Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Awards
 
Greenville, S.C. – Furman junior Diego Hernandez was named first team Top Drawer Soccer Best XI while teammates Braden Dunham, Connor Stout, and Ivan Horvat earned spots on the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI teams, it was announced on Friday.
 
Hernandez led the Paladins with 10 goals and nine assists this season while capturing Southern Conference Player of the Year and SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors. The Mesquite, Texas, native and team captain was named a finalist for national player of the year and captured United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team accolades while guiding Furman to the SoCon regular season and tournament titles and the school's first NCAA College Cup appearance.
 
Dunham, a first team freshman best XI choice, earned SoCon Freshman of the Year honors and first team All-SoCon honors while helping propel the 16^th-seeded Paladins to a 16-2-5 record and No. 3 national ranking. Dunham netted seven goals this season and netted the lone goal in Furman's win at No. 8 seed Portland in the Elite Eight.
 
A second team All-SoCon selection, Stout totaled five assists en route to earning second team Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI laurels. The Fairfax, Va., product played in all 23 matches and made 20 starts.
 
Horvat, a redshirt-freshman, garnered first team All-SoCon and SoCon Goalkeeper of the Year honors, prior to being named second team all-freshman on Friday. The Bratislava, Slovakia, native totaled eight clean sheets and posted a 0.87 goals against average in 2025. He saved seven shots in Furman's 1-0 victory at Portland.
 
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