By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado State University Pueblo defender Shjon Andrews was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year for an unprecedented third time, highlighting the 2024 All-RMAC Men’s Soccer Teams released Friday.

ThunderWolves midfielder Caio Oliveira earned the league’s Offensive Player of the Year award, while head coach Oliver Twelvetrees is the RMAC Coach of the Year. University of Colorado Colorado Springs goalkeeper Soren Russell earned the league’s Goalkeeper of the Year honor and Fort Lewis midfielder Fabrizio Aguilera is its Freshman of the Year.

The All-RMAC teams and awards are selected by the league’s 11 head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players.

Andrews, Oliveira, and Twelvetrees combined to lead nationally-ranked CSU Pueblo to its second-ever RMAC regular-season title and first since 1999. The ThunderWolves finished their RMAC slate with a 7-1-2 record, winning the title against a field that saw the top five in the standings separated by four points. Andrews, a Longmont, Colorado product, paced a CSU Pueblo defense that allowed only eight goals in conference play and 15 goals over 18 games in the regular season. During the season, he also supplied seven goals and two assists, including four game-winning goals – fifth-most in Division II. With Andrews leading the defense, CSU Pueblo ranked 16th nationally in team goals-against average.

Oliveira, from Espigão d'Oeste, Brazil, led the RMAC with 12 assists and 26 points while scoring seven goals during the regular season, sixth-most in the RMAC. He ranked fourth nationally in assists per game (0.71) and 22nd in points per game (1.53), leading the RMAC in both categories.
Soren Russell, a junior from Bellevue, Washington, posted four shutouts in nine conference games, finishing the league slate with a 0.84 goals-against average. He led the league with a 0.811 save percentage in RMAC action, allowing seven goals on 37 shots on goal. Overall, Russell posted a 0.788 save percentage and 0.86 goals-against average in 17 matches played.

Fort Lewis’ Aguilera, from Montes de Oca, Costa Rico, was a key piece off the bench for the Skyhawks in 2024. He made his mark with a two-goal game at MSU Denver – one of only 10 multi-goal games in the RMAC this season. He also had a two-goal game against Montana State Billings in September and finished the season with four goals and an assist. 

CSU Pueblo head coach Oliver Twelvetrees is the RMAC Coach of the Year for the first time after leading the ThunderWolves to their second-ever RMAC regular-season title and the first under his tenure. He has led the ThunderWolves to 12-plus wins each of his four seasons in Pueblo, leading his program to Division II National Championship runner-up finishes each of the past two seasons.

2024 First Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference: Men’s Soccer
Pos.	Player	School	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown
F	Liam Corr (H)	Regis	5-8	So.	Coalisland, Ireland
F	Gabriel Legendre (1)	Fort Lewis	5-7	5th Yr.	Rio Rancho, N.M.
F	Tobi Osifodunrin	CSU Pueblo	6-3	Sr.	Brighton, Colo.
F	Elias Taubo	Regis	511	Sr.	Asker, Norway
M	Dani Barajas	UCCS	5-7	Sr.	Edwards, Colo.
M	Jacobo Betancourt-Tovar (H)	Regis	6-1	So.	Frisco, Teas
M	David Citron	Fort Lewis	5-8	Jr.	Toulouse, France
M	Caio Oliveira (1)	CSU Pueblo	5-5	Sr.	Espigão d'Oeste, Brazil
D	Shjon Andrews (1)	CSU Pueblo	6-3	Gr.	Longmont, Colo.
D	Alon Firdman	CSU Pueblo	5-10	Sr.	Barcelona, Spain
D	Jakob Larson	Fort Lewis	6-2	Sr.	Missoula, Mont.
D	Rory Scott	UCCS	6-4	Jr.	Brisbane, Australia
GK	Soren Russell	UCCS	6-4	Jr.	Bellevue, Wash.
2024 Second Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference: Men’s Soccer
Pos.	Player	School	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown
Pos.	Player	School	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown
F	Ayman Bushara	Colorado School of Mines	5-10	RJr.	Aurora, Colo.
F	Tomas Duenes (2)	Fort Lewis	5-11	Sr.	Torreón, Mexico
F	Miles Seminario	UCCS	6-0	Jr.	Colorado Springs, Colo.
F	Nick Walker	UCCS	5-10	Jr.	Las Vegas, Nev.
M	Luke Bone	MSU Denver	6-0	Jr.	Granite Bay, Calif.
M	Marc Bonafe	Colorado Mesa	6-2	Jr.	Valencia, Spain
M	Lars Walczyk (2)	UCCS	5-9	RSr.	Schambach, Germany
M	Landon Ward (H)	Westminster	5-9	Sr.	Bountiful, Utah
D	Ignatius DeMark (2)	CSU Pueblo	6-2	Sr.	Phoenix, Ariz.
D	Nicco Schiappa	MSU Denver	6-1	Sr.	Torrance, Calif.
D	Casey Stracher	Fort Lewis	6-0	Jr.	Kamas, Utah
D	Jackson Vander Ven (2)	MSU Denver	6-2	Sr.	Lone Tree, Colo.
GK	Diego Chavez (1)	Colorado Mesa	6-2	RJr.	Longmont, Colo.
Symbols in parentheses: (1) was a First Team All-RMAC selection in 2023; (2) was a Second Team All-RMAC selection in 2023; (H) was an Honorable Mention All-RMAC selection in 2023.