2023 NAIA Men's Soccer All-Americans and Player of the Year Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2023 NAIA Men's Soccer All-America teams on Monday, after the competition of the National Championship in Wichita, Kan.
Stefan Cvetanovic of Oklahoma Wesleyan has been selected as the 2023 NAIA Men's Soccer Player of the Year. This season, the senior forward from Belgrade, Serbia scored 39 goals and added four assists for a total of 84 points. Nationally, he is first in goals (39), points (84), shots (119) and penalty kicks (8-8) and second in game winning goals (7). During his final campaign, Cvetanovic became the NAIA all-time leading scorer with 141 besting the previous mark of 136 set by Hjoter Hjartarsson from former NAIA member Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) from 2003-06.
The NAIA All-America committee consists of the NAIA-Men's Soccer Coaches Association Executive Committee, the National Championship Games Committee and four men's soccer coaches. Each of the All-America teams is comprised of a goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfielders, three forwards, and one at-large position.
Bethel (Ind.) and Missouri Valley are tied for the most honorees with four each followed by Mobile (Ala.), Oklahoma Wesleyan, and William Carey (Miss.) with three.
The 2023 Select Sport America-NAIA Men's Soccer National Coach of the Year will be announced later this spring at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Anaheim, California and then released on NAIA.org.
2023 NAIA Men's Soccer All-America Teams (Alphabetical order by institution)
FIRST TEAM
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Guilherme Franca* | Dalton State (Ga.) | DEF | Gr. | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Jack Price | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | FWD | Sr. | London, England |
| Jony Munoz | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | MID | Sr. | Olathe, Kan. |
| Inaki Moreno | Milligan (Tenn.) | FWD | Gr. | Tarragona, Spain |
| Kazuki Hashimoto | Missouri Valley | DEF | Sr. | Yokohama, Japan |
| Sam Green* | Missouri Valley | FWD | Jr. | Bromley, England |
| Ty Turner | Mobile (Ala.) | GK | Sr. | Daphne, Ala. |
| Kirill Pakhomov | Oklahoma Wesleyan | DEF | Fr. | Moscow, Russia |
| Pol Mur | Oklahoma Wesleyan | MID | Sr. | Barcelona, Spain |
| Stefan Cvetanovic* | Oklahoma Wesleyan | FWD | Sr. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Guido Cacciabue | St. Thomas (Fla.) | MID | Sr. | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
SECOND TEAM
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Andres Latorre | Bethel (Ind.) | MID | Jr. | Lima, Peru |
| Piero Sabroso | Bethel (Ind.) | FWD | Jr. | Lima, Peru |
| Diogo Lopes | Grace (Ind.) | DEF | Jr. | Porto, Portugal |
| Martim Sequeira# | Grace (Ind.) | FWD | Sr. | Porto, Portugal |
| Kareem Williams | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | DEF | Sr. | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Rick Hovinga | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | FWD | Jr. | Groningen, Netherlands |
| Tate Richards | Missouri Valley | MID | Jr. | London, England |
| Henrique Luro Mendes | Mobile (Ala.) | DEF | So. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Zacharia Hasler | Mobile (Ala.) | MID | Sr. | Vasteras, Sweden |
| Franco Acerbi | St. Thomas (Fla.) | GK | Gr. | Cordoba, Argentina |
| Caoimhin McConnell | William Carey (Miss.) | MID | Jr. | Antrim, Northern Ireland |
THIRD TEAM
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Ricardo Rittersberger | Aquinas (Mich.) | FWD | Jr. | Weinheim, Germany |
| Gyorgy Kamaras | Baker (Kan.) | FWD | Jr | Mogyorod, Hungary |
| Fletcher Hedge | Bellevue (Neb.) | DEF | So. | Beccles, England |
| Andres Lucumi | Bethel (Ind.) | DEF | Jr. | Cali, Colombia |
| Tim Noeding* | Bethel (Ind.) | MID | Sr. | Bad Hersfeld, Germany |
| Jack Stainrod | Dalton State (Ga.) | FWD | So. | Barnsley, England |
| Ricardo Delwing | Florida National (Fla.) | DEF | So | Estrela, Brazil |
| Lucca Motta | Indiana Tech | MID | Sr. | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Oscar Carballo | John Brown (Ark.) | MID | Sr. | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Sebastian Tregarthen | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | MID | Fr | Dolores, Uruguay |
| Jake Strachan | LSU Shreveport (La.) | DEF | Sr. | Carnoustie, Scotland |
| Jo Krumsvik | Menlo (Calif.) | GK | Jr. | Bergen, Norway |
| Yoshiki Igarashi | Missouri Valley | MID | Jr. | Tokyo, Japan |
| Tim Kaltenberger | Northwestern (Iowa) | MID | Sr. | Cologne, Germany |
| Nick Kilian | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | DEF | Sr. | Stahnsdorf, Germany |
| Bence Molnar | Ottawa (Kan.) | FWD | Jr. | Budapest, Hungary |
| Benjamin Cam Orellana | Rio Grande (Ohio) | FWD | Sr. | Santiago, Chile |
| Ryan Holmes | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | FWD | Fr. | Milton Keynes, England |
| Adrian Villegas | Southern Oregon | FWD | Sr. | Hood River, Ore. |
| John Adekunle | Westcliff (Calif.) | FWD | Sr. | Berlin, Germany |
| Jair Arita | William Carey (Miss.) | DEF | Sr. | Puerto Cortes, Honduras |
| Jamie Wynne | William Carey (Miss.) | FWD | So. | Dublin, Ireland |
| Sean Bohan | William Penn (Iowa) | GK | Jr. | Dublin, Ireland |
| Edan Sears | William Penn (Iowa) | DEF | Jr. | Telford, England |
| Hugo Gil | Williams Baptist (Ark.) | MID | Sr. | Madrid, Spain |
Previous All-American Key
* 2022 1st team
# 2022 3rd team
