GREENVILLE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas has released its 2024 men's soccer all-conference honors as chosen by the league's head coaches.

Junior Smith of Chowan University was selected Offensive Player of the Year while Gabriel Verona of Converse University garnered Defensive Player of the Year honors. Chowan's Robbie Deighan was tabbed Freshman of the Year while Converse head coach Rob Miller was selected Coach of the Year.

Smith led Conference Carolinas with 13 goals as he is the individual to score at least 10 goals in the regular season. He added three assists to lead the league with 29 points. His three game-winning goals ranked second in Conference Carolinas. The senior was selected Conference Carolinas Offensive Player of the Week on October 22 after scoring a pair of goals along with an assist. He tallied all three goals in a 3-3 draw at the University Mount Olive and later scored two goals and added an assist in a 3-2 win at Francis Marion University. Heading into the conference tournament, he has scored at least one goal in each of the last six matches.

Verona was twice tabbed Conference Carolinas Defensive Player of the Week for anchoring the Converse back line. The senior defender started all 17 matches for the Valkyries, logging a team-high 1409 minutes. He posted an assist in a 1-1 draw with King University and later tallied a goal in a 1-1 draw with Lees-McRae College.

In his first season on campus, Deighan posted two goals and three assists. He was selected Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Month in the month of October. He tallied the game-winning goal against Barton College and later added another goal at Barton. All three of his assists came in Hawk wins as well, including a 3-2 win over Francis Marion.     

Miller garners Coach of the Year honors for the second time, the last coming in 2022. He guided the Valkyries to a Northwest Division title with a 3-0-5 mark in division play and the second seed in the Conference Carolinas Men's Soccer Championship as Converse went 6-0-6 in league plan and 9-1-7 overall. The division crown is the second straight for Converse and third straight title as the Valkyries capture the 2022 regular season and tournament crowns.

2024 Conference Carolinas Men's Soccer All-Conference

Offensive Player of the Year
Junior Smith, Chowan

Defensive Player of the Year
Gabriel Verona, Converse

Freshman of the Year
Robbie Deighan, Chowan

Coach of the Year
Rob Miller, Converse

First Team
Forward – Junior Smith, Chowan
Forward – Guilherme Fontes, Converse
Forward – Juan Salazar Lopez, Francis Marion
Midfielder – Mario Buelga, Francis Marion
Midfielder – Gabriel Slemer Lopes, Barton
Midfielder – Thomas Kleinpenning, Young Harris
Defender – Gabriel Verona, Converse
Defender – Harry Baker, Chowan
Defender – Ivar Na Aga, Young Harris
Defender – Gray Smith, Lees-McRae
Goalkeeper – Mateo Sanchez, Converse

Second Team
Forward – Hayden Gensler, Converse
Forward – Renan Macuglia, North Greenville
Forward – John Osadolor, Francis Marion
Forward – Harrison Watts, Lees-McRae
Midfielder – Sergio Llopart, Young Harris
Midfielder – Leho La Louarn, Young Harris
Midfielder – Feren Nunez, Southern Wesleyan
Defender – Sacha De Corte, Young Harris
Defender – Bjorn Jonasson, Young Harris
Defender – Ian Pitstick, Belmont Abbey
Goalkeeper – Ricardo Marques, North Greenville

Third Team
Forward – Guilherme Semola, Mount Olive
Forward – Matt Fitzer, Emmanuel
Forward – Sam Jordan, Belmont Abbey
Midfielder – Vinicius Silva, North Greenville
Midfielder – Antonio Garda, Francis Marion
Midfielder – Bradley Binns, Chowan
Midfielder – Nicholas Gartung, Converse
Defender – Charlie Birch, Chowan
Defender – Matteo Galeotti, North Greenville
Defender – David Guevara, Francis Marion
Goalkeeper – Gauthier Lumale, King