Eight America East men's soccer standouts earned NSCAA All-Region honors, the organization announced Thursday. Five earned first-team All-East Region honors, including Albany's Afonso Pinheiro, Binghamton's Robert Moewes, UMBC's Malcom Harris, New Hampshire's Chris Wingate and Vermont's Brian Wright. UMass Lowell's Wuilito Fernandes earned second-team accolades while Hartford's Javoni Simms and New Hampshire's Andrew Chaput earned third-team recognition.
The five first-team selections were more than the other two conferences in the region, the American Athletic Conference and the Ivy League.
Pinheiro, the America East Striker of the Year, led America East in points per game (1.37 ppg) and goals (11).
Moewes earned America East Goalkeeper of the Year recognition for the second-straight year after tallying a .784 save percentage and six shutouts.
Harris was the America East Defender of the Year after helping UMBC compile a league-best 0.87 team goals-against average.
Wingate, the America East Midfielder of the Year, tied for fifth in the conference in goals (6) and points per game (0.89).
Wright, who paced the league with 27 points, led Vermont to its first conference title since 2007 and was named the championship's Most Outstanding Player.
Fernandes earned first-team All-America East honors for the second-straight year and tallied 11 points for the River Hawks.
Simms earned second-team All-Conference accolades after receiving first-team honors each of his first three years in the league.
Chaput was a first-team All-America East defender who helped UNH rank second in the league with a 1.00 team GAA.