CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The High Point University men's soccer team dominated the playing field all season, cruising to an undefeated 7-0 conference record and the dominance continued when the Big South Conference announced end-of-year awards on Tuesday afternoon.

High Point won all major annual awards, becoming the first Big South school to sweep all eight accolades: Daniel Lugo, Big South Offensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year; Jefferson Amaya, Big South Midfielder of the Year; Lukas Kamrath, Big South Defensive Player of the Year; Josh Caron, Big South Goalkeeper of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year; Prosper Adagani, Big South Freshman of the Year; High Point, Big South Coaching Staff of the Year. In all, the Panthers had six honored with first team honors, three on the all-freshman team and nine total student-athletes recognized. 

The Panthers repeated as Big South regular-season champions for the third straight season and have been ranked in 15 straight regular-season national polls while being ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation. In seven matches, High Point outscored Big South opponents 22-1, which is the best goal differential in conference history. HPU also continued its unbeaten conference road streak to 10 years as the Panthers haven't lost a conference road match since Sept. 17, 2016 at Presbyterian.

High Point's success was backed by discipline as the least-carded team in the league with only 17 cards. The Panthers proved to be an all-around team, leading the Big South in team scoring average (2.313) and goals against average (0.69), while being one of six teams with a top-15 offense and defense in the country. HPU finished the regular-season 11-1-4 behind the fewest home games of any team in the Top 35, while playing the second-most Quad1 games (seven) in the country.

Head Coach Zach Haines, who won three straight Big South Coach of the Year awards from 2022 to 2024 and is 14th amongst active DI head coaches in the country with a 68% winning percentage, now leads his staff to Big South Coaching Staff of the Year in the award's first year given.

#9 Daniel Lugo, R-Soph., Forward: Big South Offensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, First Team
Lugo has had a stellar beginning to his career in Purple & White. He has started in all 16 games while scoring 12 goals — with five being game-winning scores — and assisting on three for a team and conference-leading 27 points in 948 minutes The redshirt sophomore forward netted his first collegiate goals in the season opener against No. 14/25 Georgetown and has scored in 10 total games. Lugo, who was named to the Midseason MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, has two braces and is one of the best goal scorers in the country, ranking sixth in NCAA Division I with 12 goals. Lugo is the fourth Panther to earn this honor and next since Amaya in 2023.

#4 Jefferson Amaya, Sr., Midfielder: Big South Midfielder of the Year, First Team
Amaya has made his mark at High Point and the Big South as he won a major award each season he's laced up. The four-year program changer, who won Big South Freshman of the Year in 2022, Big South Offensive Player of the Year in 2023 and Big South Defensive Player of the Year in 2024, now becomes the Big South Midfielder of the Year as he is the first player in conference history to ever win a different major award in four straight seasons. Amaya has continually been an anchor for the Panthers, starting in all 16 games while logging 1198 minutes and scoring three goals — one being a game-winner — and assisting four with one multi-assist match versus ranked Marshall. Amaya is the second Panther to win Big South Midfielder of the Year, joining Krueger (2024)

#5 Lukas Kamrath, R-Soph., Defender: Big South Defensive Player of the Year, First Team
Kamrath has been a force, starting in all 16 games and logging a full 90 minutes in all but two matches for 1403 total minutes. The redshirt sophomore defender has contributed to eight team clean sheets and 0.69 goals against average tally, while scoring three goals — with one being against 10th-ranked Marshall as he also had a header save make it to No. 9 on the SC Top-10 plays on SportsCenter — and assisting on one. Kamrath is the fourth overall and third straight Panther to earn Big South Defensive Player of the Year.

#1 Josh Caron, R-Jr., Goalkeeper: Big South Goalkeeper of the Year, Scholar-Athlete of the Year, First Team, All-Academic Team
Caron is the epitome of student-athlete, excelling on and off the field and these accolades back it up. The redshirt junior goalkeeper has started in all 16 games — with seven complete shutouts and eight combined clean sheets — on 138 shots faced in 1422 minutes played for a 11-1-4 record. Caron has been the definition of safe hands all season, allowing just 11 goals for 0.696 goals against average which is 19th best in all of NCAA Division I. Caron follows in the footsteps of the legendary Holden Trent, who was a two-time Big South Goalkeeper of the Year, as he is the first Panther to earn this honor since Trent did in 2021 and 2022. In the classroom, Caron has maintained nearly a 4.0 GPA while studying finance to become the first Panther named Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year since Noah Holmes in 2023.  

#14 Prosper Adagani, Fr., Forward: Big South Freshman of the Year, All-Freshman Team
Adagani has been a speedy threat all season, playing in all 16 games while starting in two. The Ghanian forward has scored six goals — two matches with a brace  — while assisting on one and netting a pair of game-winning scores in just 592 minutes. Adagani was second on the team in points (13) and is the seventh Panther to earn Big South Freshman of the Year and the second in a row.

#8 Brendan Krueger, Sr., Midfielder: Big South First Team
Krueger has been his steady self, playing in all 16 matches and starting in all but one. The senior midfielder finished the regular-season with his best collegiate outing, scoring his first career brace and five-point match. In all, Krueger netted four goals and dished out assists for a third-team best 12 points.

#12 Beau Yantz, Sr., Defender: Big South First Team
Yantz continued to be an underrated piece for the Panthers. The senior defender earned 15 appearances with 14 starts, while scoring a career-high nine points behind two goals (one game-winner) and four assists. He logged 1135 minutes and was vital in helping the team to eight combined clean sheets and an 0.69 goals against average mark.

#15 Roman Holt, R-Fr., Defender: Big South All-Freshman Team
In his first full regular-season competing, Holt was essential on the backline as he started and played in all 16 matches with 1364 minutes logged. The redshirt freshman had one assist and contributed to eight team clean sheets and the 0.69 goals against average tally.

#3 Desmond Mensah, Fr., Defender: Big South All-Freshman Team
Mensah played quality minutes in his first collegiate season, earning seven starts in 14 game appearances for 532 minutes. The Ghanaian defender dished out one assist and helped the Panthers to eight shutouts and a 0.69 goals against average. 2025 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Award Winners
 
First-Team All-Conference
F – Daniel Lugo, R-Soph., High Point
F – Samson Kpardeh, Soph., Gardner-Webb
F – Oskar Kaufmann, Soph., USC Upstate
MF – Jefferson Amaya, Sr., High Point
MF – Brendan Krueger, Sr., High Point
MF – Tiago Campos, Jr., Gardner-Webb
MF – Steven Cordova, Sr., Presbyterian College
D – Lukas Kamrath, R-Soph., High Point
D – Breno Correia, Jr., Gardner-Webb
D – Beau Yantz, Sr., High Point
D – Leo Andrade, Sr., Gardner-Webb
GK – Josh Caron, R-Jr., High Point
AL – Lennart Granzow, D, Jr., UNC Asheville
 
Second-Team All-Conference
F – Rodrigo Mendes, Sr., UNC Asheville
F – Vitalis Takawira, Sr., USC Upstate
F – Brando Bedolla, Soph., Longwood
MF – Robbie Lyons, Gr., Gardner-Webb
MF – Jorhan Chopin, Sr., USC Upstate
MF – Oscar Kelly, Fr., USC Upstate
MF – Aaron Asamoah, Sr., Longwood
D – Ewan Tomas, Soph., USC Upstate
D – Benian Yao, 5th, UNC Asheville
D – Lucas Christensen, Gr., Gardner-Webb
D – Viðar Ragnarsson, Sr., UNC Asheville
GK – Alan Horrocks, Sr., Gardner-Webb
AL – Tim Baerwalde, GK, Sr., Presbyterian College
 
Honorable Mention All-Conference
Kenshin Akimoto, F, Jr., Radford
Jaylen Orr, F, Sr., Gardner-Webb
Iragi Kalala, MF, Sr., Presbyterian
Joshua Yoder, S, Sr., Longwood
Benjamin Ferrero, D, Fr., Longwood
 
All-Freshman Team
Prosper Adagani, F, Fr., High Point
Javan Omondi Ochieng, F, Fr., Gardner-Webb
Roman Holt, D, R-Fr., High Point
Pius Seesubulime, MF, Fr., Gardner-Webb
Lucca Barros, GK, Fr., UNC Asheville
Oscar Kelly, MF, Fr., USC Upstate
Benjamin Ferrero, D, Fr., Longwood
Desmond Mensah, D, Fr., High Point
 
All-Academic Team
Jaylen Orr, F, Sr., Gardner-Webb
Josh Caron, GK, R-Jr., High Point
David Ambaek, D, Sr., Longwood
Rivers Krask, D, R-Jr., Presbyterian
Tyler Pulik, D, Sr., Radford
Lennart Granzow, Jr., D., UNC Asheville
Jorhan Chopin, MF, Sr., USC Upstate
Bernardo Pacheco, MF, Sr., Winthrop
 
Offensive Player of the Year
Daniel Lugo, F, R-Soph., High Point
 
Midfielder of the Year
Jefferson Amaya, Sr., High Point
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Lukas Kamrath, R-Soph., High Point
 
Goalkeeper of the Year
Josh Caron, R-Jr., High Point
 
Freshman of the Year
Prosper Adagani, F, High Point
 
Newcomer of the Year
Daniel Lugo, F, R-Soph., High Point
 
Coaching Staff of the Year
High Point
 
Scholar-Athlete of the Year 
Josh Caron, GK, R-Jr., High Point