NC State Men’s Soccer Lands 3 ACC Player of the Year Awards, 6 All-ACC Nods

The 2025 ACC Men’s Soccer Award and All-ACC Teams have been released, and NC State had a historic year.

Junior Donavan Phillip was named ACC Offensive Player of the Year, Sophomore Nikola Markovic was named Defensive Player of the Year and Senior Logan Erb was named Goalkeeper of the Year.  All three players became the first players in school history to win each award.

(The ACC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year Awards were started in 2004, and Goalkeeper of the Year was started in 2022).

Phillip is the first Wolfpack player to earn ACC Offensive Player of the Year honors since Kyle Campbell in 1994. A native of Castries, Saint Lucia, Phillip has scored an ACC-best 15 goals this season, which also is tied for second most among all Division I players. He has totaled 31 points in 17 matches this season and leads the conference in goals, points, shots (62) and shots on goal (33). Four of his goals were game winners.
                                                                                                             
Markovic is the first NC State player to notch Defensive Player of the Year honors since the award was established in 2004. He anchors the league’s top defense, as the Wolfpack have surrendered just 0.39 goals per game, fewest among league teams and second fewest nationally. NC State has conceded just seven goals, six fewer than any other ACC team this year. In 17 matches this season, the native of Gatineau, Quebec, also has chipped in a pair of goals and two assists.

Erb owns a league-low 0.41 goals against average as well as 10 shutouts this season for NC State, which has allowed just seven goals this season. The native of Houston, Texas, started all 18 games for the Wolfpack after transferring in from San Diego State and leads the conference in GAA, save percentage (.848), shutouts and shutouts per game (0.56).

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NC State landed 4 players on the 2025 All-ACC 1st Team, 1 on the 3rd Team and 1 on the All-Freshman Team. This marks only the 2nd time in school history the Wolfpack has placed 4 players on the All-ACC 1st Team, tying the record set back in 1984.

2025 ACC Men’s Soccer Season Honors
Offensive Player of the Year – Donavan Phillip, Jr., F, NC State
Defensive Player of the Year – Nikola Markovic, So., D, NC State
Midfielder of the Year – Ransford Gyan, So., Clemson
Goalkeeper of the Year – Logan Erb, Sr., NC State
Freshman of the Year – Nick Simmonds, F, Virginia
Coach of the Year – George Gelnovatch, Virginia

2025 All-ACC Team
First Team
Ransford Gyan, So., M, Clemson
Kenan Hot, Sr., M, Duke
Logan Erb, Sr., GK, NC State
Taig Healy, Sr, M, NC State
Nikola Markovic, So., D, NC State
Donavan Phillip, Jr., F, NC State
Arnau Vilamitjana, Gr., M, Pitt
Fletcher Bank, Sr., M, Stanford
Zach Bohane, Sr., M, Stanford
Nick Simmonds, Fr., F, Virginia
Cooper Flax, Sr., M, Wake Forest

Second Team
Wahabu Musah, So., F, Clemson
Nathan Richmond, Sr., M, Clemson
Kamran Acito, Sr., D, Duke
Ulfur Bjornsson, Jr., F, Duke
Dylan Kropp, Sr., D, North Carolina
Luca Nikolai, Jr., D, North Carolina
Stephan Soghomonian, So., F, SMU
Slade Starnes, Sr., D, SMU
Nick Dang, Sr., D, Virginia
Casper Mols, Gr., GK, Virginia
Umberto Pelà, Sr., M, Virginia

Third Team    
Luka Lukic, Gr., F, California
Kwaku Agyabeng, Fr., M, Clemson
Misei Yoshizawa, Sr., M, Clemson
Drew Kerr, Sr., M, Duke
Jack Sandmeyer, Gr., M, North Carolina
Calem Tommy, Sr., D, NC State
Wyatt Lewis, Jr., M, Notre Dame
Nolan Spicer, Jr., M, Notre Dame
Charles-Emile Brunet, So., M, SMU
Tomas Hut, Gr., GK, Syracuse
Sebastian Pop, Gr., D, Virginia

2025 All-Freshman Team
Andrej Borak, GK, Boston College
Kwaku Agyabeng, M, Clemson
Max Simpson, M, Duke
Immanuel Mathe, D, North Carolina
Riley Moloney, D, NC State
Joshua Partal, M, Stanford
Jack Pymm, M, Stanford
Landon Darko, M, Syracuse
Zach Ehrenpreis, M, Virginia
Nick Simmonds, F, Virginia
Dagur Traustason, F, Virginia Tech
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