Southeastern was well-represented on the Mid-South Sun Division football end-of-season awards lists, released today by the league office.
The Fire placed six players on the All-Mid-South Sun Division First-Team, five more on the second team, and had four special award winners.
Sophomore linebacker Marc Viechec was named the Defensive Player of the Year after leading the team in tackles with 78 and helped the Fire allow just 16.5 points per game in Sun Division play this year. The Naples native had four games with 10 or more tackles this season and finished with 9.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, and two pass breakups.
Joey Chatman was named the Defensive Freshman of the Year, making 27 tackles with four interceptions. The Tampa native also broke up seven passes and was in on a sack.
For his efforts with the SEU defense, Adam Waugh was named the inaugural Mid-South Sun Division Assistant Coach of the Year. The Southeastern defense allowed just 14.2 points per game in division games.
Cesar-Rivas Sandoval was named the division’s coach of the year after the Fire went 8-3 overall and 5-1 in division play and were co-division champions for the first time since 2018. SEU ended the season on a five-game win streak that included a pair of wins over Top 25 teams.
Earning First-Team All-Mid-South Sun honors were offensive lineman Ray Lewis, tight end Iyan Hinkle, running back Lorine Parker, defensive lineman Trenton Surloff, Viechec, and punter Jonah Paulsgrove.
Second-Team All-Mid-South Sun honors went to offensive lineman Debel Massolas, kicker Tristan Connell, defensive lineman Curtis Williams, and defensive backs Khalid Scott and Aaron Walton.