PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Soccer Six announced its award recipients for the 2022 season Thursday and the University of Pennsylvania men's soccer team walked away with a multitude of honors, including a trifecta of unanimous major award winners.
 
Ben Stitz was the Chris Jones Player of the Year, Ben Do was the William "Bill" Wilkinson Rookie of the Year, and Brian Gill was the Bill Harris Coach of the Year.

Additionally, Stitz, Stas Korzeniowski, Isaac McGinnis, Leo Burney, Nick Schimbeno and Nick Christoffersen were all named to the Soccer Six All-Star team; Stitz, Korzeniowski, Burney, and Christoffersen were all unanimous choices. The All-Rookie group had a double Penn presence, with Brandon Curran joining Do on the team. Penn also took home the Don DiJulia 2022 Philadelphia Soccer 6 Team of the Year..
 
Two of the Quakers' 18 matches this season ended in draws with both, coincidentally, coming in their two Soccer Six matches, with both ending 1-1. Schimbeno scored the second half equalizer against Temple on September 5 and Burney scored the tying goal against Drexel on October 18.
 
Stitz finished the season with 11 goals and eight assists for a whopping 30 points. He scored a goal in seven straight matches between mid-September and mid-October, the longest streak by a Quaker since 1977. Along with Korzeniowski, he became the first Penn player in more than 25 years to score 10 or more goals in a season. He was also the 31st overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft on Wednesday night
 
Do started all 18 matches on the Penn backline and assisted on goals in three straight victories from the end of September to early October, then capped the regular season in style, scoring his first collegiate goal to cap Penn's 3-0 win over Princeton in the regular season finale to clinch the Ivy League title.
 
Gill earns his second unanimous Coach of the Year honor, following his Ivy League recognition. The fourth-year head coach guided the Quakers to their first conference crown since 2013 after being selected fifth in the pre-season poll. Penn won at Cornell and Yale for the first time since 2016, knocked off Columbia for the first time since 2011, and won at Princeton for the first time since 2006. The Quakers climbed as high as the top 15 in the United Soccer Coaches poll after more than a decade without a single poll appearance.
 
The other half of Penn's high-scoring forward duo, Korzeniowski capped his 11-goal, 28-point campaign with goals in five of the team's final seven matches, including four of the last five Ivy contests, adding an assist on the Quakers' goal against Syracuse in the second round of the NCAA Championships.
 
McGinnis, in his second season as team captain, set career highs in goals and assists (three each), while contributing to Penn's spectacular team defense that allowed less than one goal per match. He capped the regular season with two goals in the final three matches, including a penalty kick against Princeton that wound up the game-winner in the conference championship-clinching victory.
 
Burney played all but 24 minutes during the season, contributing to the team's stifling defense while simultaneously playing a significant role up front. His five goals were good for fourth on the team, including his equalizer against Drexel and two game-winners in Ivy League play.
 
Another defender who played a sizable role in the team attack, Schimbeno started all 18 matches on the Quaker back line and ranked third among field players in minutes played (1,535 of a possible 1,640). He followed up his second half equalizer against Temple with a flying header against Syracuse in the second round of the NCAA Championships against Syracuse, the only deficit the eventual national champions faced the entire tournament.
 
Christoffersen was the most consistent presence on the field for the Quakers this season, playing all but four minutes. The only Ivy League goalkeeper to end the regular season with a goals-against average under 1.000 (0.752), the senior from Toronto also recorded seven saves across the two Soccer Six draws. Christoffersen was the 83rd overall selection in Wednesday's MLS SuperDraft.

Curran made a significant for the Quakers up front, appearing in all 18 matches off the bench, averaging just under 20 minutes per appearance. He scored his first collegiate goal in a win over Fairleigh Dickinson and added an insurance goal in a 2-0 win over Ivy League foe Columbia in the penultimate match of the regular season.