MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Twelve SSAC men’s soccer student-athletes earned 2024 NAIA Men’s Soccer All-America honors Monday. Mobile’s Emilio Cazares was named NAIA Men’s Soccer Player of the Year.
 
Cazares ranked 3^rd in the NAIA with 50 points and tied for 1^st with 23 goals. Cazares had seven games with multiple goals. Cazares is the first Ram to take home the top honor since 2021 when Alejo Binaghi received the award.
 
First Team
Antonio Bittencourt, Dalton State, DEF
Nicolas Leite, Dalton State, GK
Thomas Rodella, Life, FWD
Henrique Mendes, Mobile, DEF
Emilio Cazares, Mobile, FWD
Caoimhin McConnell, William Carey, MID
 
Second Team
Kazuma Ishizuka, Dalton State, DEF
Joseph McMahon, Mobile, FWD
Samuel Mutiri, Mobile, MID
Louis Dolcini, Mobile, MID
 
Third Team
Manuel Flores, UT Southern, FWD
Henry Hampshaw, William Carey, GK
 
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McConnell and Mendes receive recognition for the second-straight year.
 
Dalton State

• Leite led the NAIA with an 0.878 save percentage, six goals allowed and a 0.27 goals against average
• Bittencourt and Ishizuka led a defense that allowed only seven goals all season. Ishizuka also added four goals and nine assists

 
Mobile

• Cazares finished 3^rd in the NAIA with 50 points and tied for the lead with 23 goals
• McMahon finished 5^th in the NAIA with 45 goals and added nine assists
• Mutiri (2 G, 1 A), Mendes (6 G, 2 A) and Dolcini (1 G, 1 A) aided a defense that posted a 0.70 goals against average

 
William Carey

• McConnell finished with eight goals and eight assists
• Hampshaw logged 19 starts, allowing only 18 goals and making 35 saves

 
Life

• Rodella tied for the NAIA lead with 23 goals and led with 53 points

 
UT Southern

• Flores finished the year with 42 points on 18 goals and six assists