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Summit League Release

DENVER - Edgar Mesa of Eastern Illinois men's soccer earns All-Conference honors Wednesday night as the Summit League releases their post season awards at the annual Summit League banquet. Mesa was named First Team All-Conference by the league's coaches.

Mesa helped the Panthers in the back field this year as one of their core defenders. Mesa started in all 17 matches this season playing the full duration in 12 matches. He logged 215 minutes in EIU's first two conference match-ups vs. Denver and Western Illinois helping the Panthers post back-to-back conference shutouts. He took a season high three shots at Cincinnati in EIU's 2018 season opener and has tallied one assist on the year. Last season, Mesa was named to the Summit League All-Newcomer Team.

Mesa is joined by 10 other players to complete the All-Conference First Team, while 22 more players make up the All-Conference Second Team and All-Conference Newcomer Team.

Denver swept this season's individual awards. Andre Shinyashiki claimed this season's Offensive Player of the Year, Scott DeVoss was named Defensive Player of the Year, Will Palmquist was named Goalkeeper of the Year, Callum Stretch was named Newcomer of the Year, and Jamie Franks took home Coach of the Year honors.

EIU earned the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament and will play the No. 1 seed Denver tomorrow at 2 pm in the first round of the Summit League tournament.


First Team
F - Andre Shinyashiki, Denver
F - Diego Gutierrez, Omaha
F - Blake Cearns, Purdue Fort Wayne
M - Jacob Stesson, Denver
M - Matthew Lieshout, Purdue Fort Wayne
M - Tanguy Guerineau, Oral Roberts
D - Scott DeVoss, Denver
D - Denzel Woods, Omaha
D - Edgar Mesa, Eastern Illinois
D - Callum Stretch, Denver
G - Will Palmquist, Denver

Second Team
F - Junior Chavez, Oral Roberts
F - Moshe Perez, Denver
F - Martin Veys, Omaha
F - Dante Brigida, Omaha  
M - Kenny Akamatsu, Denver
M - Zach Tom, Purdue Fort Wayne
M - Marcos Bautista, Omaha
D - Tarik Nicholls, Oral Roberts
D - Adam Gannon, Purdue Fort Wayne
D - Paul Kirdorf, Western Illinois
G - Ugo Tritz, Omaha

Newcomer Team
F - Blake Cearns, Purdue Fort Wayne
F - Moshe Perez, Denver 
F - Martin Veys, Omaha
M - Stefan DeLeone, Denver
M - Marcos Bautista, Omaha
M - Tanguy Guerineau, Oral Roberts
D - Callum Stretch, Denver
D - Jared Jungjohann, Denver
D - Mitch Hammer, Omaha
G - Tor Erik Larsen, Purdue Fort Wayne
G - Miles Motakef, Oral Roberts

Individual Awards
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Andre Shinyashiki, Denver
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Scott DeVoss, Denver
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR
Will Palmquist, Denver
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Callum Stretch, Denver
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jamie Franks, Denver