PITMAN, NJ --- Montclair State junior forward Amer Lukovic (Clifton, NJ/Clifton) has been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year to headline an impressive slate of award winners and all-conference honorees.
 
Additionally, MSU junior Owen Murphy (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) was tabbed the Pat Baldiserra Midfielder of the Year; fellow MSU junior Ian Chesney (Oakland, NJ/Ramapo) and Rutgers-Camden sophomore Eric Swen (Monrovia, Liberia/Highland Regional (NJ)) share Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors; Kean junior Dominic Ridge (Plainfield, NJ/Academy for the Arts & Advanced Studies) is the Goalkeeper of the Year; MSU senior back Enir Radoncic (Matawan, NJ/Matawan Regional) earned the David Logar Leadership Award; Stockton keeper Brady Bartletta (Hainesport, NJ/Rancocas Valley) is the Rookie of the Year; and MSU's head coach Todd Tumelty and his staff were tabbed the Jeff Haines Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
In total, 46 student-athletes earned all-conference recognition for the fall 2023 season. All-conference and major award selections were determined by a vote of the league's 10 head coaches and were based on conference-only performances.
 
Lukovic, a three-time all-conference and four-time 2023 offensive player of the week honoree, has been the nation's leading scorer throughout the fall. In NJAC play, he racked up 33 points on 14 goals and five assists, leading the conference in all three scoring categories. Five of his goals were credited as game winners. In total, he is up to 58 points on 26 goals and six assists for the season.
 
Murphy is a two-time all-conference midfielder, earning Second Team accolades in 2022 and First Team honors this season. He is tied for second in conference-only assists, tied for fourth in conference-only game-winning goals (2), and ranks seventh in conference-only points (10).
 
Chesney, the 2022 Logar award winner and this year's Co-Defensive honoree, anchored a Montclair State defense that ranked as the top back line in the NJAC. Chesney and the Red Hawks allowed a league-low three goals in conference play and posted six shutouts. They also held NJAC opponents to an average of just 8.2 shots per game.
 
Swen was part of a Rutgers-Camden back line that posted four shutouts in NJAC play. He has played the most minutes of any Scarlet Raptor this season, and has also chipped in four goals from the back field including one in conference action.
 
Ridge, a two-time Defensive Player of the Week selection, ranked first among NJAC keepers in conference-only save percentage (.917), tied for first in conference-only shutouts (4), and ranked second in conference-only goals against average (0.50).
 
Radoncic was named the David Logar Leadership Award recipient. The award is presented annually to the player who best displays the attributes of leadership and courage. Radoncic joined Chesney on the staunch MSU back line that posted six shutouts, while chipping in two assists.
 
Bartletta, a two-time Rookie of the Week and one-time Defensive Player of the Week, anchored the Stockton defense in net. The rookie keeper posted a 1.03 conference-only goals against average and .800 conference-only save percentage while posting three clean sheets against NJAC opponents.
 
Tumelty and assistants Joe Cullen, Marlon Pollard, Dwight Ceballo, and Antonio D'Andrea guided Montclair State to a 9-0 NJAC record and the top seed in the NJAC tournament. The 2023 Red Hawks have been ranked as high as No. 5 nationally and boast the nation's leading scorer in Amer Lukovic. Four of their student-athletes earned major awards and seven were named all-conference, including five First Team picks.
 
 

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FIRST TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Amer Lukovic*%	Montclair State	JR	F	Clifton, NJ/Clifton
Diego Navas^	William Paterson	JR	F	Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway
Sadeiki Roberts	Kean	SR	F	Portmore, Jamaica/Jamaica College
Johnny Troiano	Rowan	SO	F	Hazlet, NJ/St. John Vianney
Davide Caputo	Rowan	SO	M	Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial
Aiden Hoenisch^	Stockton	SO	M	Bordentown, NJ/Notre Dame
Osbin Mendez*#	Montclair State	SR	M	Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway
Owen Murphy^	Montclair State	JR	M	Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood
Ian Chesney*%	Montclair State	JR	D	Oakland, NJ/Ramapo
Enir Radoncic*	Montclair State	SR	D	Matawan, NJ/Matawan Regional
Eric Swen^	Rutgers-Camden	SO	D	Monrovia, Liberia/Highland Regional
Nick Yurcho	Rutgers-Camden	JR	D	Florence, NJ/Florence Township
Dominic Ridge$	Kean	JR	G	Plainfield, NJ/Academy for the Arts & Adv. Studies
SECOND TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Joseph Carbone	Stockton	JR	F	Pequannock, NJ/Pequannock
Ederson La Torre~$!	Ramapo	SR	F	Kearny, NJ/Harrison
Andre Shelton	Montclair State	JR	F	East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick
Danny Tobon~	NJCU	JR	F	Clifton, NJ/Clifton
Donte East	Kean	JR	M	Manville, NJ/Manville
Turlough Gartlan	Rowan	JR	M	Haworth, NJ/Northern Valley Demarest
Jake Homowitz	Stockton	SO	M	Tinton Falls, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy
Luke Yates~#	Rowan	SR	M	Ocean Township, NJ/Ocean Township
Juwan Ash	Rutgers-Newark	SR	D	Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway
Dante Bettino+	TCNJ	GR	D	Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley
Ryan Cleary~	Rowan	SO	D	Turnersville, NJ/Washington Township
Mason Martelloni~	Rowan	SR	D	Tinton Falls, NJ/Monmouth Regional
Sean Boen^	Rutgers-Camden	JR	G	Byram Township, NJ/Morris Knolls
HONORABLE MENTION
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Ryan Gale	Rowan	SO	F	Runnemede, NJ/Triton
Maximo Vargas*	NJCU	SR	F	Montevideo, Uruguay/The British Schools
Matt Conger	Rutgers-Camden	FR	M	Medford, NJ/Shawnee
Erick Cortes	Rutgers-Newark	FR	M	Wharton, NJ/Morris Hills
Erick Morales	Rutgers-Newark	JR	M	Bound Brook, NJ/Bound Brook
Luigi Portillo	Ramapo	FR	M	Paterson, NJ/International
Alfredo Rojas^$	Montclair State	SR	M	Clifton, NJ/Passaic County Tech
Andrew Solomon	Rutgers-Newark	JR	M	Edison, NJ/Edison
Alejandro Venereo	Kean	SO	M	Dover, NJ/Dover
Uche Wokocha	Stockton	SO	M	Galloway, NJ/St. Augustine Prep
David Camargo	Kean	SO	D	Bogota, Colombia/St. Benedict's Prep
Kelvin Gyamfi	Kean	JR	D	Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth
Sebastian Hernandez	TCNJ	JR	D	Clifton, NJ/Clifton
Dawson Joseph	Stockton	SO	D	East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick
Pedro Jovel-Castro~	Rutgers-Camden	JR	D	Sicklerville, NJ/Timber Creek
Marlon Rodriguez^	Rutgers-Newark	SR	D	Kearny, NJ/Kearny
Jason Salamanca	NJCU	SO	D	Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth
Jake Szatkowski~	Ramapo	JR	D	South Amboy, NJ/South Amboy
Brady Bartletta	Stockton	FR	G	Hainesport, NJ/Rancocas Valley
Julian Franco	TCNJ	SR	G	Branchburg, NJ/Somerville

KEY:

* - First Team All-Conference 2022
^ - Second Team All-Conference 2022
~ - Honorable Mention 2022
% - First Team All-Conference 2021
# - Second Team All-Conference 2021
$ - Honorable Mention 2021
! - Second Team All-Conference 2020-21
+ - Honorable Mention 2019