By: Brendon Reese
WESTERVILLE, Ohio – Mount Union's men's soccer had six players named to All-Ohio Athletic Conference teams and had three special award winners.
Senior
Dom Kustura (Willowick / Eastlake North) was named the Midfielder-of-the-Year, senior
Alex Depperschmidt (Lexington) was named the Forward-of-the-Year and freshman
Cameron Smith (Tipp City / Tippecanoe) was named the Freshman-of-the-Year. Juniors
Keegan White (Columbus / Olentangy) and
Amir Spratt (Kent / Kent Roosevelt), along with Depperschmidt and Kustura were named First Team. Senior
Tyler Harsch (Aliquippa, Pa. / Central Valley) and freshman
Drew Krupitzer (Avon Lake) were both named Third Team.
Kustura becomes the fifth player in program history to be named Midfielder-of-the-Year, he played and started in all 19 games for the Purple Raiders this season and has scored 10 goals and recorded 10 assists on the season, both of which led the team and the conference.
Depperschmidt becomes the third player in program history to be named Forward-of-the-Year, he played and started in 14 games this season for Mount Union, scoring nine goals, which is tied for second on the team and in the conference and recording two assists.
Smith becomes the first player in program history to be named the Freshman-of-the-Year, he played and started in 17 games this season for the Raiders, scoring five goals and recording three assists.
White played and started in all 19 games for Mount Union this season, he scored three goals and recorded an assist on the season.
Spratt played and started in 17 games this season for the Raiders. He scored nine goals, which ranked tied for second on the team and in the conference and recorded five assists which ranks second on the team and sixth in the conference.
Harsch played and started in all 19 games for Mount Union this season, scoring eight goals, which ranks fourth on the team and is tied for sixth in the conference. He also recorded three assists this season for Mount Union.
Krupitzer played and started in all 19 games for the Raiders this season, scoring one goal and one assist this season and was also a key member of the Mount Union defense this season.