CHICAGO (Nov. 9, 2025) – UIC juniors Edouard Nys and Darrell Turcios were honored by the Missouri Valley Conference coaches with a handful of postseason awards that were announced by the conference office Sunday morning.
 
Nys (name pronounced ed-WAR Niece) was selected as the MVC Player and Forward of the Year, the first UIC player to earn either honor since the Flames joined the Valley four years ago. He is also UIC's first men's soccer conference player of the year since Jesus Perez claimed back-to-back Horizon League Player of the Year awards in 2018 and 2019.
 
In addition, Nys and Turcios both earned All-MVC accolades, with Nys a first-team selection and Turcios a second-team choice. It's the first such award for both players and the 15^th consecutive season that UIC men's soccer has produced multiple all-conference honorees.
 
A native of Dottignies, Belgium, Nys was a four-time MVC Offensive Player of the Week selection this year, tying the school record for weekly conference awards in a single season. He was also named to the Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List, the first UIC player chosen since Perez in 2019.
 
For the season, Nys ranks among the top three in the country in six different NCAA statistical categories, as of Saturday morning. He leads the nation in goals per game (0.94), shots per game (5.81) and shots on goal per game (2.88), while ranking second in total goals (15) and total points (35), and third in points per game (2.19). He is one of only three players in program history to score 15 goals in one season and he has amassed the most goals and points by a UIC player in one season since 2000, when All-America Eric Lukin registered 15 goals and 40 points.
 
Turcios (name pronounced duh-RELL TUR-see-ohs) is enjoying the finest season of his three-year UIC tenure with career highs in all statistical categories. Originally from San Lorenzo, Honduras, he has appeared in all 16 Flames matches this year (starting 12 times) and he currently ranks among the top 10 in the MVC in goals (7^th – 5), points (7^th – 14) and assists (9^th – 4). Turcios also played a pivotal role in one of UIC's biggest wins of the season, scoring twice in a Sept. 1 road victory at Big Ten Conference foe Northwestern, including the match-winning goal in the 84^th minute.
 
UIC (9-2-5, 2-1-4 MVC) kicks off postseason play at 2 p.m. (CT) Sunday when it travels to Nashville, Tenn., to take on Belmont in the MVC Tournament quarterfinals. The match will be broadcast live from E.S. Rose Park on ESPN+, with live stats available at UICFlames.com.
 
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