CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the Men’s Soccer post season awards on Monday.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology earned the No. 1 seed following the regular season, and also picked up the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year.
Takezo Kelly (Cincinnati, Ohio) was voted as the Offensive Player of the Year. Kelly notched eight goals, four assists and 20 points over the course of 2021, starting all contests for the Fightin’ Engineers. The sophomore fired 38 shots, with 22 on goal for 57.9 percent shots on goal percentage. Kelly also netted three game winners, seeing action in 558 minutes.
Fellow Fightin’ Engineer
Eric Kirby (LaGrange, Ky.) was named the Defensive Player of the Year, after leading Rose-Hulman to an unbeaten record of 8-0-1 in 2021. The senior notched 652 minutes with a game winning goal and three assists over the course of the season. Kirby led a defense that only allowed five goals and held teams to a mere 4.2 shots per game.
Fresh face
Harley Kruschwitz (North Manchester, Ind.) burst on to the scene, earning the title of Newcomer of the Year. The Manchester first-year netted six goals, three of which were game-winners, and added two assists for 14 points over the course of 2021. He saw action in nine games with eight starts, firing off 25 shots, with 13 on goal.
Offensive Player of the Year – Takezo Kelly, RHIT
Defensive Player of the Year – Eric Kirby, RHIT
Newcomer of the Year – Harley Kruschwitz, MU
Coach of the Year – Sean Helliwell, RHIT
Rose-Hulman front man
Sean Helliwell was voted as the HCAC Coach of the Year, following the regular season that saw an 8-0-1 record and a No. 1 seed, with a spot in the HCAC Championship.
The HCAC also honors an All-Conference First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention team. The members of those teams are selected by a vote of league coaches and are listed below.
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All-Conference First Team
| Will Bedel |
SR |
GK |
Hanover College |
| Jak Birdsong |
JR |
MF |
Transylvania University |
| Mitchell Crispin |
SO |
F |
Transylvania University |
| Zach Hill |
SR |
D |
Transylvania University |
| Josh Hughes |
SR |
F |
Hanover College |
| Myles Joseph |
SR |
D |
Hanover College |
| Takezo Kelly |
SO |
F |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Eric Kirby |
SR |
MF |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Brevin Lacy |
SR |
MF |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Wyatt McKibbon |
SR |
D |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Evan Redmon |
JR |
MF |
Hanover College |
| Caleb Urban |
SO |
D |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| AJ Yilmaz |
SO |
F |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
All-Conference Second Team
| Fellipe Busato |
JR |
MF |
Hanover College |
| Elliott Clark |
JR |
GK |
Franklin College |
| Devin Craig |
JR |
F |
Transylvania University |
| Garrett Dean |
SR |
D |
Transylvania University |
| Tyler Dobbs |
JR |
D |
Transylvania University |
| Luke Eppler |
JR |
F |
Hanover College |
| Julian Keough |
FY |
MF |
Manchester University |
| Harley Kruschwitz |
FY |
F |
Manchester University |
| Cory Mitchell |
FY |
D |
Manchester University |
| Bennett Pack |
SR |
D |
Defiance College |
| Chris Pitre |
SR |
MF |
Hanover College |
| Ian Waldrop |
SR |
F |
Hanover College |
| Keegan Wondergem |
JR |
MF |
Manchester University |
All-Conference Honorable Mention
| Michael Abel |
F |
FY |
Mount St. Joseph University |
| Josh Bailey |
MF |
JR |
Mount St. Joseph University |
| Quentin Berry |
MF/D |
FY |
Earlham College |
| Jeffrey Douyere |
MF/D |
SR |
Earlham College |
| Regan Frost |
SO |
MF/F |
Anderson University |
| Josh Gonzalez |
SR |
F |
Manchester University |
| Elijah Grieser |
SO |
MF |
Bluffton University |
| Maxwell Kennedy |
SO |
D |
Bluffton University |
| Hunter Little |
FY |
D |
Transylvania University |
| Xander Ochsner |
FY |
MF |
Hanover College |
| Nick Stifel |
SR |
D |
Defiance College |
| Ryan Tarr |
SR |
D |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Jacob Thompson |
SR |
F |
Franklin College |
| Drew Vaughn |
FY |
D |
Anderson University |