BEREA, Ohio – Five Baldwin Wallace University men's soccer players have been named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference teams, Diego Teran earns OAC Goalkeeper of the Year, while the coaching staff has been named the Conference Coaching Staff of the Year.

Teran is the conference Goalkeeper of the Year, while the coaching staff has had a four-win improvement from a season ago. In addition to Teran, Braden Lamb and Chase Rappaport were named to the first team. As a result, the team tied Ohio Northern with three members of the first team for second place, with only Mount Union being ahead of them with four. Carter Richardson and Zach Arnold were selected as members of the third team to round out conference honors for performance on the field for 2026.

Teran earned his first-career All-OAC honor in his first full season as the team's starting goalkeeper. For the season, he possesses a 1.01 goals against average having a 11-5-4 record, recording 78 saves, and an .804 saving percentage. He improved his average of allowing goals by one full goal, possessing a 2.23 average in this category a season ago. Teran led the OAC in saves percentage. He also had six shutouts, the second most in the OAC while making the start behind the net in a conference-leading 19 games. For his career, Teran has been a part of 42 games at the net, and he has made 160 saves. He also has 10 shutouts and a 19-16-5 career record.

Lamb earned his second All-Ohio Athletic Conference first team honor in his second season with the program, also earning this honor a season ago. Lamb appeared in 19 games for the Brown and Gold this season and made starts in all 19 of them. He scored four goals and had one assist in 2026. He also had nine points, took 42 shots with 18 of them coming on goal. Three of his four goals were game winners, and he played 1,629 minutes this season. For his career, Lamb has five goals, five assists, 15 points, 62 shots taken, with 24 of them coming on goal while playing in 3,314 minutes.

Defender Chase Rappaport rounds out the first team selections for the Yellow Jackets, earning the honor in his first season with the program. He is the first freshman since Trevor Hamm in 2018 to earn honors on even the second team. For the season, Rappaport played 90 minutes in every game except for three of them. He had three assists throughout the season. He took nine shots with four of them at the target. 

Carter Richardson is one of two individuals who were a part of the third team. He earned his first selection to this respective team after playing and starting in 19 games. For the season, he has an assist with 13 shots taken, six of them coming on goal. During his three seasons with the program, he has played 54 games and made starts out of 35 of them. He has two goals and one assist, while taking 30 shots with 13 of them coming on goal. He has seen action in 2,809 minutes in these 54 games.

Rounding out the third team is midfielder Zach Arnold, a freshman who earns this honor in his first season with the program. Playing and starting all 20 games this season, he has scored one goal, which was a game-winner against Otterbein on the road. He has taken 10 shots with five of them reaching the target. He saw 90 minutes of action 10 times this season, including 110 in the OAC Tournament quarterfinal shootout win over Marietta. He saw action in 1,571 minutes this season.

The coaching staff, led by Reid Ayers, has won 11 games in 2026 and four more than last year's season total when they went home after the quarterfinal of the OAC Tournament against Mount Union. The total is the ninth time that he has won eleven games since taking over as head coach in 2002. The four-win improvement is their best in the last four seasons, as well as their second-most in any season in the last 23 years. They earned their first OAC Tournament win since October 31, 2011, on Tuesday night when they took down Capital by a score of 4-1. 

The Brown and Gold are two wins away from an OAC Tournament Championship, seeing action next when they travel to Alliance to take on the University of Mount Union. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday night, November 5.