Men's Soccer

Tuesta Tabbed NJAC Offensive Player of the Year

POMONA, N.J. (11/1/06) - Junior forward Anthony Tuesta (Clifton, N.J.) was tabbed the New Jersey Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year, as selected by the NJAC coaches and announced by the conference on Wednesday afternoon.

In his first season in a Cougar uniform since transferring to Kean from Mercer County Community College, Tuesta led the team in points (28) and goals (13), ranking second in the conference in both categories.

Tuesta tallied the team's lone goal in the Cougars' 1-0 victory over conference-rival The College of New Jersey, and also added a pair of goals in the 4-0 win at Rutgers-Newark. In the team's nine conference games, Tuesta recorded at least one point in six of the games.

Tuesta is the seventh player in program history to earn NJAC Player of the Year honors and the first since Rudy Lormil earned the distinction in 2002.