Kentucky Sweeps Coach and Player of the Year
The Kentucky Wildcats lead the way with a total of 10 players selected as 2017 SCRC All-Conference. Kentucky’s Brendon Esson was selected as the 2017 Player of the Year and UK’s Gary Anderson received the well earned 2017 Coach of the Year. A total of 45 players were honored from 9 conference teams.
2017 Player of the Year – Brendon Esson
Brendon attended High School at St Johns College in Harare, Zimbabwe before moving to Lexington in 2015. Since joining the program Brendon has been a standout player and leader on and off the pitch, his leadership led him to be named team captain in 2017. In this year’s SCRC Championship he scored twice including the go ahead score in the final minutes of the game.
2017 Coach of the Year – Gary Anderson
Coach Anderson led the Kentucky Wildcats to their 1st ever SEC Championship going 12-0 on the season between the two sides. The key component to the wildcat’s success is the entirety of the coaching staff, Vince Gross, Scott Tungay, Jan DeBeer and Taylor Johnson. The staff does an outstanding job from recruiting quality talent to getting the student athletes to perform at their maximum level.
SCRC First Team
| Front Row | Keenan Kayser (UT) |
| Front Row | Tucker Donlon (UK) |
| Front Row | Shawn Dawley (UA) |
| Lock | Isaac Hamlin (UK) |
| Lock | Nesto Rivas (UT) |
| Back Row | Caleb Canter (UK) |
| Back Row | Dylan Craven (UT) |
| Back Row | Kerry Roberts (UT) |
| Scrumhalf | Travis Vickers (UT) |
| Flyhalf | Brendon Esson (UK) |
| Back | Shaq Suber (UK) |
| Back | Eli Warfield (UK) |
| Back | Christian Harrell (USC) |
| Back | Sean Barnes (USC) |
| Back | Ignacio Guisasolo( UA) |
SCRC Second Team
| Front Row | James Campbell (UGA) |
| Front Row | Josh Landon (UT) |
| Front Row | Jerome Bohuslavizki (AU) |
| Lock | Brandon Holmes (USC) |
| Lock | Ashton Yates (MSU) |
| Back Row | Logan Butler (UK) |
| Back Row | Micah Stewart (USC) |
| Back Row | Tom Earl (UF) |
| Scrumhalf | Brian Radcliff (UGA) |
| Flyhalf | Nicolae Toma (UM) |
| Back | Sam Hawkins (UT) |
| Back | Porter Ramsey (UK) |
| Back | Alex Schultz (MSU) |
| Back | Caleb Strum (UA) |
| Back | John Via (UT) |
Honorable Mention
| Rick Lafountain (UF) |
| Kolby O’Malley (UF) |
| Bobby Collins (UA) |
| Joel Larson (UGA) |
| Dom DiGeronimo (UK) |
| Kalon Gipson (UM) |
| Jacob Von Echenbach (AU) |
| Bobby Morgan (UA) |
| Chuck Deport (USC) |
| Mike Runion (UGA) |
| John Detamore (MSU) |
| Sameer Kahn (AU) |
| Josh Robertson (UM) |
| Michael Tomasin (MSU) |
| Dirk van den Berg (UK) |