NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Nov. 4, 2026) – Georgian Court's Gijs van Eif was named to the All-CACC First Team while Yanis Achouri and Noah-Maxim Kleiser earned Second Team honors, the league office announced on Wednesday night during their inaugural Postseason Awards Show.

van Eif earned First Team honors for the third straight season, becoming the first player in the 14-year history of the program to achieve the feat. Known for his prolific goal scoring, the Kortenhoef, Netherlands product added a new dimension to his game in 2026, handing out a career-high eight assists, including a program-record tying three in a win at Pitt-Johnstown. Overall, the senior has 10 goals, eight assists, and 28 points, ranking in the top-3 in all three categories in the conference. He has recorded three braces, which included five-point efforts against Roberts Wesleyan and Chestnut Hill.

Achouri, a Graduate student, has excelled in his role as a defensive midfielder, to earn his first career postseason award. In addition to handing out three assists, he ranks second on the team in minutes played (1,457) while helping the Lions record four shutouts.

Kleiser on the other hand took the league by storm in his debut season. The freshman has four goals and two assists while helping anchor a GCU back line that posted four shutouts. Two of his four goals are game-winners (Monroe and Caldwell).

Achouri and Kleiser are the 14^th and 15^th different Lion to be named All-CACC in program history. Kleiser is just the second freshman in the history of the program to be named All-Conference, joining Niklas Laenger in 2018. 

New this season is a Sportsmanship Team. This team is made up of one student-athlete from each school sponsoring the sport and is chosen by the coaching staff as the player who best personifies sportsmanship in their program. Senior Tim Wilk was selected by Head Coach Dino Raso and his staff.

A complete list of this year's award winners can be found below.

2026 CACC MEN'S SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kristians Prieditis (University of Bridgeport)

2026 CACC MEN'S SOCCER ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Loic Forsterling (University of Bridgeport)

2026 CACC MEN'S SOCCER DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Vittorio Bellesi (Felician University)

2026 CACC MEN'S SOCCER GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR
Mathias Kristoffersen (Felician University)

2026 ATHLETIC SOLUTIONS CACC MEN'S SOCCER COACH OF THE YEAR
Brandon Levine (Felician University)

2026 CACC MEN'S SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
GK - Mathias Kristoffersen (Felician University)
F - Dane Bodziak (Chestnut Hill College)
F - Samuel Macy (Wilmington University)
F - Cole McEvoy (Thomas Jefferson University)
F  - Kristians Prieditis (University of Bridgeport)
F - Gijs van Eif (Georgian Court University)
M - Eliass Elfasoukhi (Post University)
M - Miles Hood (Thomas Jefferson University)
M - Haruto Horii (Felician University) 
M - Akira Itadani (Wilmington University) 
M - Joao Miranda (University of Bridgeport)
M - Matthew Yi (Wilmington University)
D - Vittorio Bellesi (Felician University)
D - Mylan Le Baut (Wilmington University)
D - Ricardo Paniccia Giraldez (Holy Family University)
D - Isaak Simic (Wilmington University)
D - Pedro Vercosa (Post University)
 
2026 CACC MEN'S SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
GK - Nick Kormann (Wilmington University)
GK - Bruno Mestres (Holy Family University)
F - Sam Ball (Goldey-Beacom College)
F - Vaughn Clement (Wilmington University)
F - Loic Forsterling (University of Bridgeport)
F - Ever Maradiaga (Holy Family University)
F - Roy Torjman (Caldwell University)
M - Yanis Achouri (Georgian Court University)
M - Michel Bose (Felician University)
M - Lucca Saad (Holy Family University)
M - Emmanuel Sampson (Chestnut Hill College)
D - Stone Campbell (Thomas Jefferson University)
D - Andre Cunha (Felician University)
D - Samuel Dundas (University of Bridgeport)
D - Sam Harrison (Wilmington University)
D - Noah-Maxim Kleiser (Georgian Court University)
D - Marcos Sevilla (Felician University)

2026 CACC MEN'S SOCCER SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Aidan De Collibus (University of Bridgeport)
Bilel Mahamadou (Caldwell University)
Brady Adams (Chestnut Hill College)
Alexander Pichardo (Dominican University)
Mathias Kristoffersen (Felician University)
Tim Wilk (Georgian Court University)
Matt Porto (Goldey-Beacom College)
Jackson Kiss (Holy Family University)
Andy Petito (Post University)
Stone Campbell (Thomas Jefferson University)
Matthew Yi (Wilmington University)