AUGUSTA, Ga. – Clayton State men's soccer earned a pair of repeat award winners with the announcement of the 2018 All-Peach Belt Conference Teams on Thursday, November 1.
 
Headlining that group was senior defender Kwaku Dwamena (Lorton, Va.) and sophomore midfielder Mitro Turunen (Vantaa, Finland), both of whom were named to the Second-Team. For Dwamena it is his second All-PBC honor in as many years following a First-Team selection a year ago while Turunen finds his way back among the honorees after being the 2017 Co-Freshman of the Year.
 
Both clearly earned their spots on the team this year as they were among the team leaders. Dwamena currently sits with a team leading 15 points and five assists and is tied for the club lead with five scores. He has started all 16 games and his 1,387 minute played rank third on the team.
 
He delivered his best game of the year with a pair of goals and career-best three assists against Shorter (9/6) and added a goal and assist in a 3-2 win over Georgia Southwestern (9/22). Dwamena would follow that with a goal against North Georgia (9/29), an assist at Erskine (10/3) and a solo score against Emmanuel (10/17).
 
Turunen has been an anchor in the Lakers midfield, starting all 16 games and logging a team-high 1,419 minutes. In that time he has produced three goals and three assists, including the game-winning goal in a 1-0 decision at USC Aiken (10/27) that put Clayton State into the PBC Tournament.
 
The versatile second year player also notched a career-high two assists vs. Shorter (9/6) and had goals at North Greenville (9/18) and North Georgia (9/29) as well as an assist in a narrow 3-2 decision over Georgia Southwestern (9/22).
 
Additionally, twice this season he played the full 110 in a pair of ties, the latter of those being the 0-0 quarterfinal deadlock at UNG (10/30) that put the Lakers into the semifinals of the PBC Tournament.
 
With their pair of honorees, the Lakers all-time All-PBC selection total grows to an impressive 57 honorees. Those selections also extend a stretch of 19 straight years, dating back to 2000, that Clayton State has had at least one player selected to the All-Peach Belt Conference Team. It is also the 17^th time that the club has had multiple selections in a season.
 
Clayton State is back in action tomorrow, Friday, November 2, as they face off against Lander in the league's semifinals at 2 p.m. The game is a rematch of last year's semifinal round as well as the match up from three games ago.
 
2018 Peach Belt Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
FIRST-TEAM
Forwards
Seba Andreassen, Young Harris
Thibault Chretien, Lander
Carlos Gomez, Young Harris
Mikie Rowe, Young Harris
 
Midfielders
Jonas Dovland, Francis Marion
Val Feeny, Young Harris
Macauley King, Young Harris
Adam Farrell, North Georgia
 
Defenders
Kevin Coiffic, Young Harris
Dani Fischer, Young Harris
Jordan Skelton, Lander
 
Goalkeeper
Alex Iglesias, Young Harris
 
SECOND-TEAM
Forwards
Kwaku  Dwamena, Clayton State
Alex Grant, North Georgia
Jordan Misiri, USC Aiken
Eren Ozer, North Georgia
 
Midfielders
Sam Coombes, Flagler
Oliver Brock, Lander
Sam Pollard, Francis Marion
James Thomas, Young Harris
Mitro  Turunen, Clayton State
 
Defenders
Richard Bryan, Lander
Kyle Ferguson, Lander
Julian Kersting, Francis Marion
 
Goalkeeper
Matt Sharman, North Georgia
Jacob Withers, Lander
 
Select Sport Gold Ball Award (Most Goals Scored)
Mikie Rowe, Young Harris
 
Freshmen of the Year
Alex Gschwend, Young Harris
 
Player of the Year
Mikie Rowe, Young Harris
 
Coach of the Year
Mark McKeever, Young Harris
 
 
Clayton State Men's Soccer All-Peach Belt Conference History (57 Overall)
2018 (2)
Kwaku Dwamena (Second-Team)
Mitro Turunen (Second-Team)
 
2017 (3)
Kwaku Dwamena (First-Team)
Dean Foster (First-Team)
Jordan Knight (Second-Team)
 
2016 (2)
Ryan King (Second-Team)
Iain Smith (Second-Team)
 
2015 (3)
Avery Shepard (First-Team)
Aleksi Tuominen (First-Team)
Jonny Evans (Second-Team)
 
2014 (3)
Jonny Evans (First-Team)
Avery Shepard (First-Team)
Nick Hague (Second-Team)
 
2013 (1)
Alhagi Toure (First-Team)
 
2012 (1)
Ado Junuzovic (First-Team)
 
2011 (3)
Matty Phillips (First-Team)
Janny Rivera (First -Team)
Chris Klute (First -Team)
 
2010 (3)
*Ryan Pugh (First-Team)
Matty Phillips (First-Team)
Igor Lukic (First-Team)
 
2009 (4)
*Kyle Timm (First-Team)
Liam Brown (First-Team)
David Cristofoli (First-Team)
Leighton Fredericks (Second-Team)
 
2008 (5)
Johnny Lara (First-Team)
Leighton Fredericks (Second-Team)
Matty Phillips (Second-Team)
Patrick Ahern (Second-Team)
Kyle Timm (Second-Team)
 
2007 (4)
Marijan Babic
Jamal Geathers
Hailab Habtom
*Tonny Madegwa
 
2006 (4)
Kevin Crooks
Hailab Habtom
Johnny Lara
Andre Rall
 
2005 (5)
Kevin Crooks
Alex Dowling
Johnny Lara
Heath Padgett
Juan Trujillo
 
2004 (3)
Alex Dowling
Heath Padgett
Juan Trujillo
 
2003 (2)
David Dowling
Andre Rall
 
2002 (3)
Warren van der Westhuizen
Zuca Palladino
David Dowling
 
2001 (3)
*Marco Capazario
Barry Casebeer
Warren van der Westhuizen
 
2000 (3)
Josh Grenier
Barry Casebeer
Warren van der Westhuizen
*PBC Player of the Year