For the second time in his illustrious career at the University of Delaware, senior Guillermo Delgado has been named the Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer player of the year.

In total, eight Blue Hens were honored as All-CAA selections. Delgado was joined on the All-CAA first team by classmate Thomas de Villardi, graduate student Ben Sampson and redshirt sophomore Todd Morton.

Second team honors went to junior Thibault Philippe, sophomore John Schroeder and freshman Fede Prieto. Sophomore Robert Gillin was picked for the third team while Prieto was also a member of the All-Rookie team and Sampson of the All-Academic team.

“It has been another exciting year of soccer for us at the University of Delaware,” reflected head coach Ian Hennessy. “I am especially pleased that these players have been recognized for their hard work. The players and our overall team will primarily enjoy these accolades, but they will also delight our extended UD staff, my assistants and athletic trainers in particular. They have worked so hard to make this a good experience and give our players the tools needed to be able to perform at their best on and off the field.  Congratulations to all.”

Delgado, who has secured five UD career records with 114 points, 48 goals, 19 assists, 277 shots and 17 game-winning goals, is currently ranked fourth nationally with 1.88 points per game and ninth with 30 points and 11 goals. One of the Delaware’s tri-captains, he is also the nation’s active career leader in points and saves.

“Guillermo has done what is consistently the hardest thing to do in soccer and that’s to score goals,” Hennessy said. “Given that he is a probable four-time All-American and all of the awards that he has accumulated, it is rare that we will see the likes of him again at the University of Delaware; maybe in any sport, but most certainly in soccer.  We are thankful for what he and his teammates have given to this program.”

De Villardi wraps his career in a Blue Hens uniform as a two-time All-CAA first team honoree after transferring to UD following his sophomore campaign. The midfielder/defender has registered seven points on two goals and three assists for the Hens.

Sampson, a two-time team captain, has remained a mainstay on the pitch for the Blue Hens and to date has started 80 of 81 games played for UD while rarely seeing less than 90 minutes played in a contest. A Senior CLASS Award candidate and CoSIDA Academic All-Distric honoree, the defender has garnered 10 goals and four assists for 24 points during his career.

In just his second season in goal, Morton is atop the UD career leaderboard with a 1.02 goals against average, fifth with 11 shutouts and eight with 2914 minutes played. He has started all 18 games for the Hens this season while logging 63 saves at a clip of .759 and allowing 1.10 goals per game.

UD will make its fourth straight -- and sixth in the past seven years -- CAA tournament appearance this The second-seeded Blue Hens face the College of Charleston in the CAA semifinals at 4:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 11, at Hofstra University. The winner will advance to Sunday’s championship final, slated for 2:30 p.m.