Messiah College didn’t win a national championship in men’s or women’s soccer in 2018, but both programs still made an impact on the national stage, sweeping the national player of the year awards for Division III for the fourth time over the past decade.
Nick West became the eighth player in Division III history to record 30 goals, leading all three divisions of NCAA men’s soccer in the category for 2018. He’s the 10th men’s soccer player at Messiah to be named National Player of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches.
“I thought the 31 goals that (Adrian) Oostdyke scored in ‘73 was simply untouchable, but Nick showed that it necessarily wasn’t,” head coach Brad McCarty said of the East Hampton, New York native in a press release.