan, So., F, Syracuse
Omir Fernandez, So., M, Wake Forest
Bruno Lapa, Jr., M, Wake Forest
 Second Team All-ACC
Simon Enstrom, Sr., F, Boston College
Will Pulisic, So., GK, Duke
Brandon Williamson, Jr, M., Duke
Issa Rayyan, Fr., M, Duke Geoffrey Dee, Sr., M, Louisville
John Nelson, So., D, North Carolina
Thomas Ueland, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Patrick Berneski, Gr., D, Notre Dame
Javi Perez, Sr., M, Pittsburgh
Kristo Strickler, So., M, Virginia Tech
Brad Dunwell, Sr., M, Wake Forest
 Third Team All-ACC
Ciaran McKenna, Sr., M, Duke Cherif Dieye, Jr., M, Louisville
Jack Skahan, Jr., M, North Carolina
Manny Perez, So., F, NC State
Tommy McCabe, Jr., M, Notre Dame
Felicien Dumas, Sr., D, Notre Dame
Kamal Miller, Sr, D, Syracuse
Joe Bell, So., M, Virginia
Henry Kessler, So., D, Virginia
Mathijs Swaneveld, So., GK, Virginia Tech
Sam Raben, Sr., D, Wake Forest
 All-Freshman Team
Kristofer Konraddson, Fr., M, Boston College
Charlie Asensio, Fr., D, Clemson
Issa Raayan, Fr., M, Duke
Aedan Stanley, Fr., D, Duke
Chandler Vaughn, Fr., D, Pitt
Ryan Raposo, Fr., M, Syracuse
Daryl Dike, Fr., F, Virginia
Cabrel Happi Kamseu, Fr., F, Virginia
Aboubacar Keita, Fr., D, Virginia
Daniel Steedman, Fr., F, Virginia
Aristotle Zarris, Fr., F, Wake Forest
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