Sean Okoli was named to the All-ACC 2nd Team after standout seasons during his first foray into collegiate soccer.
Okoli earned ACC Player of the Week honors twice this season - once after scoring a hat trick against NC State on October 19 and once after scoring a goal and dishing out an assist in Wake Forest’s 4-2 win over top-ranked and previously unbeaten Maryland on November 1. The Federal Way, Wash., native leads the team with 11 goals and 25 points. His goal total second in the conference, while his six goals against ACC opponents is tops in the league. Okoli has scored a goal in three straight games and six of his last seven. During that stretch he has netted eight goals.
ACC Offensive Player of the Year - Patrick Mullins, Jr., F, Maryland ACC Defensive Player of the Year - Sebastien Ibeagha, Jr., D, Duke ACC Freshman of the Year - Danny Garcia, Fr., M, North Carolina ACC Coach of the Year - Sasho Cirovski, Maryland
All-ACC First Team:
Kyle Bekker, Sr., M, Boston College
Charlie Rugg, Sr., F, Boston College
James Belshaw, GK, Sr., Duke
Sebastien Ibeagha, Jr., D, Duke
Patrick Mullins, Jr., F, Maryland
John Stertzer, Sr., M, Maryland
Mikey Lopez, So., M, North Carolina
Boyd Okwuonu, So., D, North Carolina
Alex Martinez, Jr., M, NC State
Will Bates, Sr., F, Virginia
Jared Watts, Jr., M, Wake Forest
All–ACC Second Team:
Austin Savage, Sr., F, Clemson
Sean Davis, So., M, Duke
Mikey Ambrose, Fr., D, Maryland
Taylor Kemp, Sr., D, Maryland
Schillo Tshuma, Fr., F, Maryland
London Woodberry, Sr., D, Maryland
Andy Craven, Jr., F, North Carolina
Danny Garcia, Fr., M, North Carolina
Scott Goodwin, Sr. , GK, North Carolina Sean Okoli, So., F, Wake Forest
Luca Gimenez, Jr., F, Wake Forest
All-ACC Freshman Team:
Derrick Boateng, Fr., F, Boston College
Zach Mathers, Fr., D, Duke
Mikey Ambrose, Fr., D, Maryland
Schillo Tshuma, Fr., F, Maryland
Jonathan Campbell, Fr., D, North Carolina
Danny Garcia, Fr., M, North Carolina
Marcus Salandy-Defour, Fr., M, Virginia
Todd Wharton, Fr., M, Virginia
Darius Madison, Fr., F, Virginia
Michael Gamble, Fr., F, Wake Forest
Collin Martin, Fr., M, Wake Forest Jalen Robinson, Fr., D, Wake Forest
*An extra member was named to the all-freshman team due to a tie in voting.
(2011) Sean Okoli was named to the All-ACC Freshman Team after standout seasons during his first foray into collegiate soccer.
A striker, Okoli fought through a 12 match scoreless streak to begin the season and arrived as one of the Demon Deacons’ primary goal threats during the season’s final month. The Federal Way, Wash. product contributed his first career point - on a game-winning assist - to a 4-3 win over then-No. 25 Virginia on Oct. 14 and didn’t stop scoring for the remainder of the regular season. He had goals in four consecutive matches to close out the year, including a game-winner against William & Mary on Oct. 25 and the Deacons’ equalizer against then-No. 4 Maryland in a 1-1 draw on Nov. 3. He was named a Primetime Player of the Week by CollegeSoccer360.com on Nov. 1 and a preseason, "Freshman of Influence," by Soccer America.
The Deacons closed out their run of play with an 8-7-4 overall record and finished in a three-way tie for third-place in the ACC with a 4-3-1 conference record - the sixth straight year Wake Forest has posted a winning record in the perennially strong soccer league. The NCAA Tournament selection show is slated to occur on Monday, Nov. 14 at 4:30 p.m. and will be broadcast live on www.NCAA.com.
2011 All-ACC Freshman Men’s Soccer Team
Name, School - Position
Diego Medina-Mendez, Boston College - MF
Brynjar Benediktsson, Clemson - F
Amadou Dia, Clemson - F
Andrew Morales, Fr., Duke - MF Nick Palodichuk, Duke - F
Mikey Lopez, North Carolina - MF
Jordan McCrary, North Carolina - D
Boyd Okwuonu, North Carolina - D
Ryan Zinkhan, Virginia - F
Teddy Mullin, Wake Forest - MF Sean Okoli, Wake Forest - F
Offensive Player of the Year - Andrew Wenger, Duke
Defensive Player of the Year - Matt Hedges, North Carolina
Freshman of the Year - Mikey Lopez, North Carolina
Coach of the Year - Carlos Somoano, North Carolina
