2017 Michigan Men's Soccer Awards and Honors
11/1/2017 11:36:00 AM | Men's Soccer
• Fall Academic All-Big Ten Selections Announced (12/6/2017)
• Three Wolverines Garner All-Midwest Region Recognition (12/4/2017)
• Cerda Repeats as CoSIDA Academic All-District Honoree (11/2/2017)
• Nine Wolverines Selected for Big Ten Conference Awards (11/3/2017)
Francis Atuahene, Daniel Mukuna (Nov. 1)
Big Ten Players of the Week -- Michigan juniors Francis Atuahene and Daniel Mukuna have been named Big Ten Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, for their performances in U-M's 2-0 week, highlighted by a 2-1 double-overtime win at No. 9 Maryland to secure the program's first Big Ten regular-season title.
Atuahene, who takes home the second Big Ten weekly honor of his career, scored the match-winning goal against both Detroit (Oct. 25) and Maryland (Oct. 29). Mukuna led the U-M defense to a clean sheet over the Titans and scored U-M's first goal against the Terrapins on a header off a corner kick in the seventh minute of action.
Big Ten Preseason Honors List (Aug. 16)
Michigan juniors Francis Atuahene and Marcello Borges as well as sophomore Jack Hallahan have been named to the 2017 Big Ten Preseason Honors List. Atuahene, who was a member of the preseason honors list a season ago as well, is a two-time All-Big Ten first team selection and the first player in U-M history to earn all-conference honors in their freshman and sophomore seasons. He posted a team-best eight goals last year and owns 18 goals in his Wolverine career, a number that sits eighth all-time in the U-M record books.
Borges, who also made last season's preseason honors list, has played in 29 matches as a left back and winger during his time as a Wolverine. He returns to U-M after taking the 2017 spring semester off due to U.S. National Team duty. A member of the preliminary U-20 World Cup roster, he suffered a minor knee injury and was unavailable for selection. Now healthy, he will look to lock down a spot along U-M's back line.
Hallahan, a 2016 All-Big Ten Freshman Team honoree, started 17 matches in an attacking role for U-M last season and notched four goals. After exceeding expectations last season, he will be tasked with more offensive responsibility as a sophomore, and he will be paired with Atuahene once again on the Wolverine front line.
