Men's Soccer Wraps up 2023 season with Award Ceremony

Group photo of the 2023 SMC Men's Soccer Team.
2023 Men's Soccer Team Photo after Awards Ceremony

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

SMC Soccer Logo. SMC written italics over the word Soccer.