Trevecca Men's Soccer | Trojans Eighth in 2025 Gulf South Preseason Poll

NASHVILLE - The Gulf South Conference released the 2025 GSC Preseason Men's Soccer Coaches Poll, All-Conference Team, and 2025 GSC Newcomer Watch list.

The Trojans are picked to finish in a tie for eighth this season by the league coaches.

The poll and preseason team were determined via an online ballot by the GSC's 12 head men's soccer coaches, who were not able to vote for their own team or student-athletes.

LOOKING BACK AT THE 2024 TROJANS

Trevecca is picked to finish in a tie for eighth in their second year in the Gulf South Conference after a sixth place finish a in year one in the GSC. The Trojans advanced to the postseason going 5-9-3 overall and 4-5-2 in the league.

In 2024, TNU started with a 2-0 win over UAH in their GSC opener and then tied then No. 23 Univ. of West Alabama 1-1. The Trojans added wins over Spring Hill, Lee, and Union while getting a 1-1 tie with Delta State.

In their first GSC postseason appearance, the Trojans fell on the road to No. 24 AUM.

The Trojans picked up five (5) weekly honors. Adan Gonzalez earned the Goalkeeper of the Week twice, Chris Douglas netted the Freshman of the Week twice, and Max Titterington was selected the Defensive Player of the Week once.

A PEAK AT THE 2025 TROJANS

The Trojans host Covenant College for a preseason exhibition match on Wednesday, August 20 at 6 PM. Then their regular season opener is September 4 at 5:30 PM when Carson-Newman Univ. visits for a non-conference tilt. The Trojans dip into their old conference, the Great Midwest, to play two more non-conference games on the road at Ohio Dominican Univ. (9/11) and Cedarville Univ. (9/13).

against UAH (9/21), AUM (9/26), and Montevallo (9/28).homestandThe Trojans open their GSC slate begins on the road on Sept. 19 at preseason No. 6 West Alabama. The Trojans return home for a three-game

The 2025 Trojans have four seniors and seven juniors. There are eight sophomores and five freshmen.

The Trojans have a number of newcomers who will make an impact in their first year. Three making the GSC Watch List are - Tomas Barros, a transfer from Cal State Fullerton. Barros hails from Brag, Portugal. Another German joins the TNU roster, Fabian Willert is from Berlin, Germany. Hunter Walker, a freshmen, redshirted last season at Tennessee Wesleyan College.

2025 GSC MEN'S SOCCER PREVIEW

The Univ. of West Florida, the 2024 GSC regular season champion, is the top pick for the 2025 season, gaining eight of the 12 first place votes. AUM is picked to finish second and Christian Brothers is picked third, both received two first place votes.

Trevecca is picked to finish eighth after finishing sixth last season.

The UWF Argonauts topped the GSC preseason rankings with 117 points. Reigning GSC tournament champion Auburn Montgomery claimed 106 points and two first-place votes for second, while Christian Brothers also garnered two first-place votes and trailed AUM by one-point in third.

2025 GSC MEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL

1	Univ. of West Florida	(8) 117
2	Auburn Univ. at Montgomery	(2) 106
3	Christian Brothers Univ.	(2) 105
4	Mississippi College	81
5	Lee Univ.	71
6	Univ. of West Alabama	67
7	Delta State Univ.	53
t8.	Trevecca Nazarene Univ.	46
t8.	Univ. of Montevallo	48
10	Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville	41
11	Spring Hill College	33
12	Union Univ.	22

2025 PRESEASON ALL-GSC TEAM

GK – Cole Turner, Mississippi College

D – Jamie Ward, Auburn Montgomery

D – AJ Agbede, Christian Brothers

D – Santiago Rossi, Delta State

D – Sebastian Flores, Montevallo

D – Abdul Kamara, West Alabama

D – Gage Sorey, Mississippi College

M – Sean Keane, Auburn Montgomery

M – Sergio Garrido, Mississippi College

M – Olaf Kramer, Christian Brothers

M – Ronny Wakelin, West Alabama

F – Lewis Matton, Mississippi College

F – Benjamin Hoffmann, Auburn Montgomery

F – Alexander Blanche, Christian Brothers

F – Oli Orzechowski, UAH

2025 GSC NEWCOMERS WATCH LIST

School	Name	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/Prev. School
UAH	Alejandro Tocino Vidal	Jr.	F	Marbella, Spain/Univ. of Jamestown
UAH	Philip Seifert	Gr.	F	Chemnitz, Germany/Marian University (Ind.)
UAH	Brennan Leblanc	Jr.	M	Mandeville, La./Spring Hill
AUM	Harrington Arnette	Fr.	D	Perry, Ga./Perry HS
AUM	Noah Fernandes	Fr.	M	Portugal/FC Etzella Ettelbruck
AUM	Tim Ottelé	Fr.	M	Luxembourg/FC Sporting Mertzig
CBU	Jack Baldwin	Jr.	M	Sheffield, England/Neosho County CC (Okla.)
CBU	Joe Volkins	Gr.	M/D	Toronto, Ontario, Canada/Hasting College
CBU	Thomas Lando	Fr.	D	Tezze Sul Brenta, Italy
MC	Patrick Vukoje	Jr.	M	Germany/Otero JC (Colo.)
MC	Daniel Richards	Jr.	D	Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago/Heartland CC
MC	Russell Berko	Fr.	F	Aylesburg, England/The Cottesloe School
UM	Dakota Hart	Jr.	M	Floyds Knob, Ind./Purdue-Fort Wayne
UM	Alex Mu¨ller	Fr.	M	Viernheim, Germany/Astoria Walldorf
UM	Oscar Vallejo	So.	D	Quito, Ecuador/William Carey
SHC	Bryce Barrere	Fr.	D	New Orleans, La./Jesuit HS
SHC	Ectoras Meneleaou	Fr.	M	Cyprus, Peru/Nicosia HS
*TNU*	*Tomas Barros*	*Sr.*	D	*Braga, Portugal/Cal State-Fullerton*
*TNU*	*Fabian Willert*	*Fr.*	M	*Berlin, Germany/SV Babelsbergs 03*
*TNU*	*Hunter Walker*	*rFr.*	GK	*Franklin, Tenn./Tennessee Wesleyan*
UU	James Starkey	Jr.	F	Reeding, England/Bethel University (Tenn).
UU	George McDonnell	Fr.	M	Leeds. England/St. Mary's Menston Catholic
UU	Lawson Harvey	Jr.	D	Greenwood, Miss./Jones College
UWA	Oisin Griffin	Gr.	D	Ireland/Waterford FC
UWA	Henry Donovan	Jr.	F	Plymouth, England/Tavistock FC
UWA	Charlie Walker	Sr.	GK	Whitstable, England/Coker University