OKLAHOMA CITY – Mathis Guffroy of Texas Wesleyan was named the 2024 Sooner Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Year as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Guffroy also earned the conference Offensive Player of the Award as announced by the league office Wednesday afternoon.
Mid-America Christian Head Coach Aaron Hoxie was named the Coach of the Year while Oscar Gallardo of Mid-America Christian garnered the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award. Oklahoma City’s Shay Pescod was named the Newcomer of the Year while Alejandro Gallardo of John Brown garnered Freshman of the Year honors with Claudio Fuentealba claiming the Goalkeeper of the Year award.
Hoxie led the Evangels to the conference regular season title with an overall record of 14-2-4 while having a 7-0-2 mark in league play and a defense that only allowed .70 goals per game.
Guffroy led the conference in goals with 18, assists with 13, and points with 49 while having six game-winning goals. Guffroy had 68 shots on the season with 35 of those being on frame and he connected on five penalty kicks this year.
Gallardo was a key piece of the Mid-America Christian defense that allowed 14 goals this season while adding a pair of goals on four shots this season.
Prescod played in 17 matches this season for the Stars as he had a goal on eight shots this season with four of those shots being on goal.
Gallardo led the Golden Eagles with 10 goals and eight assists for a team-high 28 points. He had 43 shots with 24 of those being on frame during the season.
Fuentealba led the conference in goals against average with .662 and also was on the top of the list in saves with 34 for a save percentage of .756 on the year while having six clean sheets this season.
2024 Sooner Athletic Men's Soccer Awards
Coach of the Year: Aaron Hoxie – Mid-America Christian
Player of the Year: Mathis Guffroy – Texas Wesleyan
Offensive Player of the Year: Mathis Guffroy – Texas Wesleyan
Defensive Player of the Year: Oscar Gallardo – Mid-America Christian
Goalkeeper of the Year: Claudio Fuentealba – Mid-America Christian
Freshman of the Year: Alejandro Gallardo – John Brown
Newcomer of the Year: Shay Prescod – Oklahoma City
First Team All-SAC
Forward: Erick Diaz – John Brown
Forward: Jamol Williams – Wayland Baptist
Forward: Marco Alongi – Oklahoma City
Forward: Alejandro Gallardo – John Brown
Midfielder: Mathis Guffroy – Texas Wesleyan
Midfielder: Enzo Nogue – Mid-America Christian
Midfielder: Alonso Arrieta – John Brown
Midfielder: Fabian Romero – Science & Arts
Defender: Oscar Gallardo – Mid-America Christian
Defender: Shay Prescod – Oklahoma City
Defender: Lucas Catosso – Mid-America Christian
Defender: Sebastian Rebolledo – Mid-America Christian
Goalkeeper: Claudio Fuentealba – Mid-America Christian
Goalkeeper: Alex Neri – Wayland Baptist
Second Team All-SAC
Forward: Tony Ngombi – Mid-America Christian
Forward: Federico Palacios – Mid-America Christian
Forward: Teejay Cioro – Southwestern Christian
Forward: Callum Shepherd – Science & Arts
Midfielder: Thomas Brulay – Oklahoma City
Midfielder: Jordan De Costa – Oklahoma City
Midfielder: Marcos Miranda – John Brown
Midfielder: Ethan Bonaparte – Southwestern Christian
Defender: James Kearns – Oklahoma City
Defender: Tyler Hoxie – Central Christian
Defender: Kendal Madrigal – John Brown
Defender: Alvaro Sanchez – Southwestern Christian
Goalkeeper: Alexis Bertrand – Oklahoma City
Goalkeeper: Enzo Camps – Southwestern Christian