Sokolik, Snell, Colas Earn 
All-Conference Awards
Smith, Rowe, Harpula Also Honored by the Big South

RADFORD, Va. - Radford Men's Soccer players Erik Sokolik (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Adrian Snell (Hagerstown, Md.) and Patrick Colas (Rennes, France) were named Second Team All-Conference by the Big South on Wednesday night at the League's annual Men's Soccer Awards Banquet.

David Harpula (Kingsport, Tenn.) was named to the All-Academic Team while Taylor Rowe (Clemson, S.C.) and Jonathan Smith (Virginia Beach, Va.) both earned All-Freshman honors.

The Highlanders finished with a 2-4-1 Conference record and will be the seventh seed for the Big South Tournament. Radford will face second-seeded Birmingham-Southern, whom they tied last Sunday 3-3.

Coastal Carolina forward Joseph Ngwenya and coach Shaun Docking were named Player of the Year and Coach of the Year, respectively, for the second year in a row. Docking led his team to a 6-1 League mark and a 15-2 overall record during the regular season. This marks the fourth time Docking has won the award, capturing his first in 1997 as the coach of Charleston Southern, and then again in 2000 and 2002 as coach at Coastal Carolina. Ngwenya is the nation’s leading scorer at 2.5 points per game. Ngwenya was also named the League’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second straight season, while VMI’s Charles Nweke earned Freshman of the Year honors.

The awards banquet serves as the kick off for the 2003 Men’s Soccer Championship. The first round games begin at Radford Thursday at 12 p.m. in Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium. Semifinals will be played Friday, beginning at 4:00 p.m. The title match is slated for Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

Every match of the championship will be StatCast on the Big South’s website at www.BigSouthSports.com. This will allow fans to follow the games online through a real time display of the score and statistics as they happen.

2003 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Awards

First Team Forwards
Joseph Ngwenya, Coastal Carolina
Jamie Holmes, Birmingham-Southern
Michael Chumah, Winthrop
Jordie Hughes, Coastal Carolina

First Team Midfielders
Vali Arnason, Winthrop
Boyzzz Khumalo, Coastal Carolina
Mubarike Chisoni, Coastal Carolina
Greg Yelverton, UNC Asheville

First Team Defenders
Itayi Pondwa, Coastal Carolina
Osi Telesford, Liberty
Chris Moore, Coastal Carolina
David Garry, Winthrop

First Team Goalkeeper
Steve Winton, Winthrop

Second Team Forwards
Darryl Roberts, Liberty
Barrett Locke, UNC Asheville
Patrick Colas, Radford
Erik Sokolik, Radford

Second Team Midfielders
Donald MacGregor, Winthrop
Kenzo Tochiki, High Point
Pavel Cancura, Liberty
Thimo Langner, Birmingham-Southern

Second Team Defenders
Adrian Snell, Radford
Richard Hanson, High Point
Micah Usry, Winthrop
Brad Patterson, UNC Asheville

Second Team Goalkeeper
Andrew Paxton, Coastal Carolina

Coach of the Year
Shaun Docking, Coastal Carolina

Player of the Year
Joseph Ngwenya, Coastal Carolina

Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Joseph Ngwenya, Coastal Carolina

Freshman of the Year
Charles Nweke, VMI

All-Freshman Team
Micah Usry, Winthrop
Charles Nweke, VMI
Mark Lenahan, Coastal Carolina
Jonathan Smith, Radford
Luke Lemanski, High Point
Andrew Bradham, Liberty
Taylor Rowe, Radford
Mike Lloyd, VMI
Karim Dietz, Birmingham-Southern
Kevin Balkanloo, High Point
Robert Dabbs, Liberty

All-Academic
Ryan Bevis, Birmingham-Southern
Joseph Ngwenya, Coastal Carolina
Keith Wines, High Point
Bryan Monka, Liberty
David Harpula, Radford
Matt Scovil, UNC Asheville
Ross Davis, VMI
Donald MacGregor, Winthrop