Awards Presented for Men’s Soccer Return Season

The Ohio Community College Athletics Conference sponsored men’s soccer for the first time since 2016 with Cuyahoga and Owens sharing the 2024 title. The co-champions combined to fill nine of the 12 All-OCCAC First Team slots. Lakeland’s Omar Inga arose as the OCCAC Player of the Year.

Members of the Express soccer program were recipients of annual awards as well — OCCAC Goalkeeper of the Year Kyan Martin and OCCAC Coach of the Year Nate Baer.

Player of the Year — Omar Inga (Lakeland)
Goalkeeper of the Year — Kyan Martin (Owens)
Coach of the Year — Nate Baer (Owens)

ALL-OCCAC FIRST TEAM
Sheldon Battiste (Cuyahoga)
Connor Hauger (Terra State)
Omar Inga (Lakeland)
Love Kapepula (Owens)
Brandon Lingo (Owens)
Kyan Martin (Owens)
Baraka Mwakilasa (Cuyahoga)
Ahmad Nawshad (Cuyahoga)
Bryan Perez (Lakeland)
Jaali Peterson (Owens)
Aleksander Trmcic (Cuyahoga)
Ethan Wilson (Owens)