Van Pelt Chosen to PBC Men’s Soccer All-Conference First Team

AUGUSTA, Ga. – University of South Carolina Aiken men's soccer sophomore Brett Van Pelt was selected to the 2010 Peach Belt Conference Men's Soccer All-Conference first team on Friday.

The league office unveiled the all-conference team as part of a banquet at the inaugural PBC Fall Festival.

Though he lined up at defense and at forward in the 2010 season for the Pacers, Van Pelt was tabbed to the first team as a forward.

The local product out of South Aiken High School did a little bit of it all for the Pacers in the 2010 season. 

No matter the position, Van Pelt started all 15 Pacer games over the course of the past season.

Van Pelt finished the regular season with a team-best two goals.

As a freshman in 2009, Van Pelt ended his year with 11 total points on four goals and three assists. He started all 17 matches for the Pacers in 2009.

For the second time in the last four years, Clayton State swept all three PBC men's soccer major awards as Ryan Pugh was named the Player of the Year, Arturo Cruz the Freshman of the Year and Pete Petersen the Coach of the Year. The Lakers also swept the three awards in the 2007 season. 

In all, 24 players were named to the first and second teams, the number expanded by two due to ties.

The 2010 All-Conference team is listed below as selected by the league's head coaches. Coaches were not permitted to rank their own teams.

2010 Peach Belt Conference
Men's Soccer All-Conference Team

First Team

Forwards
Nathaniel Foster, Montevallo
Ryan Pugh, Clayton State
Brett Van Pelt, USC Aiken

Midfielders
Johan Bergfeld, Flagler
Matty Phillips, Clayton State
Milan Pualic, Montevallo
Joseph Toby, Flagler

Defenders
Ben Chedgy, North Georgia
Igor Lukic, Clayton State
Austin McIntosh, Montevallo

Goalkeepers
Matt Gilman, Flagler
Rade Tanaskovic, North  Georgia

Second Team

Forwards
Alex Blandin, Francis Marion
Aaron Brittain, Lander
Gray Phelps, North Georgia

Midfielders
Jamie Davison, Lander
Craig Hughes, Lander
Juan Hurtado, North Georgia

Defenders
Will Frandsen, Flagler
Sam Hooke, Georgia Southwestern
Brett Neilson, Clayton State
Gary O'Neill, Montevallo

Goalkeepers
Brian Garcia, Clayton State
Brendan Ledgeway, Montevallo

Player of the Year: Ryan Pugh, Clayton State

Freshman of the Year: Arturo Cruz, Clayton State

Coach of the Year: Pete Petersen, Clayton State