UNC’s Joschi Schelb was named the ACC Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Year Wednesday, becoming the first Tar Heel to do so since the league moved to its current award format in 2004.
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Joschi Schelb becomes the first Tar Heel named ACC Offensive Player of the Year since this award format went into effect in 2004!
The nation’s second-leading goal scorer, Schelb has 16 goals and 35 points on the season. #GoHeels pic.twitter.com/h91b3cspPf
— UNC Men's Soccer (@UNCmenssoccer) November 11, 2026
Schelb, a senior forward from Germany who transferred to UNC rom Rutgers in the offseason, has been a revelation in his first year in Chapel Hill. He has scored 16 goals and totaled three assists in 17 matches and has found the back of the net eight times in the team’s last 12 outings. That hot streak has helped the Tar Heels on a 10-match unbeaten run stretching back to late September.
Schelb is the top goalscorer in the ACC and ranks second nationally, while his 35 points rank third. Schelb’s 16 goals are the most by a Tar Heel in a single season since 2011. He has been named to the midseason watch list for the Hermann Award, which honors the most outstanding player in college soccer.
Fellow Tar Heel Luca Nikolai joined his teammate Schelb on the All-ACC first team. A senior defender who is in his second season with UNC after transferring over from James Madison, Nikolai has totaled five goals and 10 assists on the year, with his 10 assists ranking second in the ACC and seventh nationally. Nikolai is also a perfect 5-for-5 from the penalty spot on the season, including the golden goal against Clemson in the ACC quarterfinals and a penalty in a shootout against Cal in the tournament’s opening round.
Elsewhere, sophomore midfielder Nico Loebus and junior forward Bertil Rygaard Hansen were named to the All-ACC second team, senior defender Nick Lockermann and junior midfielder Ryan Zellefrow were named to the third team and defender Miles Carson was named to the All-Freshman team. To see the full list of All-ACC honorees, click here.
Schelb, Nikolai and the rest of the Tar Heels will return to the pitch Thursday at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary when they face NC State in the ACC Tournament semifinals. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
Featured image via Chapel Hill Media Group/Caleb Rothrock
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