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UK Soccer tabbed Conference USA favorite; 4 Cats earn preseason honors

The Kentucky Wildcats men’s soccer team has been tabbed the preseason favorites to repeat as Conference USA champs , while four players earned individual accolades and swept the conference’s most prestigious honors.

Junior midfielder Kalil ElMedkhar, junior goalkeeper Enrique Facusse, redshirt-junior defender Aimé Mabika, and sophomore forward Jason Reyes were each voted to the 2019 C-USA Preseason Team by league coaches. Mabika was selected C-USA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, and ElMedkhar and Reyes split the award for C-USA Preseason Co-Offensive Players of the Year.

A United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region and All-C-USA first-team honoree as a sophomore, ElMedkhar scored 11 goals and assisted on 10 more a season ago.