Wake Forest Athletics
Jeremiah White Selected as ACC Player of the Year
11/11/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Nov. 11, 2003
Winston-Salem, N.C. - Seven Wake Forest men's soccer players were picked to the All-ACC teams by the league's seven head coaches, the conference announced on Tuesday. The list was headlined by senior All-American forward Jeremiah White who was tabbed as the conference's player of the year.
White, a native of Lansdowne, Pa., is Wake Forest's first ever ACC Player of the Year and three-time All-ACC first team selection.
White was joined on the All-ACC first team by senior goalkeeper William Hesmer (Wilson, NC) and sophomore defender Michael Parkhurst (Cranson, RI). It was the second straight year that Hesmer was picked to the first team. He was also a second team selection as a sophomore. Parkhurst made the second team as a freshman last year and is making his inaugural appearance on the All-ACC first team.
The second team featured four Demon Deacons including senior midfielder Vicente Bastidas (Catasauqua, PA), junior midfielder Amir Lowery (Washington, DC), sophomore midfielder Justin Moose (Statesville, NC) and junior forward Scott Sealy (Petit Valley, Trinidad). Moose was a second team pick and the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2002. It was the first-ever selections for Bastidas, Lowery and Sealy.
This year, the ACC introduced its first All-Freshman team. Wake Forest was represented by midfielders Steven Curfman (Raleigh, NC) and Wells Thompson (Winston-Salem, NC).
Maryland also placed seven players on the All-ACC first and second teams. North Carolina had three players while the coaches selected two players from Virginia. Clemson, Duke and NC State had one player apiece. North Carolina's Jamie Watson was chosen as the ACC Rookie of the Year while Sasho Cirovski of Maryland was honored as the league's Coach of the Year.
- Player of the Year: Jeremiah White, Wake Forest
- Rookie of the Year: Jamie Watson, North Carolina
- Coach of the Year: Sasho Cirovski, Maryland
First Team
- Scott Buete Maryland Midfield
- Blake Camp Duke Midfield
- Kenny Cutler Clemson Midfield
- William Hesmer Wake Forest Goalkeeper
- Sumed Ibrahim Maryland Midfield
- Aaron King NC State Forward
- Matt Oliver Virginia Defender
- Michael Parkhurst Wake Forest Defender
- Seth Stammler Maryland Defender
- Marcus Storey UNC Forward
- Jeremiah White Wake Forest Forward
Second Team
- Vicente Bastidas Wake Forest Midfielder
- Clarence Goodson Maryland Defender
- Mike Littlefield Virginia Forward
- Amir Lowery Wake Forest Midfield
- Domenic Mediate Maryland Forward
- Tim Merritt UNC Defender
- Justin Moose Wake Forest Midfield
- Noah Palmer Maryland Goalkeeper
- Scott Sealy Wake Forest Forward
- Abe Thompson Maryland Forward
- Jamie Watson UNC Forward
All-Freshman
- Corey Ashe UNC Forward
- Ryan Burke Virginia Goalkeeper
- Adam Cristman Virginia Forward
- Steven Curfman Wake Forest Midfield
- Santiago Fusilier NC State Midfield
- Will Hall Virginia Midfield
- Michael Harrington UNC Midfield
- Kyle Helton Duke Defender
- Chris Loftus Duke Forward
- Wells Thompson Wake Forest Midfield
- Jamie Watson UNC Forward
