WICHITA, Kan. (BethanySwedes.com) – The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) has announced the 2024 KCAC Men’s Soccer All-Conference award winners, as voted on by the head men’s soccer coaches.
Marco Paniagua has earned All-KCAC Honorable Mention as a goalkeeper. He recorded 88 saves throughout the season, good for second best in the conference.
Oklahoma Wesleyan University was the KCAC regular-season champion with a unblemished 13-0-0 conference record. The Eagles took home several of this season’s conference individual awards.
Kirill Pakhomov of Oklahoma Wesleyan earned the KCAC Men’s Soccer Most Valuable Player honor. Teammates Luis Vergara and Nikita Pakhomov were named the KCAC Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, respectively. The Eagles’ head coach, Jamie Peterson, was named the KCAC Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year by his peers.
Filip Maksimovic of Bethel College earned the KCAC Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Year honor. The remaining two individual honors went to Kansas Wesleyan University athletes, with Gerardo Garcia earning the KCAC Men’s Soccer Newcomer of the Year honor, and Santiago Pagnutti being named the KCAC Men’s Soccer Goalkeeper of the Year.
Statistical information on the 2024 KCAC Men’s Soccer season can be found here.
Listed below are the First Team, Second Team, and Honorable Mention selections as voted on by the KCAC men’s soccer coaches:
FIRST TEAM
| POSITION | NAME | INSTITUTION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| GK | Santiago Pagnutti | Kansas Wesleyan University | Sr. | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| D | Luis Vergara | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Jr. | Santagio, Chile |
| D | Tylor Guerrero | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Fr. | Ecuador |
| D | Toby Witham | Ottawa University | Jr. | Pulborough, England |
| D | Yushin Kitada | Friends University | Sr. | Yokohama, Japan |
| M | Kirill Pakhomov | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | So. | Moscow, Russia |
| M | Pol Mur | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Sr. | Barcelona, Spain |
| M | Alonso Basauri | Ottawa University | Jr. | Santiago, Chile |
| M | Gerardo Garcia | Kansas Wesleyan University | So. | Anthony, N.M. |
| F | Filip Maksimovic | Bethel College | So. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| F | Cale Scott | Ottawa University | So. | Lawrence, Kan. |
| F | Matheus Ulrich | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Jr. | Balneario Camboriu, Santa Catarina |
| F | Bence Molnar | Ottawa University | Sr. | Budapest, Hungary |
SECOND TEAM
| POSITION | NAME | INSTITUTION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| GK | Keito Takehara Jr. | McPherson College | Jr. | Kawachinagano, Japan |
| D | Cole Walgren | Kansas Wesleyan University | Sr. | Waukesha, Wis. |
| D | Uros Rosic | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Sr. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| D | Mika Wernicke | Kansas Wesleyan University | So. | Potsdam, Germany |
| D | Boris Trejo | University of Saint Mary | Jr. | Houston, Texas |
| M | Lucas Pardo | Bethel College | Sr. | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| M | Nikita Pakhomov | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Fr. | Moscow, Russia |
| M | Jose Quiel | Friends University | Fr. | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| M | Jack Hatswell | Ottawa University | Grad. | Ottery St. Mary, England |
| F | Caique Trivelato | Friends University | Sr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| F | Nathan Van Wyck | McPherson College | So. | London, England |
| F | Romario Harding | University of Saint Mary | Jr. | Kingston, Jamaica |
| F | Daniel Castro | University of Saint Mary | So. | Ukiah, Calif. |
HONORABLE MENTION
| POSITION | NAME | INSTITUTION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| GK | Jamie Watt | York University | Jr. | Arbroath, Scotland |
| GK | Marco Paniagua | Bethany College | Fr. | Santa Teresa, N.M. |
| GK | Ryan Garner | Evangel University | Sr. | Bolton, England |
| D | Juan Volker | Bethel College | Sr. | Vina del Mar, Chile |
| D | Eduardo Flores | Kansas Wesleyan University | Sr. | Compton, Calif. |
| D | Joao Gomes | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Jr. | Niteroi, Brazil |
| D | Cooper Taylor | Tabor College | Jr. | Buhler, Kan. |
| D | Matias Madriaga | York University | Sr. | Santiago, Chile |
| D | Dylan Cedeno | Friends University | Fr. | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| D | Andrija Mitkovic | Bethel College | So. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| D | Homero Gonzalez | University of Saint Mary | Sr. | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| D | Erik Huerta | Friends University | Fr. | Wichita, Kan. |
| D | Felipe Padierna | Ottawa University | Jr. | Cadiz, Spain |
| D | Adrian Gimenez | Southwestern College | Fr. | Madrid, Spain |
| MF | Huib Siefkes | University of Saint Mary | Fr. | Gelderland, Netherlands |
| MF | Jack Bagley-Etheridge | Southwestern College | Jr. | Hoddesdon, England |
| MF | Seth Flores | Kansas Wesleyan University | Fr. | Salina, Kan. |
| MF | Nemanja Vukovic | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Fr. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| MF | Andrea Fincato | Evangel University | Jr. | Rome, Italy |
| MF | Isha Hughan | University of Saint Mary | Grad. | Gelderland, Netherlands |
| MF | Noel Zimbeva | Kansas Wesleyan University | So. | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| MF | Jakob Treitl | Kansas Wesleyan University | Fr. | Berlin, Germany |
| MF | Joao Neves | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Sr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| MF | Conner Inlow | Southwestern College | Jr. | Wichita, Kan. |
| F | Marcos Benavidez | Southwestern College | Fr. | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| F | Gustavo Freitas | University of Saint Mary | Jr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| F | Diego Yanes | York University | Fr. | Los Realejos, Spain |
| F | Anthony Pereira | McPherson College | Jr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| F | Rem Harmsworth | Evangel University | Sr. | Baldock, England |
| F | Jevan Purcell-Jackson | Ottawa University | So. | Derbyshire, England |
