Providence, RI—Rhode Island College junior forward Kyle Teixeira (Warren, RI) was named the Little East Conference Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Year and also earned First Team All-LEC honors. This is the third consecutive season Teixeira has earned First Team All-Conference honors. This is the second time Teixeira has been named the Offensive Player of the Year, having picked up the award as a freshman in 2002 as well.

Teixeira has played in 20 games, starting all of them. He has 21 goals and five assists for 47 points on the season. Teixeira’s 21 goals and five assists give him 63 goals and 142 points for his career. Teixeira’s 63 goals is a new RIC all-time record, passing former RIC all-time men’s soccer goals leader Domenico Petrarca (’77). Teixeira scored the record-setting goal in the 82^nd minute of RIC’s, 3-1, LEC semi-final victory over Plymouth State. Teixeira is only five points shy of Petrarca’s all-time RIC’s career points record.