page_title: Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer
section_title: Big East honors
hierarchical_section_title: Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer / Awards and honors / Big East honors
caption_attribution_description: English: Pitt men's soccer in the second round of the 2019 NCAA tournament vs Georgetown on Nov 24, 2019
context_page_description: Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's soccer team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pitt men's soccer competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference and plays their home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field in the university's Petersen Sports Complex. Pitt soccer players have had eight selections as All-Americans and multiple former Panthers have gone on to play professionally. The Panthers have appeared in two NCAA tournaments and have been coached by Jay Vidovich since 2015.
context_section_description: Pitt played soccer as a member of the Big East Conference from 1985 to 2012. During this time, Pitt's Joe Luxbacher won the Big East Coach of the Year award twice, Ben Garry was named to the Big East All-Rookie team, and Pitt had seven other All-Big East Team selections. Players all garnered multiple Big East Scholar-Athlete Awards with over 100 players being named Big East Academic All-Stars.
  
  
   
  Coach of the Year
  Joe Luxbacher, 1992
  Joe Luxbacher, 1995
   
  All-Rookie Team
  Ben Garry, 1997
   
  All-Big East Team selections
  Charlie Wasson, B, Second Team, 1993
  Jeff Porter, M, Second Team, 1995
  Chris Churchill, B, Second Team, 2000
  Ben Gary, M, Second Team, 2000
  Justin Gaul, GK, Third Team, 2002
  Keeyan Young, F, Second Team, 2003
  Keeyan Young, F, Second Team, 2004
   
  Scholar-Athlete Award winners
  Peter Veltri, 2001-02
  Jacob Kring, 2004-05
  Thomas DeCato, 2005-06
  Brendon Smith, 2006-07
  Matt Baker, 2009-10
caption: Pitt soccer at Georgetown in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
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