1. Evans Frimpong (soccer)
Senior midfielder Evans Frimpong leaves the men’s soccer program as its most accomplished athlete of all time.            He became the first-ever Delaware player to be drafted into Major League Soccer when the Chicago Fire selected him in the first round of the MLS Supplemental Draft in January. He also earned the CAA Player of the Year award, the first Delaware player to receive such an honor.    
This season he led the team with 12 goals and 29 points. The Hens, helped in large part by Frimpong, had their most successful season in university history. They won their first CAA Tournament Championship by winning three games in three days over Northeastern, James Madison and Old Dominion in the final. Frimpong scored in the semifinal win over James Madison.

Their success carried over to the NCAA Tournament. Making their first appearance in the tournament since 1970, the Hens upset Virginia in double overtime in their first-round matchup. The season took them to UCLA, where they eventually faltered 1-0.    
Frimpong also became the first Delaware player to earn All-American honors since 1984. He was named as one of 15 finalists for the Hermann Trophy, given to the top player in all of college soccer.

Besides being All-CAA, he was also named to National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-South Atlantic Region first team, as well as the Eastern College Athletic Conference second team.

Frimpong has since been cut by the Fire and, after trialing with the San Jose Earthquakes, he has signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League.


2. Gino Gradkowski (football)
The other player to be drafted professionally this school year was Delaware offensive lineman, senior Gino Gradkowski.

Gradkowski joins fellow Delaware alum Joe Flacco on the Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore selected Gradkowski in the fourth round of the NFL Draft, with the 98th overall pick.

Gradkowski can play either center or guard on the offensive line and played both positions throughout this season. He was the second highest center taken in the draft and the fifth highest guard.

Gradkowski was named to virtually every All-American team and earned All-CAA honors this year for the second season in a row, the last Hen to do that was Charles Graves in 2009. It’s the first time an offensive lineman from Delaware was named all-conference in back-to-back seasons since 1968.

He is only the second offensive lineman from Delaware to ever be drafted into the NFL.


3. Greg Matthias (golf)