2025 Big South Men's Soccer Top Returners To Watch
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Ahead of the 2025 season, Big South men’s soccer head coaches submitted players as the Top Returners To Watch. Each team could select up to six returning players (regardless of position) to be included on the Watch List, along with any returning Big South All-Conference and All-Freshman Team members from prior seasons that will play in 2025.
Meanwhile, the Preseason Players of the Year honorees in the categories of Offensive, Midfielder, Defensive and Goalkeeper will be selected by the head coaches from the lists, and will be announced on Wednesday, Aug. 13, along with the 2025 preseason predicted order of finish.
Below are the Top Returners To Watch for 2025, listed by position and presented in alphabetical order by school.
FORWARDS - Name, School, Class
Jaylen Orr, Gardner-Webb, Sr.
Brendan Krueger, High Point, Sr.
Alfred Baafi, High Point, Jr.
Brando Bedolla, Longwood, Soph.
Aysa Hamid, UNC Asheville, Sr.
Ethan Marks, Winthrop, Jr.
MIDFIELDERS - Name, School, Class
Tiago Campos, Gardner-Webb, Jr.
Nate Porterfield, Gardner-Webb, Soph.
Jefferson Amaya, High Point, Sr.
Anthony Ramirez, High Point, Jr.
Aaron Asamoah, Longwood, Sr.
Aristhid Kamdjin, Longwood, Jr.
Steven Cordova, Presbyterian, Sr.
Jonas Sundli-Hardig, Presbyterian, Soph.
Donovan McClellan, Radford, Sr.
Dax Booth, Radford, Soph.
Hiromassa Iwai, Radford, Jr.
Edvin Grolimund, UNC Asheville, Gr.
Charlie Wood, UNC Asheville, Soph.
Louis Beckett, UNC Asheville, Sr.
Jack Steel, UNC Asheville, Jr.
Ryan Armijo, Winthrop, Soph.
Bernardo Pacheco, Winthrop, Sr.
DEFENDERS - Name, School, Class
Leo Andrade, Gardner-Webb, Sr.
Breno Correia, Gardner-Webb, Jr.
Lukas Kamrath, High Point, R-Soph.
Beau Yantz, High Point, Sr.
Joshua Yoder, Longwood, Sr.
David Ambaek, Longwood, Sr.
Jesus Macaya, Longwood, Jr.
Bryce Burdette, Presbyterian, R-Jr.
Benian Yao, UNC Asheville, Gr.
Viðar Ragnarsson, UNC Asheville, Sr.
Emory Crichlow, Winthrop, Jr.
Diego Candia, Winthrop, Sr.
GOALKEEPERS - Name, School, Class
Alan Horrocks, Gardner-Webb, Jr.
Josh Caron, High Point, R-Jr.
Jack Kilstrom, Winthrop, Jr.