Men's Soccer | 12/6/2016 3:20:00 PM

DELRAY BEACH, Florida -- After a spectacular season for WVU Tech men's soccer, the awards keep flowing in as senior Prince Idornigie was named a third team NAIA All-American while fellow classmate Hunter Moles and freshman Ignacio Tellechea earned honorable mention accolades as announced by officials Tuesday.

The three Golden Bears all played major roles in Tech's historical season that ended in the quarterfinals after a 2-1 overtime loss to NAIA National Champion Hastings College.

Idornigie, a Durham, North Carolina native, helped lead the Gold and Blue's defense during his career. The senior was known to battle on the field and win the majority of the 50/50 balls that came his way as a midfielder.

Idornigie, only the second Golden Bear in program history to be on a NAIA All-American team, was also named to the NAIA National Championship All-Tournament team this season and earned River States Conference (RSC) first-team honors.

Moles finished his career with 170 saves and a save percentage of 0.829. This season was a career-best with 72 saves including 11 in Tech's final two contests of 2016 during the NAIA National Championship. The son of Lisa Sutton and Marc Moles earned a record of 43-5-2 and earned 20 shutouts in four seasons as a Golden Bear. Moles was also named to the All-RSC first team this season.

Tellechea, who is the RSC Men's Soccer Newcomer of the Year, finished his first collegiate season with three top-ten rankings in the nation including No. 6 in total game-winning goals (6), No. 6 in total points (49) and No. 8 in total goals (20). The son of Alfredo Tellechea and Teresa Pacheco from Madrid, Spain, marked nine assists in 2016.

The NAIA All-America committee consists of the NAIA-Men's Soccer Coaches Association Executive Committee, the National Championship Games Committee and four men's soccer coaches—selected based on geography. Each team—first, second and third—consists of 11 members.

 

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FIRST TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown
Sam Blackman	Grand View (Iowa)	Sr.	M	Dartford, England
Daniel Whitehall*$	Hastings (Neb.)	So.	F	Warrington, England
Eduardo Heringer$	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Sr.	M	Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Michael Gonzalo^	Northwestern Ohio	Sr.	D	Bristol, England
Nikola Kahvedzic	Northwestern Ohio	So.	GK	Belgrade, Serbia
Sean Latimer	Northwestern Ohio	Sr.	F	London, England
Fernando Machado&	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Sr.	D	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Perica Obradovic	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Sr.	M	Smederevo, Serbia
Heitor de Melo	Rio Grande (Ohio)	Sr.	D	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jorge Guinovart	Rio Grande (Ohio)	Jr.	M	Barcelona, Spain
Pau Delgado Rodriguez	Rio Grande (Ohio)	Sr.	F	Barcelona, Spain
SECOND TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown
Spencer Atkin	Baker (Kan.)	Sr.	D	Olathe, Kan.
Steeve Pouna	Baker (Kan.)	So.	M	Doulaa, Cameroon
Leonardo Contreras@	Biola (Calif.)	Sr.	F	Santa Ana, Calif.
Rafael Mentzingen	Bryan (Tenn.)	So.	M	Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Joe White	Hastings (Neb.)	Jr.	GK	London, England
Aleksi Pahkasalo@	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Sr.	M	Vantaa, Finland
Dominic Harrington	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Jr.	F	St. Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago
Frantzly Zephirin	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Sr.	D	Montreal, Quebec
Jarrod Ingram	Thomas (Ga.)	Jr.	F	Tallahassee, Fla.
Luke Hitchman$	Union (Ky.)	Jr.	M	Abergavenny, Wales
Genaro Hurtado-Salinas	Westmont (Calif.)	Sr.	D	Carpinteria, Calif.
THIRD TEAM
Name	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown
Timur Zhividze	Corban (Ore.)	Jr.	F	Vancouver, Wash.
Jake Love^	Davenport (Mich.)	Sr.	F	Hudsonville, Mich.
Bruno Henrique	Grand View (Iowa)	So.	F	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Marc Tautz	Hastings (Neb.)	Jr.	M	Limburg, Germany
Diego Menendez	Keiser (Fla.)	Jr.	D	Munster, Germany
Enrique Amador	Marymount California	Jr.	M	Barcelona, Spain
Ali Sodal	Midland (Neb.)	Sr.	F	Omaha, Neb.
Nikola Fimic	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Fr.	D	Novi Sad, Serbia
Luka Stojanovic	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Sr.	GK	Belgrade, Serbia
Prince Idornigie	WVU Tech (W.Va.)	Sr.	M	Durham, N.C.
Matt Redgrave	William Carey (Miss.)	Jr.	D	England

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Name | School
Robert Smith - Bellevue (Neb.)
Lukas Musong - Bethel (Ind.)
Charlie Clarke - Bryan (Tenn.)
Jordan Dunstan - Bryan (Tenn.)
Ignacio Mangada - Campbellsville (Ky.)
Matija Ceraj@ - Columbia (Mo.)
Alex Vrzovski - Concordia (Mich.)
TJ Ifaturoti& - Davenport (Mich.)
Jordan Zimmerman - Evergreen (Wash.)
Lewis Sharpe - Georgie Gwinnett
Samuel Sampaio Gomes - Georgia Gwinnett
Claudio Rivadeneira - Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.)
Thales Serra - Hope International (Calif.)
Kelvin Omondi - John Brown (Ark.)
Amine Meski - Keiser (Fla.)
Reece Weldon - Keiser (Fla.)
Alexandre Taiar - Oklahoma City
Alexander Simovic - Oklahoma Wesleyan
Blake Van Bruggen - Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
Matheus Guimaraes - Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
Jurren van der Gun - Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
Andrew Revanales - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Carlos Monterrey - Northwestern Ohio
Tim Kloster - Park (Mo.)
Benjamin Martinez& - Rio Grande (Ohio)
Eddie Cass - Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Pedro Ivo Dias$ - Southeastern (Fla.)
Michael Caccavo - Spring Arbor (Mich.)
OT Bah - Tennessee Wesleyan
Confidence Ogo - Texas College
Humphrey Mahowa$ - The Masters (Calif.)
Severin Abt - Thomas (Ga.)
Joao Costa - Truett McConnell (Ga.)
Juan Arellano^ - Vanguard (Calif.)
Ignacio Tellechea - WVU Tech (W.Va.)
Hunter Moles - WVU Tech (W.Va.)
Joaquin Cabello - William Carey (Miss.)
Grant Adam - William Carey (Miss.)
Rodrigo Alves - William Woods (Mo.)

* denotes NAIA Player of the Year
& denotes 1st team selection in 2015
^denotes 2nd team selection in 2015
$ denotes honorable mention selection in 2015
@ denotes 3rd team selection in 2015