LANCASTER, Pa. – Senior Jeremy Sallade was named Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Year and first-year Maxim Temple earned Rookie of the Year honors as the Dickinson men's soccer team placed six players on the All-Centennial Conference Team, as announced by the league office on Wednesday morning. Sallade and Temple both earned First Team recognition, while junior Nicolas Fonseca landed on the Second Team. Juniors Timi Omoniwa and Gavin Marr joined sophomore Charlie Roy on the Honorable Mention list.
FIrst Team and Special Awards
Defensive Player of the Year
Sallade, a native of Princeton, New Jersey, earned his second career All-Centennial honor after receiving Honorable Mention a season ago. The senior helped anchor a Dickinson backline that posted three shutouts in conference play, blanking Washington College, Gettysburg and Swarthmore as the Red and White went 6-1-2 in league action and earned the No. 2 seed in the Centennial Conference Tournament. Sallade also led the Devils with four assists, setting up two goals in a 5-3 win at Alvernia on September 12 and assisting on Fonseca's game-winner against Ursinus in the conference opener. He delivered a winner of his own at Haverford on October 10, finishing a pass from Nicholas Dwamena in the 87th minute to cap a three-goal second half and lift Dickinson to a 3-2 victory after trailing 2-0 at halftime.
Rookie of the Year
Temple, out of Burlingame, California, led the Red and White with five goals and 13 points while adding three assists in his first season in Carlisle. The first-year forward made an immediate impact by setting up Roy for the lone goal in a 1-0 season-opening win over Marymount on September 1. He scored his first collegiate goal at Messiah on September 9 and followed it with a brace three days later in a 5-3 win at Alvernia. Temple also had a hand in each of Dickinson's first two goals in a 3-0 conference win over Swarthmore on October 17, opening the scoring less than two minutes into the match before assisting on Connor Harrington's goal. He added a goal in the regular-season finale against Muhlenberg as the Devils secured the second seed in the conference tournament.
Second Team
Fonseca, a native of Mexico City, Mexico, earned Second Team recognition for his work on the Dickinson backline. The junior scored the deciding goal in a 2-1 win over Ursinus on September 19, converting a feed from Sallade to give the Red and White a victory in their Centennial Conference opener. He also helped the Devils hold Gettysburg and Swarthmore scoreless in home conference wins.
Honorable Mention
Marr, out of Reading, Pennsylvania, received Honorable Mention after handling the bulk of the minutes between the sticks for the Red and White. The junior entered the conference tournament with 44 saves and had been part of four shutouts. His regular-season high of six saves came at Messiah on September 9.
Omoniwa, out of Houston, Texas, finished second on the team with nine points on four goals and one assist. The junior scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Gettysburg on September 30 and converted the equalizing penalty kick in Dickinson's 3-2 comeback win at Haverford. He also found the back of the net against Ursinus and picked up an assist at Messiah.
Roy, a native of Crownsville, Maryland, earned Honorable Mention after establishing himself as a regular in the Dickinson midfield. The sophomore provided the difference in the season opener, turning Temple's assist into the only goal of a 1-0 win over Marymount.
The Red Devils finished the season 9-8-2 overall and 6-1-2 in Centennial Conference play, advancing to the conference semifinals as the No. 2 seed.
