Middlebury senior defender Luke Madden has been named the New England Soccer Journal Division III Player of the Year. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Madden earns the award for the first time.
• The senior tallied his second-consecutive United Soccer Coaches All-Region First-Team honor.
• The organization named him a First Team All-American, making the center back the first field player since Deklan Robinson (2015) to earn the distinction. 
• He became the initial Panther since 2014 and the fifth overall to earn NESCAC Player of the Year praises alongside his second-straight first-team all-conference honor.
• The defender was a workhorse, tallying the second-most minutes played (1,847) and helped lead Middlebury to top-15 marks in the nation in shutout percentage (fifth - 0.609) and goals against average (12th - 0.603).
• He contributed on the offensive end of the field, finding the back of the net three times and adding four assists. 
• Madden has also excelled in the classroom with a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Second Team All-America nod and his second-consecutive NESCAC All-Academic honor.

The senior pushed the Panthers to a 17-2-4 record and the program's second-ever NCAA Championship Weekend appearance. The program also secured consecutive unbeaten regular seasons for the first time since the 1972 and 1973 seasons.