Posted: Jan 31, 2024
The Santa Monica College (SMC) men's soccer team awards Banquet honored many team and individual accomplishments throughout the season.
The 2023 men’s soccer team won the Western State Conference for the 2nd time in the past 5 seasons after finishing with a 15-2-6 record. The Corsairs finished ranked 8th in the state, and 16th in the country in the final polls.
The team awards given out for the evening were as follows:
Most Improved Player:
- Josh Guillen
Coaches Award:
- Marcus Hevesy-Rodriguez
Defensive Player of the Year:
- Josh McCowan
Offensive Player of the Year:
- Philip Hephzibah
Co-Team MVPs:
- Roey Kivity and Jason Moreno
All-League awards:
Conference Offensive Player of the year:
- Philip Hephzibah
Conference Defensive Player of the year:
- Josh McCowan
Coach of the Year:
- Tim Pierce
1st Team All-Conference:
- Jason Moreno
- Roey Kivity
- Jose Arias
- Cesar Gomez
- Jose Urdiano
2nd Team All-Conference:
- Omar Nieto
- Marcus Hevesy-Rodriguez
- and Ryan Maher
Honorable Mention All-Conference:
- Luis Rodriguez
- Denilson Garcia
Additional Awards:
CCCAA All-Region:
- Philip Hephzibah
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Americans:
- Jason Moreno
- Marcus Hevesy-Rodriguez