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South Easton, Mass. – Southern Connecticut State University junior forward Colin Jackson, has been named the 2006 Northeast-10 Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Year as voted by the conference coaches. Jackson leads the Northeast-10 in scoring with 29 points and in goals with 13 in 17 games played this season in leading the Owls to a 13-2-2 record and an appearance to the Northeast-10 playoffs.

Also receiving accolades, forward Jared Joaquin of Bentley College, a native of North Andover, Mass. was named the Freshman of the Year.

Franklin Pierce College senior defender Bisharra Etienne of Rosedale, N.Y. has been named Northeast-10 Defensive Player of the Year. Also from Franklin Pierce, James Thorpe repeats for the third straight year as the Goalkeeper of the Year. A junior from East Longmeadow, Mass., Thorpe earned the same honor after his freshman and sophomore seasons (2004, 2005) as well as being named the Freshman of the Year in 2004.

Wade Jean of Saint Michael’s College was named the 2006 Coach of the Year in a vote of his peers. Jean led the Purple Knights to an 11-4-4 record and a trip to the Northeast-10 playoffs.

Etienne, Jackson and Thorpe were also named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team. They were joined by teammates Andre Elphis, Raphael Guimaraes, and Peter Petropanagos. Also named to the team were American International College’s Chris Charles, Merrimack’s Tiago Dalboni and from The University of Massachusetts Lowell Christian Figueroa. Joining Jackson were Owl teammates Ancil Farrier and Kieron Jennings, along with Matt Delaney and David McGuire of Southern New Hampshire University.

The Northeast-10 All-Conference Second Team included American International’s Norbert Dusza and Michael Murphy, along with Michael Vitulano of Franklin Pierce and Mark Lukowiecki and Matt Pecheone of Le Moyne. Also named to the Second Team were Edens Chery and Mike Cafeteirno of UMass Lowell and Saint Anselm College’s Tim Hubbard. Yoshikazu Ishii from Saint Michael’s and Southern Connecticut’s Jason James and Brendan Lawless earned Second Team honors, along with Southern New Hampshire’s Kevin Cumberbatch and Simon Kearney.

The Northeast-10 All-Conference Third Team included Joaquin and Bentley teammate Mike Earnest, as well as Franklin Pierce’s David Clifton, Jason Grier, Marek Hawrylik, and Brendan McMahon. From Le Moyne, Brandon Oot earned Third Team honors, along with Merrimack’s Donnie Aylward, David Josephs, and Kiel Milliken. Also named from Saint Michael’s were Tim Williamson and Glenn Sherman and Joseph Sousa of Stonehill.