BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Gulf South Conference announced the postseason All-Conference awards, Friday, and five Montevallo men's soccer student-athletes made the list.
 
Graduate senior Edin Hernandez led the Falcons and was one of three mid-fielders across the league to make the All-GSC First Team. Joining Hernandez on the first team is junior Edorta Cabieces Sanz, claiming an at-large spot.
 
Narcis Bou Dalmau and Simon Wittmann were the next highest vote getters for the Falcons and each landed in mid-field spots on the All-GSC Second team. Martin Chladek rounded out UM's representation on the team as an at-large selection to the All-GSC Second Team.
 
Hernandez was a driving force to the Falcons' success this season as he led the team in assists (6) and was tied for second in the GSC in that regard. The Tampa, Fla. native started in all 15 matches and logged 1,325 minutes, the second-most on the team.


 
On the offensive end, the Falcons were led by Cabieces Sanz who netted a team-high seven goals and added three assists to pace the squad with 17 total points on the year. The junior forward from Bilbao, Spain started in all 15 games, playing 947 minutes. He finished in the top-10 of the GSC in shots on goal (16), goals (7), and points (17).
 
In just his sophomore season, Bou Dalmau earned placement on the All-GSC second team after scoring five goals and registering four assists. He started in 14 games and registered 948 minutes. He finished top-10 in the GSC in shots on goal (16), assists (4), and points (10). 


 
Wittman logged 1,154 minutes through starting all 15 matches in the mid-field. The Ingolstadt, Germany native totaled three goals on the season.


 
Lastly, Chladek was the defensive anchor for the Falcons this season, starting all 15 games on the back line and totaling a team-high 1,343 minutes. He added one goal on the year.


 
"I'm stoked. I love it when the players that I feel represent the conference well or are elite players in the conference get the appropriate recognition. I'm really happy that other coaches see these guys the way I see them. They have had a tremendous season. A lot of them have been striving towards this for a lot of their entire college careers, said Head Coach Bruce Dietterle. "It's a validation of everything they put in, the blood sweat and tears, the cliché' of working day in and day out, the 6 a.m. weights, all that stuff to get where they want to be. It's also a good role model for the guys that are behind them after they graduate. That's the guy you want to look up to and how did he get to where he is. There are a lot of guys that didn't get the recognition that still put in the effort and are that great but you don't want to detract from the guys who actually got it, so I'm really happy for them to be validated. It's an individual success, which are nice, but I'm sure every single one of them would trade that individual award for a championship at the end of the season because that's the culture that we have here."

Hernandez is the only current Falcon to earn All-Conference honors twice as he was named to the All-GSC Second Team in 2021. This is the first All-Conference honor for Cabieces Sanz, Bou Dalmau, Wittmann and Chladek.

UM's five All-Conference honors in 2022 is the most since the 2012 season when five were named to the PBC All-Conference Team's.

Montevallo will open GSC Tournament play on Sunday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. against AUM. Tickets are on sale for $10 and $3 for students. UM students will receive free admission and are asked the enter the entrance near the intramural fields.