Charleston, WV - Following an extremely successful season where the UC Men's Soccer team won their 4th consecutive WVIAC Championship and earned an NCAA Tournament birth, multiple players and Coach Chris Grassie were rewarded for their accomplishments during the 2012 season.
Headlining those rewarded was
Rob Vincent (Liverpool, England ) who came into this past season already highly decorated. Vincent was again named WVIAC Men's Soccer Player of the Year, an award that he won after the 2010 season as well. A Golden Eagle has won that award for four consecutive seasons with Vincent and former player Dion Peters winning it on alternating years dating back to 2009.
The recognition didn't stop there for Vincent as he earned NSCAA Division II All-Atlantic Region First Team honors for the fourth consecutive season and was named an NSCAA Division II First Team All-American for the third time in his career at the University of Charleston. Daktronics also recognized Vincent for the second consecutive season naming him to the Division II Men's Soccer All-America Third Team, a year after he was named First Team All-American by the same source.
Joining Vincent on the First Team All-WVIAC squad was
Dan Walmsley (Manchester, England ),
Andrew Harrison (Washington, England),
Sean Teepen (Cincinnati, OH ) and
Brett Elliott (Newcastle, England). The Golden Eagles also placed five players on the NSCAA Division II All-Atlantic Region team with Teepen and Walmsley earning First Team honors, both of which had earned thisin previous seasons. Charleston added two more players to the All-Atlantic Region Second Team with Elliott and
Renan Ramos (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), both in their first season at UC.
Not to be left out is Coach Grassie who was tabbed the Coach of the Year in the WVIAC for the second straight season. Grassie, in his second year at the helm of the UC Squad, led the Golden Eagles to a 13-1-4 record, including a 9-0 mark against WVIAC teams. Charleston was ranked in the top five by the NSCAA and earned a bid in the NCAA National Tournament. Grassie had seven players earn all-conference accolades, including five that earned first-team honors. This is also the fourth consecutive season that a UC coach has been named Coach of the Year with former coach Chad Duernberger winning the award in 2009 & 2010.
