PC Men’s Soccer – Hutchinson Named Big South Offensive Player of the Year; Four PC Players Earn All-Big South Honors
November 6, 2024
Four members of the Presbyterian College Blue Hose men’s soccer team earned All-Big South accolades highlighted by senior forward Damorney Hutchinson capturing the Offensive Player of the Week award, as announced by the league office on Tuesday. Hutchinson and senior midfielder Carson Griffith were First Team All-Big South selections. Junior midfielder Steven Cordova was Second Team All-Big South. Freshman midfielder Morgan Dance was an Honorable Mention All-Big South selection and All-Freshman Team honoree. For the second consecutive season, Griffith was on the Big South All-Academic team.
Presbyterian’s four All-Big South selections have played an integral role on a Blue Hose explosive offensive attack which ranks 10th in the NCAA in points per game at 6.93 (32 goals, 33 assists, 97 points).
PROGRAM FIRSTS
Hutchinson became the first player in the program’s history named Big South Offensive Player of the Year. Griffith and Hutchinson join former Blue Hose Cesar Sancho (2019, 2021) as two-time First Team All-Big South selections. Griffith is one of three players in the program’s history to earn All-Big South accolades three times in their careers, Sancho (2019-21), and Luca Ziegler (2018-20) are the other two.
DAMORNEY HUTCHINSON
Earlier this season, Hutchinson set the program’s Division I era records for goals (11) in a season and a career (18). Hutchinson is sixth in the nation in goals per game at .85 while scoring a Big South leading 11 goals. Hutchinson has scored six goals against Big South competition. For his stellar play this season he was the TopDrawerSoccer.com’s National Player of the Week on September 17 and a two-time Big South Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16 and Oct. 7). Last season, Hutchinson garnered the Big South Newcomer of the Year award while being a First Team All-League selection.
CARSON GRIFFITH
Griffith anchors the Blue Hose midfield. He has scored four goals while dishing out three assists. In his career, Griffith is a two-time First Team All-Big South selection (2023, 2024), a Second Team All-League honoree (2022), a member of the 2022 Big South All-Tournament team, and a two-time Big South All-Academic team recipient (2023, 2024).
Griffith has a 3.55 GPA majoring in Business Management. He earned a spot on the Dean’s List three times, the President’s List once, and on the Big South Honor Roll twice.
STEVEN CORDOVA
Another major part of Presbyterian’s offensive attack, Cordova is third in the Big South with six assists with three of those assists coming in Big South Conference play. In Presbyterian’s 3-2 win at Coastal Carolina, he scored a goal and recorded an assist.
MORGAN DANCE
Dance is the 14th player in the program’s history to earn Big South All-Freshman honors. He has scored three goals all against Big South foes. On October 7, Dance was named Big South Freshman of the Week.
Big South Honors
First-Team All-Conference
F – Damorney Hutchinson, Sr., Presbyterian College
F – Elias Khodri, Jr., Gardner-Webb
F – Ethan Stevenson, Sr., Longwood
MF – Brendan Krueger, Jr., High Point
MF – Ross Johnstone, Sr., High Point
MF – Carson Griffith, R-Sr., Presbyterian College
MF – Aaron Asamoah, Jr., Longwood
D – Jefferson Amaya, Jr., High Point
D – Leo Andrade, Jr., Gardner-Webb
D – Max Fisher, Soph., Gardner-Webb
D – Mohammed Seidu, Sr., High Point
GK – Charlie Farrar, Sr., UNC Asheville
AL – Rodrigo Ferreria, MF, Sr., Winthrop
Second-Team All-Conference
F – Alfred Baafi, Soph., High Point
F – Frankie DeFrancesco, Fr., High Point
F – Lucas Mauro, Gr., Gardner-Webb
MF – Brendan Herb, Sr., UNC Asheville
MF – Steven Cordova, Jr., Presbyterian College
MF – Edvin Grolimund, Sr., UNC Asheville
MF – Giampaolo Nardi, Jr., Gardner-Webb
D – Breno Correia, Soph., Gardner-Webb
D – Myles Edmondson, Sr., UNC Asheville
D – Lukas Kamrath, R-Fr., High Point
D – Benian Yao, Sr., UNC Asheville
GK – Josh Caron, R-Soph., High Point
AL – Caio Hughes, MF, Sr., Gardner-Webb
Honorable Mention All-Conference
Emory Crichlow, D, Soph., Winthrop
Beau Yantz, D, Jr., High Point
Morgan Dance, MF, Fr., Presbyterian College
Carson Hickok, D, Sr., USC Upstate
Jan Maldonado, MF, Sr., Radford
All-Freshman Team
Frankie DeFrancesco, F, Fr., High Point
Lukas Kamrath, D, R-Fr., High Point
Morgan Dance, MF, Fr., Presbyterian College
Jesper Vikman, D, Fr., Gardner-Webb
Liam Duggan, MF, Fr., USC Upstate
Brando Bedolla, F, Fr., Longwood
Ryan Armijo, MF, Fr., Winthrop
All-Academic Team
Giampaolo Nardi, MF, Jr., Gardner-Webb
Josh Caron, GK, R-Soph., High Point
Max Hinke, GK, Jr., Longwood
Carson Griffith, MF, R-Sr., Presbyterian College
Alex Eydelman, GK, Sr., Radford
Heath Flathau, D/MF, Sr., UNC Asheville
Cooper Jennings, GK, R-Soph., USC Upstate
Diego Candia, D, Sr., Winthrop
Offensive Player of the Year
Damorney Hutchinson, Sr., F, Presbyterian College
Midfielder of the Year
Brendan Krueger, Jr., High Point
Defensive Player of the Year
Jefferson Amaya, Jr., High Point
Goalkeeper of the Year
Charlie Farrar, Sr., UNC Asheville
Freshman of the Year
Frankie DeFrancesco, F, High Point
Newcomer of the Year
Ross Johnstone, Sr., MF, High Point
Coach of the Year
Zach Haines, High Point
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Giampaolo Nardi, MF, Jr., Gardner-Webb
