CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – SMU highlighted the 2026 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Team and season award winners, which were announced Wednesday following a vote of the league’s 15 head coaches.
After going unbeaten and winning the league’s regular-season title, SMU claimed four of the league’s season honors. Enzo Panozzo earned Defensive Player of the Year, Jonathan Evans notched Goalkeeper of the Year and Kevin Hudson nabbed Coach of the Year, while Jaylinn Mitchell shared the Midfielder of the Year honors with Stanford’s Jack Pymm. North Carolina’s Joschi Schelb earned Offensive Player of the Year honors, and Duke’s Jack Ottley picked up Freshman of the Year laurels.
Six SMU players earned All-ACC honors, while five earned first-team honors, the most first-team honorees by any team since Wake Forest had five in 2008.
Schelb leads the ACC and ranks second nationally with 16 goals this season. The native of Freiburg, Germany, also scored a league-best seven goals in regular-season conference play this season. His total of 35 points leads the ACC and also ranks third nationally. He is one of 30 NCAA players to earn a spot on the 2026 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.
A native of Sarasota, Florida, Panozzo spearheads the nation’s top-rated defense. The Mustangs have conceded just six goals this season, good for a 0.375 goals-against average. Both numbers are tops nationally. SMU has confined opponents to 10 shots or fewer in 10 of the last 11 matches.
Mitchell has totaled three goals and nine assists this season. He is tied for third in the league in assists. The native of La Mirada, California, also is a member of the Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List.
Pymm owns seven goals and an assist this season, with four of his goals coming in conference play. His four ACC goals rank fourth among all league players this season. A native of Stamford, Connecticut, Pymm has totaled 61 shots this season, which is second in the ACC.
Evans leads the ACC with a 0.38 goals-against average and 11 shutouts in 16 matches. He also recorded seven clean sheets in nine matches against league foes. The native of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, also is a member of the Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List.
Ottley put up big numbers as a freshman this season with seven goals and seven assists for 21 points. He ranks fifth in the ACC in points, and ninth in both goals and assists. Hailing from Chesapeake, Virginia, Ottley totaled 10 points in league play, most of any freshman.
Named ACC Coach of the Year for the first time, Hudson led SMU to its first ACC regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the ACC Men’s Soccer Championship. Currently at 13-0-3, the Mustangs became just the sixth ACC program since 1998 to record an unbeaten regular season.
The semifinals of the 2026 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship will be contested Thursday, November 12, at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, beginning with No. 7 seed North Carolina facing No. 11 seed NC State at 5:30 p.m. ET and followed by No. 1 seed SMU versus No. 13 seed Syracuse at 8:30 p.m. ET. Both matches will air on ACC Network and follow the semifinals of the Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship, which will be played at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The championship match will be broadcast on ESPNU on Sunday, November 15, at 4 p.m. ET.
In the latest NCAA RPI, 11 ACC teams rank among the top 40, the most of any conference, including six in the top 20, with No. 2 SMU, No. 3 Clemson, No. 6 Pitt, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 12 Louisville and No. 19 Stanford.
2026 ACC Men’s Soccer Season Honors
Offensive Player of the Year: Joschi Schelb, Sr., F, North Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year: Enzo Panozzo, 5th, D, SMU
Co-Midfielder of the Year: Jaylinn Mitchell, Sr., SMU; Jack Pymm, So., Stanford
Goalkeeper of the Year: Jonathan Evans, Jr., SMU
Freshman of the Year: Jack Ottley, M, Duke
Coach of the Year: Kevin Hudson, SMU
2026 All-ACC Team
First Team
Ransford Gyan, F, Clemson
Jack Ottley, M, Duke
Joschi Schelb, F, North Carolina
Luca Nikolai, D, North Carolina
Aidan Payne, M, NC State
Jonathan Evans, GK, SMU
Jaylinn Mitchell, M, SMU
Ryan Clanton-Pimentel, D, SMU
Enzo Panozzo, D, SMU
Stephan Soghomonian, F, SMU
Jack Pymm, M, Stanford
Second Team
Dylan Mafong, M, Boston College
Lukas Magnason, D, Clemson
Remi Okunlola, D, Clemson
Ethan Congleton, F, Duke
Giacomo Zizza, M, Louisville
Nico Loebus, M, North Carolina
Bertil Rygaard Hansen, F, North Carolina
Blake Kelly, GK, Notre Dame
Noah Holmstrom, D, SMU
Marco Dos Santos, M, Virginia
Brendan Lambe, M, Virginia
Noe Uwimana, D, Virginia Tech
Third Team
Andrej Borak, GK, Boston College
D'Andre Pickett, D, California
Mason Jimenez, M, Clemson
Nick Lockermann, D, North Carolina
Ryan Zellefrow, M, North Carolina
Riley Moloney, D, NC State
Nolan Spicer, M, Notre Dame
Caden Grabfelder, M, Pitt
Villads Landsperg, D, SMU
Alex Chow, M, Stanford
Tate Lorentz, F, Wake Forest
2026 ACC All-Freshman Team
Lucca Guimaraes, M, California
Mateo Tsakiris, M, Clemson
Jack Ottley, M, Duke
Ethan Congleton, F, Duke
Cooper Olson, F, Louisville
Myles Carson, D, North Carolina
Michael Capretto, F, Notre Dame
Tristan Tropeano, F, Notre Dame
Mamadou Tall, F, Pitt
Jayden Fitzgerald Boes, F, Stanford
Tim Fortier, M, Stanford