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Luis Green celebrates with his teammates (photo by Bryce Hayes)
Luis Green celebrates with his teammates (photo by Bryce Hayes)

Green Named SCAC Offensive Player of the Year for Fifth Time, Five Bulldogs Earn Conference Honors

SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Men's Soccer placed five players on the Southern Collegiate All-Conference teams, the league announced Wednesday.

Luis Green (Monterrey, Mexico/Smithson Valley), Jack Manke (Houston/Stratford), Louis Hart (Missouri City/Ridge Point), and Erick Lopez (Humble/Humble) each earned spots on All-SCAC teams and Chris Nieto (Brownsville/Idea Toros College Prep) was named to the SCAC All-Freshman team.

A senior forward from Monterrey, Mexico, Luis Green closed out his career in style, rewriting the conference record books en route to claiming his league record fifth-straight SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year honor. Green currently leads the SCAC in both goals (19) and points (44) and is second in game-winning goals (3), shots (77) and shots on goal (39). He capped off his historic career with a five-goal performance against Austin College in a win to bring his career total to an SCAC record 81 goals in just 78 games played. With that effort, he became just the fourth player in conference history, and the first since 2010, to score five or more goals in one contest. Green stands alone with his career marks, leaving Seguin first in SCAC history in goals scored (81), points (182), goals per game (1.04) and points per game (2.33). A nine-time SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Week honoree during his TLU career, including three times this season, Green finishes his career tied for 10th all-time in NCAA history for career goals. In fact, his 81 goals are the most to cap off a career since Andrew Jenkins of St. Scholastica finished his career with 90 goals back in 2014.

Green received eight votes in the balloting for Offensive Player-of-the-Year honors while sophomore forward Taty Aleman of St. Thomas received the remaining first-place vote.

With this recognition, Green was also named First Team All-SCAC alongside fellow TLU captain, junior defender Jack Manke, who earns his second All-SCAC honor of his career in a season that saw him net a goal and tally two assists from the defender position.

Hart, a SCAC All-Freshman Team member last season, earned All-SCAC Second Team honors finishing the season with three goals and two assists. Hart was named SCAC Defensive Player of the Week earlier this season for his play on the TLU back line.

Lopez, a sophomore midfielder from Humble, was both named All-SCAC Honorable Mention for his performance this season - finishing tied for second on the Bulldogs with three goals and three assists on the season.

Nieto, a freshman from Brownsville, appeared in 16 games as a freshman for the Bulldogs with six starts.

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