BGSU men’s soccer senior forward Trace Terry has been named All-Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) First Team for the second consecutive season, and earned All-MVC recognition for the third consecutive year.
Terry started all 17 matches for Bowling Green and head coach Eric Nichols, leading the team in goals and points. The Bellbrook, Ohio, native scored 10 of the Falcons’ 16 goals this season and tallied two assists.
He scored four game winners this past season, which leads the MVC and ranks him eighth in the nation. Terry also finished the year ranked 14th in the country in goals scored.
At the start of the season in August, Terry was named just the second Falcon ever in program history to the Hermann Trophy Watch List by United Soccer Coaches.
Last December, Terry was selected by the Seattle Sounders FC in the third round (76th overall) of the 2025 Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft.
Terry finishes his career with Bowling Green, appearing in 68 games, scoring 28 goals, and recording 13 assists. He has 11 game-winning goals as well, which puts him tied for second in program history.
Complete list of MVC specialty award winners:
2025 ALL-MVC TEAM AND SPECIALTY AWARD WINNERS
Player of the Year: Edouard Nys, UIC
Defensive Player of the Year: Martin Wurschmidt, Evansville
Freshman of the Year: Andres Escudero, Evansville
Goalkeeper of the Year: Michal Mroz, Evansville
Midfielder of the Year: Eskil Gjerde, Drake
Forward of the Year: Edouard Nys, UIC
Coaching Staff of the Year: Evansville (Robbe Tarver, Matt Melzer, Orry Killam, Evan Dekker)
MVC Fair Play Award: Belmont (fewest penalty cards in all regular-season matches)
ALL-MVC FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name, School, Yr.
GK Michal Mroz, Evansville, So.
D Amara Kamara, Northern Illinois, Sr.
D Cole Schrage, Drake, Jr.
D Dylan Steely, Belmont, R-Sr.
D Martin Wurschmidt, Evansville, So.
M Brad Dildy, Belmont, Sr.
M Eskil Gjerde, Drake, Sr.
M Jose Gomez, Northern Illinois, Sr.
F Andres Escudero, Evansville, Fr.
F Edouard Nys, UIC, Jr.
F Trace Terry, Bowling Green, Sr.
ALL-MVC SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name, School, Yr.
GK Tomas Butkovic, Drake, So.
D Riley Clothier, Belmont, Sr.
D Sam DeLong, Drake, So.
D Nacho Diaz-Caneja, Evansville, Sr.
D Christian Shannon, Western Michigan, R-So.
M Braxton Arpachinda, Western Michigan, Jr.
M Jonathan Stout, Western Michigan, Sr.
M Darrell Turcios, UIC, Jr.
F Brock Kiper, Belmont, R-Jr.
F Preston Kipnusu, Drake, So.
F Vance Sheffield, Northern Illinois, Fr.
MVC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Pos. Name, School
M Nzuhri Biggar, Belmont
M Paul Claes Nielsen, Belmont
M Devin Shepherd, Evansville
F Crew Alvarez, Drake
F Andres Escudero, Evansville
F Vance Sheffield, Northern Illinois
