IRVING, Texas – The American Conference has announced the winners of its 2025 men’s soccer honors, as chosen by the league coaches.
                                               
Regular season champions Charlotte and Florida Atlantic claimed five of the six major honors. Florida Atlantic graduate forward Mamadou Diarra was named Offensive Player of the Year, while the Owls’ staff earned Coaching Staff of the Year. Charlotte redshirt junior midfielder Ben Fisher was tabbed Midfielder of the Year, freshman defender Samuel Manufor was named Freshman of the Year, and senior goalkeeper Leo Stritter was voted Goalkeeper of the Year. South Florida redshirt junior Jahiem Wickham shared Goalkeeper of the Year honors, while Tulsa redshirt sophomore Luke Adams earned Defensive Player of the Year.
 
Diarra was selected as the American’s Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, becoming the fourth player in conference history to repeat (Matias Pyssalo, UCF, 2016–17; Cal Jennings, UCF, 2018–19; Alex Meinhard, Tulsa, 2020–21). Diarra tallied 16 points on the year with six goals and four assists.
 
Adams became the fourth Tulsa player to receive Defensive Player of the Year recognition, joining Mariano Fazio (2021, 2022) and Bradley Bourgeois (2015). He started all eight conference matches, anchoring a Golden Hurricane backline that recorded four clean sheets in league play.
 
Fisher is the first 49er to be named Midfielder of the Year. The redshirt junior started all 15 matches, scoring one goal and leading Charlotte with five assists.
 
Stritter becomes the first Charlotte player to earn Goalkeeper of the Year honors. The senior started all 15 matches, leading the conference in both save percentage (.789) and goals-against average (0.804) while recording seven shutouts.
 
Wickham is the second South Florida goalkeeper to claim the honor, joining Spasoje Stefanovic (2014, 2016). Wickham started all 16 matches for the Bulls, leading the conference with 54 total saves.
 
Manufor, the first 49er to win Freshman of the Year, started 14 of 15 matches and averaged 77.5 minutes per game. He helped anchor a Charlotte defense that recorded seven shutouts on the season.
 
Florida Atlantic head coach Joey Worthen and his staff were named Coaching Staff of the Year, the first such honor for Worthen. The Owls finished with a 5-1-2 conference record, earning a share of the American regular season title — their first regular season championship since 2007.
 
Missouri State received the Team Fair Play Award in its first season in the conference for recording the fewest fouls, yellow cards, and red cards.
 
Charlotte led all programs with five First Team All-Conference selections, followed by Florida Atlantic and South Florida with two apiece. Missouri State and Tulsa each placed one player on the first team.
 
UAB, Florida Atlantic, FIU, and South Florida each had two players named to the All-Freshman Team. Four selections were unanimous: Missouri State’s Harry Hogben, Memphis’ Miller Lashlee, South Florida’s Nicolas Pietrantonio, and Temple’s Luka Lukic.
 
Offensive Player of the Year
Mamadou Diarra, Gr., F, Florida Atlantic
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Luke Adams, R-So., D, Tulsa
 
Midfielder of the Year
Ben Fisher, R-Jr., M, Charlotte
 
Goalkeepers of the Year
Leo Stritter, Sr., GK, Charlotte
Jahiem Wickham, R-Jr., GK, South Florida
 
Freshman of the Year
Samuel Manufor, D, Charlotte
 
Coaching Staff of the Year
Florida Atlantic
Joey Worthen, Tom Harman, Brad Shore, Rob Tomlin
 
Team Fair Play Award
Missouri State Bears
 
First Team All-Conference
Ben Fisher, R-Jr., M, Charlotte
Denis Kriouchenkov, Sr., F, Charlotte
Samuel Manufor, Fr., D, Charlotte
Natsuki Ogata, Jr., M, Charlotte
Leo Stritter, Sr., GK, Charlotte
Fabrizio Cubeddu, Sr., D, Florida Atlantic
Mamadou Diarra, Gr., F, Florida Atlantic
Alex Matthews, Jr., M, Missouri State
Fabio Bozesan, Gr., F, South Florida
Pedro Faife, Jr., M, South Florida
Luke Adams, R-So., D, Tulsa
 
Second Team All-Conference
Humphrey Doh, Jr., F, UAB
Ole Jessen, So., D, UAB
Jemone Barclay, Sr., M, Charlotte
Oliver Moller-Jensen, Jr., M, Florida Atlantic
Aboubacar Traore, Sr., M, Florida Atlantic
Eduardo Mustre, 5^th, F, FIU
Owen Travis, Gr., D, FIU
Harry Jolley, Sr., D, Missouri State
Luciano Galizzi, 6^th, F, Memphis
Brandon Nyagurungo, Sr., F, South Florida
Jahiem Wickham, R-Jr., GK, South Florida
Jared Aguilar, R-So., M, Tulsa
 
All-Freshman Team
Frederik Danslet, D, UAB
Samuel Manufor, D, Charlotte
James Nyandjo, D, Charlotte
Elias Asikainen, M, Florida Atlantic
Johan Helan, F, FIU
Bruno Cellerino, D, Missouri State
Harry Hogben, D, Missouri State*
Miller Lashlee, F, Memphis*
Nicolas Pietrantonio, D, South Florida*
Luka Lukic, D, Temple*
Danny Stevens, D, Tulsa
 
*denotes unanimous selection