HADLEY, Mass. - The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) announced its annual men’s soccer awards.
Conn. College teammates Marco Perugini and Max Haberman were selected as the NESCAC Player and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively, and Amherst’s Edward Wilkey earned the NESCAC Rookie of the Year honor. The Hamilton and Middlebury staffs share the Coaching Staff of the Year award. All honors, including the All-NESCAC teams, were selected by a vote of the conference’s 11 head coaches.
Perugini leads Conn. College in scoring and ranks third in the conference in points (24), goals (9), and assists (6) through 16 games. The senior enters the NCAA Tournament having scored four goals in his last two games. Perugini, who was named to the All-NESCAC team for the second straight season, is the fifth Camel to be named NESCAC Player of the Year. Conn. College earned the No. 4 seed in the NESCAC Tournament and was an at-large selection to the NCAA Tournament. The Camels will host a first-round match on Saturday, November 14.
Haberman, who also earned All-NESCAC honors for the third straight season, repeats as the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year and is the first player to earn the honor in back-to-back years since its inception in 2023. The midfielder has started all 15 games he has played and ranks third on the team in scoring with nine points on four goals and an assist. Defensively, the Camels have allowed just 10 goals in 16 games this season.
Wilkey is the seventh Mammoth to be named NESCAC Rookie of the Year. He has totaled 12 points and ranks second among the goal scorers on the Amherst squad with six markers. Wilkey has seen action in all 17 games with 10 starts. After earning the No. 8 seed in the eight-team NESCAC Tournament, the Mammoths finished as the NESCAC Runners-Up and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament field. Amherst will host a first-round game on November 14.
The Hamilton and Middlebury coaches share the Coaching Staff of the Year honor. Second-year head coach Brendan Ujvary and staff led Hamilton to the NESCAC Semifinals for the first time since 2018 and an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. The Continentals own a 7-4-5 record and are making their sixth NCAA Tournament appearance. Hamilton will host the first two rounds of the tournament and faces Allegheny on Saturday, November 14.
The Middlebury coaching staff led by Alex Elias is recognized for the second time in four years. The Panthers earned the top seed in the NESCAC Tournament after finishing the conference slate with a 6-1-3 record. Middlebury earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and stands at 10-2-3 entering a first-round match versus Saint Joseph’s College (ME) on November 14.
2026 NESCAC Men's Soccer Awards
Player of the Year: Marco Perugini, Conn. College
Defensive Player of the Year: Max Haberman, Conn. College
Rookie of the Year: Edward Wilkey, Amherst
Co-Coaching Staffs of the Year: Hamilton & Middlebury
| All-NESCAC First Team |
| Pos |
Name |
School |
Yr |
Hometown |
Previous Honors |
| G |
Leon Brody |
Middlebury |
Jr. |
Candiac, Quebec |
|
| D |
Jacob Dinzeo |
Amherst |
Jr. |
Stillwater, Minn. |
2025 1st Team |
| D |
Zach Feldman |
Wesleyan |
Sr. |
Livingston, N.J. |
2025 1st Team, 2024 2nd Team |
| D |
Dylan Hoke |
Conn. College |
Jr. |
Westport, Conn. |
2025 1st Team |
| D |
Jack Murphy |
Trinity |
Sr. |
Alexandria, Va. |
2025 2nd Team |
| M |
Max Haberman |
Conn. College |
Sr. |
San Diego, Calif. |
2025 DPOY, 2025 1st Team, 2024 2nd Team |
| M |
Troy Miller |
Hamilton |
Jr. |
Marlborough, Conn. |
|
| M |
Marco Perugini |
Conn. College |
Sr. |
Medway, Mass. |
2025 1st Team |
| M |
Yousuf Saeed |
Wesleyan |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
2025 1st Team |
| F |
Alex Bethencourt |
Williams |
Jr. |
Manhattan Beach, Calif. |
|
| F |
Xavier Canfin |
Tufts |
Sr. |
Tarrytown, N.Y. |
2025 1st Team, 2024 2nd Team |
| F |
Colin Dugan |
Middlebury |
Sr. |
Avon, Conn. |
2024 2nd Team |
| F |
Finn Hoefer |
Amherst |
So. |
New York, N.Y. |
|
| F |
Mohammed Nuhu |
Amherst |
Sr. |
Accra, Ghana |
2025 1st Team, 2024 1st Team, 2023 ROY, 2023 1st Team |
| F |
Will Sawin |
Middlebury |
Sr. |
Stonington, Conn. |
2025 1st Team |
| All-NESCAC Second Team |
| Pos |
Name |
School |
Yr |
Hometown |
Previous Honors |
| G |
Oliver King |
Bowdoin |
So. |
Hyattsville, Md. |
|
| D |
Bijan Akhtarzandi-Das |
Tufts |
Sr. |
Washington, D.C. |
2025 1st Team |
| D |
Ben Brown |
Tufts |
Sr. |
Concord, Mass. |
|
| D |
Keito Ishibashi |
Bowdoin |
Sr. |
Bethesda, Md. |
|
| D |
Hamin Kim |
Middlebury |
So. |
Mount Laurel, N.J. |
|
| D |
Charlie Miles |
Conn. College |
Sr. |
Tarrytown, N.Y. |
2025 2nd Team |
| D |
Lucas Nuernberg |
Bowdoin |
So. |
Cambridge, Mass. |
|
| M |
Jack Banks |
Bowdoin |
Sr. |
Brunswick, Maine |
2025 1st Team |
| M |
Dylan Clack |
Wesleyan |
Sr. |
Montreal, Quebec |
2024 2nd Team |
| M |
William Cornog |
Tufts |
Jr. |
Dallas, Texas |
|
| M |
Charlie Johnson |
Middlebury |
Jr. |
Wayland, Mass. |
|
| F |
Henry Brown |
Tufts |
Sr. |
Winter Park, Fla. |
2025 1st Team |
| F |
Julian Cauvin |
Wesleyan |
So. |
Montclair, N.J. |
|
| F |
Charles Desautels |
Trinity |
Fy. |
Alexandria, Va. |
|
| F |
Adam Prince |
Bowdoin |
Jr. |
Wayland, Mass. |
|
| F |
Max Weiss |
Conn. College |
Sr. |
Weston, Conn. |
|
