FHSU Athletics
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fort Hays State had three players named to the D2CCA All-America Team for the 2025 season on Tuesday. Elias Ovelar Semeniuk was a first-team selection at forward, Payton Roehrich was a second-team selection at goalkeeper, and Dimitry Tchantcheu was a third-team selection at defender. The three selections matches the most for FHSU on the D2CCA All-America team in a season in program history, also occurring in 2018.
Ovelar Semeniuk is just the second player in program history to earn a first-team selection on an All-America team. He joins 2018 D2CCA National Player of the Year Santiago Agudelo as the only two Tigers to receive that distinction. Ovelar Semeniuk was named the Central Region Player of the Year and he was also the GAC/MIAA Offensive Player of the Year in 2025. He was also named a United Soccer Coaches All-Central Region selection for the second-straight year. He enters the NCAA national semifinals with 15 goals on the season, which ranks second nationally. He has a total of 35 points for the season, adding five assists to his team-leading 15 goals.
Roehrich has made a big impact in his first year of college, becoming just the second goalkeeper in FHSU program history to receive All-America honors. He has a new FHSU record 11 individual shutouts for the season, but started all five games in which Tiger keepers recorded combined shutouts. He was both a United Soccer Coaches and D2CCA All-Central Region selection, the GAC/MIAA Newcomer of the Year, and an all-conference first team selection. In addition to 11 shutouts, Roehrich holds a 0.40 goals against average and .862 save percentage, which all rank among the top four nationally.
Tchantcheu had his season cut short by injury with just one game to go in the regular season, but by helping FHSU produce 13 shutouts over the first 17 matches of the season he still earned the nod for a third-team selection. Several reserves have stepped up in his absence during the postseason, but he was key in helping the Tigers produce their most shutouts in a season and limit opponents to an average of just 7.3 shots per contest.
Fort Hays State has now had five All-America selections within Alex Nichols' first two seasons as head coach. Tadhg Walsh (midfielder) and Marcos German (defender) earned the distinction last year.