Wootton Repeats, Several Buckeyes Earn Big Ten Honors

COLUMBUS, Ohio – All-American Laurence Wootton repeated as the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year and earned his fourth Big Ten First Team All-Big Ten award following a vote by the conference coaches, the league office announced Friday.

Wootton is the first Buckeye to earn All-Big Ten First Team honors four times. No other Buckeye has earned the honor more than twice. He also earned the 2022 Big Ten Midfielder of the Year Award and is the only two-time winner of the honor in Ohio State history.

Ohio State owns 36 First Team All-Big Ten honors in its history.

Wootton is only the sixth player in Big Ten history to be named First Team All-Big Ten four times. Brian Maisonneuve, head coach of the Buckeyes, is one of the six. He did so at Indiana from 1991-94.

Entering the match in the 2023 Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals Friday at Michigan State (6:30 p.m./B1G+), Wootton is tied for the team lead in goals (4), points (8) and match-winning goals (2) this season. He also leads the Buckeyes in shots (35) and shots on goal (15).

For his career, the Stoke-on-Trent, England, native has started 59-of-60 matches for the Buckeyes. He has totaled 16 goals, six assists and 38 points on 109 shots. He owns seven match-winning goals and has converted on 5-of-7 penalty kicks.

Several other Buckeyes also were recognized for their achievements in 2023.

Junior Michael Adedokun, graduate Siggy Magnusson and sophomore Luciano Pechota were selected to the 2023 All-Big Ten Second Team. Andre Roberts earned a spot on the 2023 All-Big Ten Freshman Team and Pechota was Ohio State's representative on the 2023 Big Ten Sportsmanship Team.

Adedokun, a transfer from Dayton and Eruwa, Nigeria, native, started 11-of-14 matches for the Buckeyes this season with three goals and two assists for a total of eight points. Two of his scores were match winners.

Magnusson, a graduate transfer from Iceland, started 15 matches at defense. He helped the Buckeyes hold opponents to just 1.31 goals per game while posting five shutouts and holding 10 foes to one or fewer goals.

Pechota, a member of the 2022 All-Big Ten Freshman Team, tied for the team lead (Wootton) with four goals and eight points. The Avon, Ohio, native scored the match-winner on the road at No. 16 Michigan State during the regular season.

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