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Duenes and Manchev earn Second Team All-RMAC, four Skyhawks named Honorable Mention

11/3/2021 10:19:00 AM

By: David Wilson, Assistant AD-Communications
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) announced the All-RMAC teams for Men's Soccer on Wednesday, with six Fort Lewis College players earning recognition from the conference head coaches.

True freshman forward Tomas Duenes was named the RMAC Freshman of the Year and a Second Team All-RMAC player after his breakout 2021 season. Sophomore center back Milen Manchev also garnered Second Team All-RMAC honors, while four FLC players — Peter Byrne, Gabriel Legendre, Quinn Bosanko and Maximilian Meier — all were named RMAC Honorable Mention.

The major award winners, and the First and Second All-RMAC teams, were nominated and voted on by the conference's 11 competing head men's soccer coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.

Duenes, a forward out of Torreon, Mexico, burst onto the scene with a 15-point season, tying for the team lead in goals (7) with Legendre. He started all 17 games, playing a total of 1,343 minutes, and got stronger as the fall rolled along as he scored five of his goals in FLC's final eight games.

"He's a really special, intelligent and clever player," said FLC head men's soccer coach, David Oberholtzer. "He has knack for scoring goals and is really clinical in front of the net, which is something that is hard to find. We expect for him to continue scoring big goals for us the rest of his college career."

As for Manchev, a RMAC Honorable Mention selection last spring, started all 17 games for FLC, scoring his first career goal — a game-winner against Lubbock Christian University — while anchoring a Skyhawks' back line that limited opponents to 77 shots on goal and 74 corner kicks this fall.

"He's one of the hardest working, most committed individuals that I've had the pleasure of coaching," Oberholtzer said of Manchev. "He's just constantly trying to find ways to get better, not only in terms of his individual abilities but his leadership. He's been a staple for us."

Senior goalkeeper Peter Byrne, a Second Team All-RMAC award winner last spring, caps his tremendous four-year career with his third RMAC Honorable Mention recognition (2017, 2019, 2021). The Missoula, Montana native started all 65 games of his career in net for FLC. He will graduate from Fort Lewis ranked fourth in games played (65), saves (294) and shutouts (21), while being tied for fourth in wins (32) in program history.

Legendre led all Skyhawks this fall with 16 points (7 goals, 2 assists), while fellow freshmen Max Meier (1 goal, 3 assists) and Quinn Bosanko (1 goal) also cemented themselves in the FLC starting lineups their first semesters on campus.

The current wave of young, impact talent like Duenes, Manchev, Bosanko, Legendre and Meier provide plenty of optimism for the Skyhawks as they turn their attention toward the 2022 season.

"One of the positive pieces we have moving forward is the youth of the group and having a great core around for a number of years to come," Oberholtzer said. "Not only Tomas and Milen, but we have a number of other guys who played key roles for us as underclassmen. There's a lot of positives to look forward to in the coming years."
 
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