FORT MYERS, Fla. - For the third time in his career, FGCU's
Gustavo Vasconcelos (Recife, Brazil/Colegio GGE) was selected as the ASUN Goalkeeper of the Year to headline the league's individual honors announced Thursday afternoon. Vasconcelos was also selected to the All-ASUN First Team alongside teammates
Ethan Dudley (St. John's, Fla./Bartram Trail HS) and
O'Vonte Mullings (Toronto, Ontario/Northview Heights).
The third-seeded Eagles (4-7-1, 4-3-0 ASUN) will open up the ASUN Championships tournament tomorrow evening against Bellarmine in a quarterfinal match hosted at Central Arkansas.
Earlier in the day, Dudley was announced as earning a spot on the ASUN All-Academic Team for the second consecutive season.
Since introducing the Goalkeeper of the Year award in 2012, FGCU now has four selections to lead the ASUN among all schools with Vasconcelos having earned the distinction three times. Additionally, this marked the third time he has earned the All-ASUN First Team selection.
"Gustavo is a top player for us and has also evolved as a leader. He started this program as our fourth goalkeeper and has simply worked his way to the top of this team and conference," said head coach
Jesse Cormier. "His work ethic and hunger to learn are second to no one. I'm proud of what he has achieved in his time here with us at FGCU."
For his career, Vasconcelos has made 48 appearances with a 1.44 goals-against-average, a .739 save percentage, and nine shutouts. This season, he led all ASUN keepers in saves, while ranking second in GAA and save percentage. He made a season-high 11 saves against FIU and had seven saves in a shutout win over Jacksonville. Nationally, he ranked 13th in saves per game (5.0) and is 52nd in save percentage.
Mullings became the 12th player in ASUN history to be named to the league's first team four times and is just the fourth player from one of the current member institutions.
"O'Vonte has been doubled, tripled, and received a lot of physical punishment throughout this season, but despite all of it, he has scored in key moments or provided opportunities for others," said Cormier. "His versatility and explosive qualities make him a threat at any time for us and to be the second-leading scorer in the program history (through the COVID era) is an amazing accomplishment."
This season, he was one of the top goal scorers in the ASUN ranking sixth overall in goals (6) and led the league with three goals in conference play. His seven points in league games this year also led ASUN players, while his 13 points overall was the sixth most. Mullings scored the game-winning goal against Jacksonville where he had a pair in the match.
Mullings will leave FGCU as one of the top all-time goal scorers in program history with 27 for his career (2nd most). He also currently ranks second all-time at FGCU in points (61) in 56 career matches.
Along with being a four-time ASUN First-Team honoree, he was the 2020 ASUN Player of the Year. Mullings has also been a two-time all-region selection and was the 2018 ASUN Freshman of the Year.
Dudley earned his second straight first-team accolade after also being named the 2020 Defensive Player of the Year. This season, he helped the defense pitch four shutouts including three in league play. A mainstay on the field, he played seven matches with 90-or-more minutes including a season-high 110 against South Florida. He was also selected to the 2020 ASUN All-Tournament Team and a 2018 All-Freshman Team selection.
"Ethan has grown from being an excellent athlete and competitor who played sparingly early in his career, to a dominant footballer, who has taken over key games in the later stages of his career here," said Cormier. "His size, power, and tough mentality have been a staple for this program and we are proud of how he has developed over the past four years."
Overall in his career, Dudley has played in 2608 minutes helping the Eagles post 14 shutouts. For his career, the defender has a pair of goals and an assist to his credit.
Additionally, he has been one of the program's top academic performers as a two-time ASUN All-Academic selection and a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree along with President's List, Dean's List, and ASUN Honor Roll honors.
Player of the Year: Alberto Suarez, Central Arkansas
Defensive Player of the Year: Alberto Suarez, Central Arkansas & Noah Gulden, Lipscomb
Goalkeeper of the Year: Gustavo Vasconcelos, FGCU
Freshman of the Year: Nelson Pereira, Stetson
Coach of the Year: Frank Kohlenstein, Central Arkansas
ASUN All-Conference First Team
GK - Gustavo Vasconcelos, FGCU, Sr., Recife, Brazil
*D - Alberto Suarez, Central Arkansas, Sr., Zaragosa, Spain
D - Noah Gulden, Lipscomb, Sr., Drammen, Norway
D - Scott Gulden, Lipscomb, Sr., Drammen, Norway
D - Alvaro Gabancho, Stetson, So., Gijon, Spain
MF - Karim Diao, Central Arkansas, Jr., Bordeaux, France
MF - Ethan Dudley, FGCU, Sr., St. John's, Fla.
MF - Marko Mitrevski, Liberty, Jr., Rochester, N.Y.
*F - O'Vonte Mullings, FGCU, Sr., Toronto, Ontario
F - Tyrese Spicer, Lipscomb, So., Trincity, Trinidad and Tobago
F - Nelson Pereira, Stetson, Fr., Silveira, Portugal
ASUN All-Conference Second Team
GK - Zach Schawl, Central Arkansas, So., Scottsdale, Ariz
D - Nate Girao, Bellarmine, Sr., Oldham, Ky.
D - Louis Robinson, Lipscomb, Sr., Nottingham, U.K.
D - William Suaut, Stetson, Sr., Nice, France
MF - Vicent Abaso, Central Arkansas, Sr., Burriana, Spain
MF - Luca Naumann, Lipscomb, So., Berlin, Germany
MF - Seth Clark, Liberty, So., Darfield, New Zealand
MF - Gio Rodriguez, Stetson, So., Pompano Beach, Fla.
F - Juan Ballas, Bellarmine, Jr., Santiago, Chile
F - Noah Holmes, Liberty, So., Apex, N.C.
F - Hayes Wood, Lipscomb, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn.
ASUN All-Freshmen Team
*F - Nelson Pereira, Stetson, Silveira, Portugal
*F - Jonathan Randall, Central Arkansas, Arvada, Colo.
*F - Michael Catanzarite, Liberty, Syracuse, N.Y.
*MF - Carlo Cavalar, Lipscomb, Bonn, Germany
*F - Joaquin Acuna, North Florida, Naples, Fla.
*MF - Alessandro Gabbani, Stetson, Rome, Italy
D - Rikard Cederberg, Bellarmine, Gothenburg, Sweden
D - Kris Naicker, Central Arkansas, Auckland, New Zealand
GK - Blake Franzen, Liberty, Johannesburg, South Africa
F - Gora Gora, Liberty, Stillwater, Minn.
D - Steven Johnson-Fikula, Stetson, Nottingham, England
MF - Gabriel Toro, Stetson, Sanford, Fla.
* - denotes unanimous selection
** - ties in voting resulted in a 12-person All-Freshmen Team
2021 ASUN Men's Soccer All-Academic Team
Noah Gulden, Lipscomb# (4.00| Jr. | Drammen, Germany | Management)
Haziq Zed, Bellarmine (3.87 | Jr. | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Actuarial Science)
Pablo Azcona, Central Arkansas (3.90 | Sr. | Madrid, Spain | Business Administration)
Ethan Dudley, FGCU^ (3.85 | Sr. | St. John's, Fla. | Communication)
Reed Davis, Jacksonville^ (3.70 | Jr. | Fleming Island, Fla. | Finance)
Seth Clark, Liberty (3.65) | So. | Darfield, New Zealand | Psychology)
Noah Holmes, Liberty (3.96 | So. | Apex, N.C. | Business Administration)
Malik Smith, Liberty^ (4.00 | Sr. | Brampton, Ontario | Sports Management)
Scott Gulden, Lipscomb (3.90 | Sr. | Drammen, Norway | Management)
Louis Robinson, Lipscomb^ (3.90 | Sr. | Nottingham, England | Finance)
Oliver Bryneus, Stetson (3.92 | Jr. | Halmstad, Sweden | Finance)
^ - Denotes a two-time selection
# - Denotes a three-time selection
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HEAD COACH JESSE CORMIER
Jesse Cormier is in his fifth year as head coach of the FGCU men's soccer program in the fall of 2021 after being hired in January of 2017 to become just the 2nd head coach in program history. Cormier has guided FGCU to a 33-30-12 (.520) record overall, including an 19-9-4 mark (.656) in ASUN play. The Eagles have reached the ASUN Tournament semifinals for nine-straight seasons (every year of eligibility), as Cormier has coached 28 all-conference selections since his arrival (program-record 10 in 2017). Cormier was the head coach at his alma mater the University of Vermont for the previous 13 seasons. He won 14 games with the Catamounts in 2016 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round. During his time with Vermont, Cormier guided the program to the America East Tournament in 12 of 13 seasons, making five title game appearances, winning two tournament crowns, claiming a regular-season championship and advancing to three NCAA tournaments, including a pair of Second Round appearances. Cormier holds an overall 147-119-58 (.543) record as a head coach in his 16-plus seasons at the helm.
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FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 85 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 42 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 21, 2020-21), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2021) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 24 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, and 2021 Spring semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
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