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Five Zips Garner All BIG EAST Men's Soccer Accolades
November 12 | Men's Soccer
2025 BIG EAST CONFERENCE MEN'S SOCCER POSTSEASON AWARDS RELEASE
NEW YORK - Five University of Akron men's soccer standouts garnered All-BIG EAST accolades when the league unveiled in 2025 award winners in a vote of the league coaches released on Wednesday (Nov. 12).
Senior Stefan Dobrijevic (Uniontown, Ohio) headlined the Zips' award winners as he named selected as the BIG EAST Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year and was a unanimous First-Team honoree.
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Redshirt senior Mitch Budler (Lincoln, Neb.) garnered BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year accolades for the second consecutive campaign and was a First-Team All-Conference selection.
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Senior Daragh Reilly (Navan, Ireland) rounded out the First-Team All-BIG EAST selections for the Zips.
Pulling in Second-Team All-BIG EAST laurels was junior Matt Dreas (Covington, Ky.), while senior Ashton Kamdem (West Chester, Ohio) earned Third-Team honors.
Dobrijevic becomes the 15th Akron player to garner league Player of the Year accolades marking the third consecutive season in which a Zip has been named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year. Dobrijevic joins Emil Jaaskelainen (2024) and Jason Shokalook (2023).
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Budler is the first player to garner back-to-back Goalkeeper of the Year honors in program history and the first in the BIG EAST Conference since Giannis Nikopolidis from Georgetown in 2019 and 2020.
No. 14 Akron opens BIG EAST Tournament play battling Connecticut on Thursday (Nov. 13) at 5 p.m. from the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Md.
NEW YORK - Five University of Akron men's soccer standouts garnered All-BIG EAST accolades when the league unveiled in 2025 award winners in a vote of the league coaches released on Wednesday (Nov. 12).
Senior Stefan Dobrijevic (Uniontown, Ohio) headlined the Zips' award winners as he named selected as the BIG EAST Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year and was a unanimous First-Team honoree.
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Redshirt senior Mitch Budler (Lincoln, Neb.) garnered BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year accolades for the second consecutive campaign and was a First-Team All-Conference selection.
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Senior Daragh Reilly (Navan, Ireland) rounded out the First-Team All-BIG EAST selections for the Zips.
Pulling in Second-Team All-BIG EAST laurels was junior Matt Dreas (Covington, Ky.), while senior Ashton Kamdem (West Chester, Ohio) earned Third-Team honors.
Dobrijevic becomes the 15th Akron player to garner league Player of the Year accolades marking the third consecutive season in which a Zip has been named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year. Dobrijevic joins Emil Jaaskelainen (2024) and Jason Shokalook (2023).
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Budler is the first player to garner back-to-back Goalkeeper of the Year honors in program history and the first in the BIG EAST Conference since Giannis Nikopolidis from Georgetown in 2019 and 2020.
No. 14 Akron opens BIG EAST Tournament play battling Connecticut on Thursday (Nov. 13) at 5 p.m. from the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Md.
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