CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University men's soccer junior forward Alessandro Arlotti has won Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year honors, senior defender Nik White gained Academic All-Ivy, and the Crimson earned five All-Ivy honorees, the Ivy League conference office announced on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Arlotti captured First Team All-Ivy accolades alongside his Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year award while White gained Second Team All-Ivy honors to go with his Academic All-Ivy recognition. Junior defender Jan Riecke garnered Second Team All-Ivy while first-year midfielder Erik Dalaker and sophomore defender Ethan Veghte each collected Honorable Mention All-Ivy laurels.
 
Arlotti – now a three-time First Team All-Ivy honoree – earned his second major award from the conference after capturing Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2021. In conference play in 2023, he led the Ancient Eight in points (13) and goals (five), while standing second in assists (three). Overall, Arlotti stands third in the Ivy League in points (18), second in assists (six), and fifth in goals (five) this season.
 
Arlotti's recognition marks Harvard's first Ivy player of the year award since Andre Akpan won Ivy League Player of the Year in 2009. The conference split the award into offensive and defensive categories beginning with the 2013 season. Arlotti becomes the seventh player in Ivy men's soccer history to win both the rookie and player of the year awards.
 
Riecke collected All-Ivy for the third straight season after gaining First Team All-Ivy in 2022 and Honorable Mention All-Ivy in 2021. Riecke has played in 1,423 out of a possible 1,440 minutes on the year and has competed in the full 90 minutes in 15 of 16 matches in 2023. He has started all 49 games in his career.
 
White has served the team as a two-year captain and earned All-Ivy honors for the first time. He has acted as a three-year starter for the Crimson and earned CSC Academic All-District honors in 2022.
 
Dalaker has played in all 16 games with nine starts this season in the midfield. He has started five of the Crimson's seven Ivy League games and has tallied one assist on the year.
 
Veghte has competed in 15 games with 11 starts this fall as an outside back for the Crimson. He has started all seven of Harvard's Ivy League games in 2023. Last season, he played in all 16 games with 12 starts, including four starts in Ivy play.
 
Next, No. 2 seed Harvard will compete in the inaugural four-team Ivy League Tournament beginning with a semifinal matchup against No. 3 seed Yale on Friday, Nov. 10 at 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+) in Philadelphia.

Ivy League Men's Soccer Major Awards and All-Ivy Teams

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Alessandro Arlotti, Harvard

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

TJ Presthus, Yale

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

*Alex Harris, Cornell

COACH OF THE YEAR

Brian Gill, Penn

FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY

*Alessandro Arlotti, Harvard
*Leo Burney, Penn
TJ Presthus, Yale
Connor Drought, Cornell
Nick Christoffersen, Penn
Connor Miller, Cornell
Michael Hewes, Penn
Max Rogers, Yale
Alex Harris, Cornell
Kojo Dadzie, Brown
Daniel Ittycheria, Princeton

SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^

Hudson Blatteis, Brown
Michael Collodi, Columbia
Chris Edwards, Yale
Jan Riecke, Harvard
Wilson Eisner, Cornell
Nik White, Harvard
Jack Jasinski, Princeton
Jack Cloherty, Brown
Trenton Blake, Dartmouth
Nico Nee, Princeton
Stas Korzeniowski, Penn
Eric Lagos, Yale
Vasilis Moiras, Dartmouth

HONORABLE MENTION

Lorenzo Amaral, Brown
Harri Sprofera, Brown
Taha Kina, Brown
Joao Lima, Columbia
Kisa Kiingi, Cornell
Tom Collins, Dartmouth
Kristian Feed, Dartmouth
Sebastian Manon, Dartmouth
Erik Dalaker, Harvard
Ethan Veghte, Harvard
Ben Do, Penn
Jake Schaffer, Yale
 
* unanimous selection
^ team expanded due to ties in voting