BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- Davis & Elkins' Daniel Cerezo, Alex Estrada-Avila and head coach Dean Johnson, along with Notre Dame's Ailton Silva, have earned top honors from the Mountain East Conference as the league announced its annual awards and all-conference teams.
 
The Golden Eagles had three players named to All-MEC First Team, two to the second team, two honorable mentions and one freshman selection.

First up for Charleston was defender Lucas Christensen. The sophomore from Denmark accounted for 2 assists on the year and was a force to be reckoned with on the back line for the Golden Eagles. The second selection was the speedy French forward Alexis Ledoux. Ledoux accounted for six goals and three assists in his seventeen games played during the regular season. Rounding out the first team selection was the Colombian veteran Gabriel Rodriguez. The graduate student was twice named offensive player of the week for the MEC and had nine goals on the season to go along with three assists.

The second team was highlighted by Eduardo Iranzo, Ploutarchos Alonefti and Luis Maestre. Iranzo who hails from Valencia, Spain played in fifteen games where he accounted for two goals and five assists. Ploutarchos Alonefti played in seventeen games and was responsible for five goals and seven assists. Finally, the lightning-fast forward Luis Maestre earned second team honors after he amassed two goals and three assists on the year.

The brick wall defender Emil Rasmussen was named honorable mentiona along with UC's leading goal scorer from Spain, Alejandro Larrayoz. Larrayoz played a total of 772 minutes but in that time he collected ten goals and two assists to lead the Golden Eagles on offense. He collected two goal on September 22 and October 24 against Alderson Broaddus and West Virginia Wesleyan respectively.

Luis Maestre was the lone Charleston player to earn Freshman team honors.

Below is the full list of award winners for Men's Soccer.

The All-MEC teams are selected by a vote of the league's coaches.

2021 All-MEC First Team
Pos.	Name	Cl.	School
GK	Jeremy Coste	Sr.	Davis & Elkins
D	Alex Estrada-Avila	Sr.	Davis & Elkins
D	Antonio Bittencourt	So.	Notre Dame
D	Lucas Christensen	So.	Charleston
D	Gianluca Fiorini	So.	Davis & Elkins
M	Luckas Hackaa	So.	Notre Dame
M	David Jara	Jr.	Davis & Elkins
M	Alexis Ledoux	So.	Charleston
M	Haruki Yamazaki	Jr.	Davis & Elkins
F	Daniel Cerezo	Jr.	Davis & Elkins
F	Ned Dry	Jr.	Notre Dame
F	Gabriel Rodriguez	Gr.	Charleston
F	Ailton Silva	Fr.	Notre Dame
2021 All-MEC Second Team
Pos.	Name	Cl.	School
GK	Joel Assal	Sr.	Frostburg State
D	Josh Gabriel	Sr.	Alderson Broaddus
D	Eduardo Iranzo	Gr.	Charleston
D	Martin Lago	Fr.	Davis & Elkins
D	Charlie Naylor	Jr.	West Virginia Wesleyan
M	Ploutarchos Alonefti	Jr.	Charleston
M	Taylor Dyson	Fr.	Notre Dame
M	Connor Hartwell	Sr.	West Virginia Wesleyan
M	Luis Maestre	Fr.	Charleston
M	Benardo Vilchis	Gr.	West Liberty
F	Nika Monaselidze	Sr.	West Virginia Wesleyan
F	Andreas Rossak	Fr.	Alderson Broaddus
F	Liam Toman	Fr.	West Liberty
2021 All-MEC Honorable Mention
GK: Noah Underwood (WLU) D: Matt Garrett (FROST), Davide Materazzi (DE), Emil Rasmussen (UC) F: Carlos Almeida (NDC), Richard Afolayanka (WU), Alejandro Larrayoz (UC)
2021 All-MEC Freshman Team*
Pos.	Name		School
F	Dominique Castano		Davis & Elkins
M	Taylor Dyson		Notre Dame
M	Zacharias Kohring		West Virginia Wesleyan
F	Andreas Rossak		Alderson Broaddus
M	Luis Maestre		Charleston
F	Ailton Silva		Notre Dame
F	Luis toman		West Liberty
* Players who competed in the spring season were not eligible for the All-Freshman team despite their remaining years of eligibility.
Offensive Player of the Year: Daniel Cerezo (Davis & Elkins)
Defensive Player of the Year: Alex Estrada (Davis & Elkins)
Freshman of the Year: Ailton Silva (Notre Dame)
Coach of the Year: Dean Johnson (Davis & Elkins)