To add a little bit of fun to the end of the year, we have decided to recognize this year’s exceptional players with some postseason NAIA men’s awards.
Lax All Stars Postseason NAIA Men’s Awards
NAIA All-Americans
To see the list of All-Americans that were voted by NAIA coaches, click here.
Position Players of The Year – Fan Vote
I used the All-American list voted by the coaches and broke it down by position. Then, I made Twitter polls out of each position group to name positional players of the year. You had to be an NAIA All-American to be in the fan vote (except the coaches, I used the final four coaches from the NAIA Tournament):
Coach of the Year: John Snow, Reinhardt
Goalie of the Year: Matt Webb, Reinhardt
Close Defender of the Year: Fisher Nuss, Reinhardt
LSM of the Year: Jake Morgan, Cumberlands
D-Mid of the Year: D-Mids are people, too (but also Stephen Popovich, Cumberlands)
FOS of the Year: JR Sess, Reinhardt
Middie of the Year: Andrew Ryan, Indiana Tech
Attackman of the Year: Gavin Banks, Reinhardt
NAIA Men’s All-Freshman Team
The All-Freshman Team includes athletes who are true freshmen and Covid/redshirt freshmen.
Attack
Hunter McCarty – CUAA
Boston Romero – WP
Nate Langille – Ind Tech
Zach Sweet – AQ
Chase Jackson – WIU
Aidan Craig – Taylor
Cole Stassi – Keiser
Midfield
Michael Shakerin – SAU
Samuel Bodley – Ind Tech
Cameron Cochran – Reinhardt
Simeon Bodley – Ind Tech
Christian Vanover – UC
Cole Danner – SAU
D-Mid
Carter Maurice – Reinhardt
Luke Spells – Ottawa
Stephen Popovich – UC
FOS
JR Sess – Reinhardt
Cam Provines – Keiser
Austin King – CC
LSM
Max Standage – WP
Nate Allen – Lourdes
Defense
Alex Pineau – Keiser
Michael Vreeland – St. Andrews
Chad Nelson – Taylor
Dane Fasano – WIU
Goalie
Michael Toohey – UC
Sam Bowling – CUAA
Cole George – Keiser
