Nov. 12, 2007

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Wake Forest led all schools with five honorees on this year's All-Conference teams as announced Monday. The No. 1 ranked Demon Deacons, which have topped the Soccer America Top 25 poll eight of the 11 weeks this season, picked up four first-team ACC selections.

All ACC men's soccer programs were represented on this year's All-ACC first-, second- and All-Freshman teams. In addition to Wake Forest placing multiple student-athletes to the all-league teams, Boston College, which captured the ACC regular season title and earned the top seed at the upcoming ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, had four first- and second-team picks.

Boston College, which earned two individual titles, and Duke earned two first-team selections apiece. Head coach Ed Kelly, who led the Eagles to a 7-1-0 ACC mark en route to collecting the league's regular season crown, was named the 2007 ACC Coach of the Year. In addition, Eagles' midfielder Alejandro Bedoya was tabbed the Offensive Player of the Year. The junior posted 74 shots, seven goals, including four game-winners for the Eagles, in 17 games on the 2007 season.

Maryland defender Omar Gonzalez was named the 2007 ACC Defensive Player of the Year as the sophomore from Dallas, Texas, has led the Terrapins to a 10-match unbeaten streak to conclude the regular season. The Terps are 7-0-3 during that stretch with four straight wins, three of them in ACC action.

Rookie midfielder Corben Bone captured Freshman of the Year honors for the Demon Deacons. Bone ranks fourth in the ACC in assists per game (0.50).

Duke leads all ACC schools in all-time All-Freshman honors as the Blue Devils have recorded ten All-Freshman selections. Duke, in addition to Boston College and Wake Forest, added two rookies to this year's list.

For complete coverage of the 2007 ACC Men's Soccer Championship, please visit TheACC.com and make sure to check out the 2007 ACC Men's Soccer Championship page. All games throughout the tournament are available online through ACCSelect.com, while the championship game will be nationally-televised on Fox Sports Net. The ACC men's soccer awards ceremony will be immediately following the title game.

2007 All-ACC First Team
Cody Arnoux	Forward	Wake Forest
Reuben Ayarna	Midfielder	Boston College
Alejandro Bedoya	Midfielder	Boston College
Sam Cronin	Midfielder	Wake Forest
Brian Edwards	Goalkeeper	Wake Forest
Mike Grella	Forward	Duke
Stephen King	Midfielder	Maryland
Patrick Nyarko	Forward	Virginia Tech
Pat Phelan	Defender	Wake Forest
Yannick Reyering	Forward	Virginia
Michael Videira	Midfielder	Duke
2007 All-ACC Second Team
Jeremy Barlow	Midfielder	Virginia
Chris Brown	Goalkeeper	Boston College
El Hadj Cisse	Forward	NC State
Robert Edmans	Forward	Virginia Tech
Omar Gonzalez	Defender	Maryland
Jeremy Hall	Midfielder	Maryland
Tim Jepson	Defender	Duke
Sherron Manswell	Forward	Boston College
Ben Nason	Midfielder	Virginia Tech
Andre Sherard	Defender	North Carolina
Marcus Tracy	Forward	Wake Forest
2007 All-ACC Freshmen Team
Corben Bone	Midfielder	Wake Forest
Shawn Chin	Forward	Boston College
Tyler Deric	Goalkeeper	North Carolina
Tommy Drake	Midfielder	Clemson
Cole Grossman	Midfielder	Duke
Christian Ibeagha	Defender	Duke
Tyler Lassiter	Defender	NC State
Ike Opara	Defender	Wake Forest
Karl Reddick	Midfielder	Boston College
James Shupp	Defender	Virginia Tech
Rodney Wallace	Defender	Maryland
2007 Offensive Player of the Year
Alejandro Bedoya	Midfielder	Boston College
2007 Defensive Player of the Year
Omar Gonzalez	Defender	Maryland
2007 Freshman of the Year
Corben Bone	Midfielder	Wake Forest
2007 Coach of the Year
Ed Kelly		Boston College