BOASIAKO HEADLINES OCAA MEN'S SOCCER AWARDS

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Humber College's Kingsley Boasiako (Brampton) is the 2017 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Men's Soccer Player of the Year. He received the award in a ceremony held in Peterborough, Ont., on Wednesday evening.

The fifth-year defender was instrumental in Humber's undefeated regular season in which the club allowed the fewest goals against, only four in 10 matches. Also named the Central Division Defensive Player of the Year, Boasiako played in nine of these contests. Boasiako is also an OCAA All-Star and a Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) All-Canadian.

Durham's Bruce Cullen (Pickering) is also a CCAA All-Canadian. The fifth-year midfielder scored five times in eight matches on a club that also was stingy defensively, allowing seven goals against. Cullen is also an OCAA All-Star.

Algonquin's Mike Gagliano is the OCAA's nominee for CCAA Coach of the Year. The East Division Coach of the Year, Gagliano led Algonquin to the East Division championship, going undefeated in its last eight matches. Other candidates for the award were Central Division Coach of the Year Michael Aquino of Humber, and West Division Coach of the Year Gad Espinosa of Redeemer.

The Overall Rookie of the Year is also the League Scoring Champion. George Brown's Filipe Vilela (Toronto) scored 10 goals in eight matches, leading all players with a 2.50 goals per game average. Vilela, the Central Division Rookie of the Year, is also an OCAA All-Star. Other candidates for the award were East Division Rookie of the Year Malek Belhaj (Libya) of Algonquin and West Division Rookie of the Year Mike Sneddon (Mount Brydges) of Fanshawe.

In addition to Boasiako, other top defenders include East Division Defensive Player of the Year Cody Kraemer (Whitby) of Durham and West Division Defensive Player of the Year Andrew Currie (Woodstock) of Niagara. Also honoured were East Division Scoring Champion Belhaj of Algonquin and West Division Scoring Champion Korede Adepitan (Etobicoke) of St. Clair.

Algonquin, Humber and Fanshawe were recognized as East, Central and West Division Champions, respectively. Durham was the best defensive team in the East, as was Humber and Fanshawe in the Central and West, respectively.

Several OCAA All-Stars were also recognized. Joining Cullen as East Division All-Stars are Stephane Ahanda (Cameroon) of Durham; Osama Alsharif (Saudi Arabia) of Algonquin; Sam Barratt (Peterborough) of Fleming; Belhaj of Algonquin; Joshau Collins (Whitby) of Seneca; Justin Gibson (Ottawa) of Algonquin; Cody Kraemer (Whitby) of Durham; Federico Leal (Columbia) of Algonquin; Taejon Mikle-Ryan (Brampton) of Centennial; and Ashton Vaz (Ajax) of Centennial.

Joining Boasiako and Vilela as OCAA All-Stars from the Central Division are Shaquille Agard (Toronto) of George Brown; Luca Baldassarre (Woodbridge) of Humber; Daniele Clemente (Toronto) of Humber; Nick Frenati (Brampton) of Humber; Jaineil Hoilett (Brampton) of Humber; Ozzy Keles (Turkey) of George Brown; Marc Medeiros (Mississauga) of Humber; Julian Mullin (Brampton) of Humber; Jesse Oliver (Trinidad and Tobago) of George Brown; Joshua Portillo (Mississauga) of Humber; and Gianlucas Scorzafave (Bolton) of Humber.

The OCAA West Division All-Stars include Korede Adepitan (Etobicoke) of St. Clair; Ahmad Al Rajie (London) of Fanshawe; Tomas Alvarez (London) of Fanshawe; Jordi Amores (St. Catharines) of Niagara; Cameron Anger (Windsor) of St. Clair; Andrew Currie (Woodstock) of Niagara; Justin Dargue (Hamilton) of Mohawk; Daniel Grootenboer (Chatham) of Redeemer; Martin Nyul (Hungary) of St. Clair; Jeremy Petrusma (Smithville) of Redeemer; Sam Robson (Burlington) of Niagara; and Carlos Williams (St. Catharines) of Niagara.

2017 OCAA MEN'S SOCCER AWARDS

OCAA Men's Soccer Player of the Year
Kingsley Boasiako, Humber

CCAA Men's Soccer All-Canadians
Kingsley Boasiako, Humber

Bruce Cullen, Durham

CCAA Coach of the Year Nominee
Mike Gagliano, Algonquin

OCAA Men's Soccer League Scoring Champion
Filipe Vilela, George Brown

OCAA Men's Soccer Overall Rookie of the Year
Filipe Vilela, George Brown

Regular Season Champions
East -  Algonquin Thunder

Central - Humber Hawks
West - Fanshawe Falcons

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division Coach of the Year
Mike Gagliano, Algonquin

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division Coach of the Year
Michael Aquino, Humber

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division Coach of the Year
Gad Espinosa, Redeemer

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division Rookie of the Year
Malek Belhaj, Algonquin

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division Rookie of the Year
Filipe Vilela, George Brown

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division Rookie of the Year
Mike Sneddon, Fanshawe

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division Defensive Player of the Year
Cody Kraemer, Durham

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division Defensive Player of the Year
Kingsley Boasiako, Humber

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division Defensive Player of the Year
Andrew Currie, Niagara

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division Scoring Champion
Malek Belhaj, Algonquin

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division Scoring Champion
Filipe Vilela, George Brown

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division Scoring Champion
Korede Adepitan, St. Clair

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division Best Defensive Team
Durham Lords

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division Best Defensive Team
Humber Hawks

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division Best Defensive Team
Fanshawe Falcons

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division All-Stars
Stephane Ahanda, Durham
Osama Alsharif, Algonquin
Sam Barratt, Fleming
Malek Belhaj, Algonquin
Joshau Collins, Seneca
Bruce Cullen, Durham
Justin Gibson, Algonquin
Cody Kraemer, Durham
Federico Leal, Algonquin
Taejon Mikle-Ryan, Centennial
Ashton Vaz, Centennial

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division All-Stars
Shaquille Agard, George Brown
Luca Baldassarre, Humber
Kingsley Boasiako, Humber
Daniele Clemente, Humber
Nick Frenati, Humber
Jaineil Hoilett, Humber
Ozzy Keles, George Brown
Marc Medeiros, Humber
Julian Mullin, Humber
Jesse Oliver, George Brown
Joshua Portillo, Humber
Gianlucas Scorzafave, Humber
Filipe Vilela, George Brown

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division All-Stars
Korede Adepitan, St. Clair
Ahmad Al Rajie, Fanshawe
Tomas Alvarez, Fanshawe
Jordi Amores, Niagara
Cameron Anger, St. Clair
Andrew Currie, Niagara
Justin Dargue, Mohawk
Daniel Grootenboer, Redeemer
Martin Nyul, St. Clair
Jeremy Petrusma, Redeemer
Sam Robson, Niagara
Carlos Williams, Niagara 

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