MADISON, Wis. – Sophomore Jaxon Buckley (Kingsford, Mich./Kingsford) and freshman Aissen Witter (Rothschild, Wis./D.C. Everest) headlined the All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) honors for the UW-Stevens Point men's soccer team, the league announced on Friday (Nov. 6). Buckley was named WIAC Offensive Player of the Year and Witter was named WIAC Newcomer of the Year. Buckley also picked up first-team honors along with Noah Johnson (Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji) and Connor Urban (Waukesha, Wis./West). Charlie McGinnis (Verona, Wis./Verona Area) was selected to the honorable mention team and was named to the WIAC All-Sportsmanship team.
 
WIAC Release
 
Buckley earns his second-consecutive specialty award after being named WIAC Co-Newcomer of the Year last season. He leads the conference with 14 goals this season, tied for 14th in the nation. Six of his goals are match-winners, second-most in the country this season. Buckley posted a pair of hat tricks this season – at Beloit (Sept. 15) and at Carthage (Oct. 27) – and had four multi-goal matches. He also leads the conference in points (28), total shots (53) and shots on goal (37).
 
Witter picks up WIAC Newcomer of the Year accolades after playing in 10 matches as a freshman. He is 6-2-1 with three shutouts and a 0.68 goals against average. He earned the win in each of his first four starts on the season with a pair of shutouts. In Wednesday's WIAC Tournament first round win at UW-River Falls, Witter recorded a season-high 10 saves.
 
Johnson notches his first career league honor. He played in 18 matches with 12 starts this season. He scored four goals and added two assists this season. He scored the game-winner in a 1-0 win over UW-Stout on Oct. 11. His assists came in consecutive matches in October, the first assists of his career.
 
Urban gathers his third-straight first-team conference award. He played in all 20 matches with 19 starts. He scored five goals, second on the team to Buckley, and added four assists, tied for the team lead, on the year.  He had points in back-to-back matches twice this season and UWSP won both matches that Urban tallied a goal and an assist.
 
McGinnis garners his second league honor and second-straight all-sportsmanship nod. He started all 17 matches he played in this season. In 10 of those matches, he played all 90 minutes. His 1,360 minutes played are third-most on the team this season.
 
The Pointers are headed to UW-Platteville for the WIAC Tournament semifinals today (Nov. 6). Kick off against the Pioneers is set for 7:00 p.m.