WVIAC Tournament champion Alderson-Broaddus claimed two of the top three honors for the 2008 league men's soccer season. Battler head coach Dan Kelly was honored by his peers as Coach of the Year, while rookie midfielder Chris Doran was named the Freshman of the Year. West Virginia Wesleyan's Anthony Peters grabbed Player of the Year honors after leading the 'Cats to the conference regular season title.
Doran ranked third on the squad at Alderson-Broaddus with four goals and a pair of assists. The Rotherham, England freshman played a large role in a Battler squad that improved throughout the season and ended with an 11-9-1 record and a WVIAC Tournament title.
Kelly rallied his A-B squad from a five-match midseason losing skid to a second place WVIAC regular season finish. The Battlers recorded matching 2-1 victories over archrivals Davis & Elkins and West Virginia Wesleyan to claim the WVIAC Tournament title.
West Virginia Wesleyan led the way with five first team selections on the All-WVIAC squad. Davis & Elkins had three picks, while Alderson-Broaddus and Wheeling Jesuit had two each.
The complete 2008 All-WVIAC men's soccer squad follows:
First Team:
GK-George Rowley (WV Wesleyan, Sr., New Orleans, LA)
D-Scott Currie (Alderson-Broaddus, Fr., Glasgow, Scotland)
D-Aaron Edings (Davis & Elkins, Sr., Odenton, MD)
D-Gary Newson (Wheeling Jesuit, Soph., London, England)
D-Dylan Boyd (WV Wesleyan, Sr., Rochester, MN)
D-Abe Levin-Nielsen (WV Wesleyan, Jr., Vienna, WV)
M-Chris Doran (Alderson-Broaddus, Fr., Rotherham, England)
M-Parker Kwafo (Davis & Elkins, Jr., Accra, Ghana)
M-Jeffers Frazier (Shepherd, Jr., Prince Frederick, MD)
M-T.J. O'Brien (Wheeling Jesuit, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA)
M-Anthony Peters (WV Wesleyan, Sr., Baton Rouge, LA)
F-Matt Fannon (Davis & Elkins, Sr. York, England)
F-Alan Porter (Ohio Valley, Jr., Marietta, OH)
F-Jason Swope (Pitt Johnstown, Sr., Indiana, PA)
F-Brett Fackenthal (WV Wesleyan, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA)
F-Dion Peters (Charleston, Fr., Trinidad City, Trinidad & Tobago)
Second Team:
GK-Tim O'Toole (Davis & Elkins, Jr., Arlington, VA)
GK-Craig Neff (Pitt Johnstown, Jr., Elizabethtown, PA)
GK-Elliot Smith (Wheeling Jesuit, Soph., Charleston, WV)
D-Shinya Turley (Alderson-Broaddus, Sr., Okinawa, Japan)
D-Roberto Jofra (Ohio Valley, Soph., Miami, FL)
D-Jon Gibson (Seton Hill, Soph., Canton, MI)
D-James Kpainay (Davis & Elkins, Jr., Silver Spring, MD)
M-Mike Wilson (Alderson-Broaddus, Jr., London, England)
M-Mark Wood (Davis & Elkins, Sr., Baltimore, MD)
M-Mike Pistentis (Seton Hill, Jr., Greensburg, PA)
M-Garrett Fishaw (Seton Hill, Jr., Canton, MI)
F-Darko Karamatic (Charleston, Fr., Zvecan, Serbia)
F-Nick Pecarski (Ohio Valley, Soph., Windsor, ONT)
F-Mike Oliver (Seton Hill, Jr., Wellsburg, WV)
F-Nik Balzer (Wheeling Jesuit, Soph., Pittsburgh, PA)
F-Ryan Burr (Alderson-Broaddus, Sr., Coshocton, OH)
Honorable Mention:
GK-Spencer Widlicka (Ohio Valley, Fr., Salem, OH)
D-Zach Marshall (Alderson-Broaddus, Sr., Lima, OH)
D-Brett Keatley (Davis & Elkins, Jr., Lexington, SC)
D-Jordan Valentine (Ohio Valley, Fr., Preston, England)
D-Jeff Sandusky (Shepherd, Jr., Brookville, MD)
D-Predrag Ivanovic (Charleston, Fr., Smederevska Palanka, Serbia)
M-Sam Habib (Ohio Valley, Sr., Akkar, Lebanon)
M-Vince Spillane (Pitt Johnstown, Sr., Pittsburgh, PA)
M-Tony Safran (Seton Hill, Jr., Irwin, PA)
M-Justin Clark (Wheeling Jesuit, Sr., Wheeling, WV)
M-Greg Wilmoth (WV Wesleyan, Jr., Fairmont, WV)
M-Ignacio Vial (WV Wesleyan, Sr., Plano, TX)
M-Kevin Lake (Alderson-Broaddus, Soph., St. Catherine's ONT)
F-Doug Schmitt (Seton Hill, Soph., Harleysville, PA)
F-Varney Vincent (Concord, Soph., Liberia)
F-Berkley Miller (Concord, Soph., Lewisburg, WV)
Freshman of the Year: Chris Doran (Alderson-Broaddus)
Player of the Year: Anthony Peters (WV Wesleyan)
Coach of the Year: Dan Kelly (Alderson-Broaddus)