CLINTON, Miss. --- Humberto Pelaez has been named the Gulf South Conference Men's Soccer Goalkeeper of the Decade as the GSC All-Decade Team was announced on Tuesday (June 9).

Pelaez (Panama City, Panama) was named the GSC Player of the Year in 2016, helping lead the Choctaws to the league's regular season championship and hosting rights for the conference tournament. That season, he went 8-2-2 with six shutouts and a 0.85 goals against average, the third-best mark in school history.

For his career, Pelaez (2014-17) is MC's all-time leader in goalkeeper wins (33), is tied for the school record in shutouts (19) and ranks 2nd in career saves (261). He was twice named First Team All-GSC (2016, 2017) and earned United Soccer Coaches All-South Region honors twice (2016, 2017).

The GSC All-Decade Awards factored in the contributions from the years 2010-19 and were jointly selected by institutional personnel, coaches and league administrators.
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and began competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.

The athletic department sponsors 18 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Men's and Women's Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.

For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.