TAMPA, Fla. – The 2026 All-Sun Conference Men's Soccer Teams were announced Thursday morning, following votes by the league's nine head coaches, and SCAD has named three honorees.
 
Sophomore Sebastian Gomez was named to the First-Team as a midfielder, while Senior defenders Tim Rothe and Daire Russell were named to the Second-Team.
 
All-Sun Conference First-Team
Sebastian Gomez | Sophomore | Midfielder | Burgos, Spain
 
Gomez currently leads the team in goals (6), points (12), shots on goal (10), and has one game-winning goal. The Sophomore is tied for first in the conference in points in a single game with six against Webber International where he scored three goals in the 5-1 win.
 
This is his first All-Sun Conference honor.
 
All-Sun Conference Second-Team
Tim Rothe | Senior | Defender | Herzogenaurach, Germany
 
Rothe has played in 16 of SCAD's 17 games with 15 starting appearances thus far this season. The Senior currently leads the team in assists with six and is tied for first in Sun Conference action with assists in a game with three.
 
This is his first All-Sun Conference honor.
 
Daire Russell | Senior | Defender | Belfast, Northern Ireland
 
Russell has played started in all 14 games he has competed in this season for the Bees and totals one goal and two points.
 
This is his first All-Sun Conference honor.
 
This season Rothe and Russell led a Bees' defense that only allowed 13 goals from 49 shots on goal in conference action, placing SCAD fourth in the conference with an opponent's scoring average of 1.63.
 
The Bees finished the regular season as the No. 3 seed heading into the Sun Conference Tournament and hosted No. 6 seeded Florida Memorial Wednesday night in a quarterfinal match-up, winning 3-2 to advance to the Sun Conference Semifinals. The Bees will face the second-seeded No. 18 St. Thomas University Bobcats on Saturday, November 7 at 6:00 p.m. in Miami Gardens, Fla.