FORT WAYNE, Ind. – On Wednesday morning, the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference released the 2026 conference awards for men's soccer. Eight Warriors earned WHAC All-Conference awards this season, highlighted by four first-team all-conference selections, while 20 received WHAC All-Academic Team honors.

Robin Vezinhet, Zak El Hannach, Javier Lopez Medinaceli, and Fabian Hauer would all earn their way onto the First Team All-Conference, while Filip Maksimovic was named to the Second Team. Matthew Takawira and Alan Fleischer earned spots on the All-Newcomer Team and Emre Baris was the teams Champions of Character Award winner.

Vezinhet has helped lead the Warriors front line this season, scoring eight goals and adding one assist for 17 points. The junior forward has appeared in 16 games and started ten, playing 881 minutes.

Zak El Hannach and Javier Lopez Medinaceli have controlled the midfield all season for the Warriors. El Hannach is one of three Warriors to play in all 19 games this season. The junior from London, England has started 18 games and played 1,492 minutes, scoring five goals and adding a team high seven assists for 17 points this season. Lopez Medinaceli has started 13 of his 18 appearances and played 1,073 minutes. The Valencia, Spain native has recorded five points from one goal and three assists this year for Tech.

Hauer has led the Warriors in minutes played this season with 1,514, holding down the Tech defense, while also contributing offensively. The Vienna, Austria product has started all 18 games he's played in and helped Tech to nine shutouts this year. He also has four assists and four points on the season.

Maksimovic has been the Warriors biggest offensive threat this season, leading the team in points (25), goals (9), and assists (7). The senior from Belgrade, Serbia has appeared in 19 games and played 1,178 minutes with 16 games started.

Matthew Takawira and Alan Fleischer made the All-Newcomer Team as first year players in the Orange & Black. Takawira is a sophomore forward from Luton, England who has recorded 14 points, scoring seven goals in 15 games for Tech, while Fleischer is a freshman goalkeeper from Colchester, England who went 9-3-2 with seven shutouts with 45 saves in 14 starts.

Senior Emre Baris would represent Indiana Tech on the Champion of Character Team, which is comprised of one player from each school who best represents the five core character values of integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership.

Indiana Tech also had 20 Warriors named to the All-Academic Team, which consists of sophomores or above in academic standing with a cumulative 3.25 GPA or better who have attended their school for one full year. Representing the Warriors was Gerardo Arenas Gonzalez, Jose Lauro Arestegui, Emre Baris, Grant Beyers, Costa Cassar, Edoardo Fonseca Dibisceglia, Gabe Finch, Eduardo Fonseca Alverde, Joao Gustavo, Fabian Hauer, Jack Kennedy, Brayden Kuppusami, Diego Lobera, Gui Moreira, Muiruri Mugera, Luciano Parra, Martin Ramos, Matija Stupar, Lennart Wider, and Tyler Zimbounellis.
 
All-WHAC First Team – Robin Vezinhet, Zak El Hannach, Javier Lopez Medinaceli, Fabian Hauer
All-WHAC Second Team – Filip Maksimovic
WHAC All-Newcomer Team – Matthew Takawira, Alan Fleischer
Champions of Character Team – Emre Baris
All-Academic Team – Gerardo Arenas Gonzalez, Jose Lauro Arestegui, Emre Baris, Grant Beyers, Costa Cassar, Edoardo Fonseca Dibisceglia, Gabe Finch, Eduardo Fonseca Alverde, Joao Gustavo, Fabian Hauer, Jack Kennedy, Brayden Kuppusami, Diego Lobera, Gui Moreira, Muiruri Mugera, Luciano Parra, Martin Ramos, Matija Stupar, Lennart Wider, Tyler Zimbounellis