WASHINGTON – Dayton, Duquesne, and Saint Louis swept the Atlantic 10 men’s soccer major awards, announced on Tuesday. The league’s 13 head coaches selected the six major awards, All-Conference Teams, All-Rookie Team, and All-Academic Team based on regular season performance.   
 
2026 Atlantic 10 Men’s Soccer Postseason Awards (PDF)
 
Dayton’s Cooper Lijewski was selected as the Offensive Player of the Year, while his teammates Braden Seel and Pablo Martinez earned the Midfielder of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards, respectively. Duquesne’s Sam Coss was named the Goalkeeper of the Year, as Dukes head coach Chase Brooks received the Coach of the Year honor. Saint Louis’ Luke Adams was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year.  
 
Cooper Lijewski fueled Dayton’s powerful offensive attack, leading the conference in goals (10) and points (27). The senior’s 27 points led the conference by a wide margin, in fact, with the next closest competitor tallying 15 points. Lijewski  earned Atlantic 10 Men’s Soccer Player of the Week honors on Oct. 26 after a dominant week, tallying four points in a 3-2 victory over Rhode Island before recording three points in a 3-1 win over George Washington. He led the A10 in shots on goal per game (1.29), ranked third in assists (7), and tied for the lead with three game-winning goals.
 
Luke Adams anchored Saint Louis’ terrific defense that allowed just 1.00 goals per game, ranking second in the A10. Coming to SLU from Tulsa where he received American Conference Defender of the Year honors, Adams helped the Billikens hold opponents to just 39 shots on goal this season (2.29 per game). Across the 2026 campaign thus far, Saint Louis has shut out six teams.
 
One of the strongest facilitators in the country, Braden Seel leads the A10 with 11 assists this season, averaging .647 assists per contest. The senior from Glen Carbon, Ill. assisted on all three goals in the Billikens’ 3-2 victory over Rhode Island on October 21. Seel also scored four goals, ranking second on the Flyers with 19 points during the 2026 campaign.
 
Sam Coss put together a spectacular year in net, helping Duquesne lead the A10 and rank eighth nationally with just 0.824 goals allowed per match. Coss ranked third in the conference and 34^th nationally with a .778 save percentage, while posting a league-best eight shutouts. Coss was selected as Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week on two occasions, making 49 saves so far this season.
 
Pablo Martinez excelled in his first year of collegiate soccer, providing a crucial boost to Dayton’s offense. The Seville, Spain product tallied five goals and five assists, tying for third in the A10 with 15 total points. Martinez scored the first two goals of a 3-2 victory over Butler, recording the first game-winning goal of his career against George Washington later in the season.

Chase Brooks has led Duquesne to a historic campaign in 2026, earning the program’s first outright A10 regular-season title since 2004 with a 6-2 record in conference action. The Dukes enter the A10 Tournament semifinals with a 10-5-2 overall record, winning six of their last seven matches against conference opponents. Duquesne logged 10 goals in a three-game span of consecutive victories against Davidson (3-0), St. Bonaventure (4-0), and VCU (3-0), marking the first time in nearly 25 years that the Dukes have achieved that feat against conference foes.
 
The postseason awards and all-conference teams were released ahead of the Atlantic 10 Men’s Soccer Tournament semifinals, taking place on Tuesday. Top-seed Duquesne hosts No. 6 seed Fordham at 1 p.m. ET, before No. 2 seed Saint Louis hosts No. 5 seed Davidson at 5 p.m. ET. Both games will air on ESPN+.
 
2026 Atlantic 10 Men’s Soccer Postseason Awards
 
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Cooper Lijewski (Hudson, Wis.) - Dayton
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Luke Adams (McKinney, Texas) – Saint Louis
 
MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR:
Braden Seel (Glen Carbon, Ill.) – Dayton
 
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR:
Sam Coss (Bowie, Md.) – Duquesne
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:
Pablo Martinez (Seville, Spain) - Dayton
 
COACH OF THE YEAR:
Chase Brooks, Duquesne
 
FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Forwards
Cooper Lijewski (Hudson, Wis.) - Dayton
Kyrese Lynch-Bailey (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) - La Salle
Tanner Anderson (Quincy, Ill.) - Saint Louis
 
Midfielders
Braden Seel (Glen Carbon, Ill.) - Dayton
Jameson Michel (Columbia, Md.) - Duquesne
James Eliuda (Juba, South Sudan) - George Mason
                 
Defenders
Brady McGlone (Columbus, Ohio) - Davidson
Mikkel Madsen (Kalundborg, Denmark) - Dayton
Blaize Hardy (Queen Creek, Ariz.) - Duquesne
Luke Adams (McKinney, Texas) – Saint Louis
 
Goalkeepers
Sam Coss (Bowie, Md.) – Duquesne
William Synnestvedt (Cohasset, Mass.) - Rhode Island
 
SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Forwards
Pablo Martinez (Seville, Spain) - Dayton
Cody Da (Rockville, Md.) - Duquesne
Sam Delgado (Vienna, Va.) - Fordham
Gabe Faust (Cherry Hill, N.J.) - La Salle
 
Midfielders
Miles Bonham (Upper Arlington, Ohio) - Dayton
Tiago Barriguinha (Alverca, Portugal) - Rhode Island
Andrew Heckenlaible (Ankeny, Iowa) - Saint Louis
 
Defenders
Ayman Maadir (Mooresville, N.C.) - Davidson
Lean Husterer (Frankfurt, Germany) - Rhode Island
Drake Fournier (Leander, Texas) - Saint Louis
 
Goalkeeper
Angel Hernandez (Madrid, Spain) - George Mason
 
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Bijan Champagne (St. Louis, Mo.) - Davidson
Pablo Martinez (Seville, Spain) - Dayton
Steel Bayer (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) - Duquesne
Marco Cantalapiedra (Biscayne, Fla.) - Fordham
Nico Linares (Madrid, Spain) - Fordham
Angel Hernandez (Madrid, Spain) - George Mason
Mateusz Drazek (Des Plaines, Ill.) - Loyola Chicago
Lean Husterer (Frankfurt, Germany) - Rhode Island
Alex Smith (Devon, Pa.) - Saint Joseph’s
Lucas McPartlin (Wildwood, Mo.) - Saint Louis
Kimarly Scott (Kingston, Jamaica) - VCU
 
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Ayman Maadir (Mooresville, N.C.) - Davidson
Cooper Lijewski (Hudson, Wis.) - Dayton
Jaxon Ervin (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - Duquesne
Blaize Hardy (Queen Creek, Ariz.) - Duquesne
Bruno Cellerino (Milan, Italy) - Fordham
Matias de Jesus (Towson, Md.) - George Mason
Jake Poole (San Clemente, Calif.) - George Washington
Gabe Faust (Cherry Hill, N.J.) - La Salle
Luka Ivancic (Chicago, Ill.) - Loyola Chicago
Arved von Vegesack (Stockholm, Sweden) - Loyola Chicago
Josh Seyer (St. Louis, Mo.) - St. Bonaventure