A pair of Burnaby Central alumnus made the grade with the announcement Thursday of the PacWest 2015 men’s soccer team all-stars.
Spencer Deboice and Yassin Essa, who both play for the Douglas College Royals, were among the 11 players honoured with the conclusion of the PacWest regular season.
For Deboice, a sophomore forward who was named the 2014 provincial MVP, it was the second straight year as a league all-star.
Essa is a freshman who finished ninth in overall scoring with four goals in 13 games. Also making the men’s team were fellow Royals Jacob Lensky (Richmond) and Devin Phelan (Port Moody), as well as Capilano’s Kristian Yi-Hietanen, Kwantlen’s Newaf Binsaleh and Mateo Serka, Quest’s J.B. McEown, and Vancouver Island’s Andres Algarin, Chris Arnett and Jeff Travis.
Yi-Hietanen also picked up the PacWest’s Player and Rookie of the year honours.
Douglas is eyeing a third provincial title in the past four seasons, with the championship semifinal today (Friday), 1 p.m. at Burnaby Lake 1 when they play Kwantlen Park.
On the women’s side, Douglas had a pair of repeat all-stars in Danae Harding and Marni McMillan, both of Port Moody.
For the second straight season, McMillan walked off with the PacWest Player of the year award. The fourth-year forward will lead the team into the provincial semifinal today, 12:30 p.m. at Burnaby Lake against Kwantlen Park.
