Georgia Gwinnett College’s Ousmane Fall Captures 2025 CAC Men’s Soccer Player of the Year Honor

Georgia Gwinnett College freshman Ousmane Fall has earned honors as the Continental Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year and shared Newcomer of the Year for the 2025 season.

The postseason honors, selected by voting of league coaches, were announced before the start of this year's postseason championship tournament, starting on Friday, November 7, and continuing until Tuesday, November 11, at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

GGC freshman Victor Darub earned the Goalkeeper of the Year award while the Grizzlies' Steve DeCou was named the Coach of the Year.

Florida National University junior David Luque shared the Newcomer of the Year award to round out the honorees.

Fall was named the league's offensive player of the week three times after pacing Georgia Gwinnett College with 14 goals and 31 points during the regular season. The forward found the back of the net in matches against nationally ranked Lindsey Wilson University (Kentucky) and University of the Cumberlands (Kentucky). Fall tallied a hat trick against Talladega College (Alabama) late this fall.

Darub had six shutouts and posted a 1.04 goals against average while starting all 15 matches. He made 42 saves and recorded 10 victories this fall.

DeCou guided the Grizzlies to a 10-2-3 record, a No. 12 national ranking and top seeding in the 2025 CAC championship tournament.

Luque scored nine goals and contributed nine assists to tally 27 points. He accounted for three match-winning goals. Luque attempted 43 shots and started 12 matches for the Conquistadors.

Below are the all-conference teams by position, sorted alphabetically by school:

2025 Continental Athletic Conference Men's Soccer All-Conference Team

Player of the Year: Ousmane Fall, Georgia Gwinnett College

Goalkeeper of the Year: Victor Darub, Georgia Gwinnett College

Newcomer of the Year: Ousmane Fall, Georgia Gwinnett College

Newcomer of the Year: David Luque, Florida National University

Coach of the Year: Steve DeCou, Georgia Gwinnett College

First Team

Goalkeeper – Victor Darub, Georgia Gwinnett College

Defender – Buster Honeywood, Bellevue University

Defender – Lewis Jacklin, Carolina University

Defender – Christian Hernandez, Florida National University

Defender – Amadou Diop, Georgia Gwinnett College

Midfielder – Juan Lagares, Bellevue University

Midfielder – Leo Hackett, Florida College

Midfielder – Juan Pugin, Florida National University

Midfielder – Luka Colic, Georgia Gwinnett College

Forward – Adam Sherwood, Bellevue University

Forward – David Luque, Florida National University

Forward – Alejandro Contrera, Georgia Gwinnett College

Forward – Ousmane Fall, Georgia Gwinnett College

Second Team

Goalkeeper – Kaden Simpson, Bellevue University

Defender – Benjamin Brake, Florida College

Defender – Agustin Morales, Florida National University

Defender – Pedro Alejandro, Georgia Gwinnett College

Defender – Josefa Simao, Georgia Gwinnett College

Midfielder – Okan Erkocu, Bellevue University

Midfielder – Fabio Zandona, Florida National University

Midfielder – Kevin Diaz, Georgia Gwinnett College

Midfielder – Djordje Djurasinovic, Georgia Gwinnett College

Forward – Jeremiah Hteh, Bellevue University

Forward – Will McCamley, Carolina University

Forward – Leonardo Di Biase, Fisher College

Forward – Filipe Ribeiro, Florida National University

Forward – Yura Yamazaki, Hesston College

Champion of Character Honorees

Jona Fischer, Bellevue University

Alex Tweddle, Carolina University

Yao Bleoussi, Florida College

Juan Pugin, Florida National University

Pedro Alejandro, Georgia Gwinnett College

Saul Pineda, Hesston College