Philadelphia, Pa. - Hofstra junior Shaun Foster was named the Colonial Athletic Association's Co-Defensive Player of the Year while freshman Joseph Holland earned the conference's Rookie of the Year honors, the league announced tonight on the eve of the semifinals of the CAA Men's Soccer Championship.

Foster was named to the All-Conference first-team while Holland, junior Chris Griebsch and sophomore Maid Memic made the All-Conference second team based on a vote by the league's head coaches. Holland also made the All-Rookie squad.

Northeastern's Dan Anding was named the CAA Player of the Year while Northeastern's Brian Ainscough and Drexel's Doug Hess were Co-Coaches of the Year.

Foster earned at least a share of Defensive Player of the Year honors for a third straight season. The Southport, England native shared the award with Northeastern's Simon Cox.

With his selection, Foster made conference history by becoming the first three-time winner of the CAA Defensive Player of the Year award. The back, who will exhaust his collegiate eligibility after this season, was the leader of a Hofstra defense that allowed only 21 goals in 19 contests and posted seven shutouts, including four in CAA play. Offensively, Foster contributed two goals and an assist. Both goals were game-winners.

Holland (London, England) was Hofstra's second-leading scorer with six goals and ranked third on the team with 14 points. The freshman midfielder, who made 17 starts, contributed goals in the Pride's conference road victories at George Mason and Delaware. He's the second Hofstra player to be chosen as Rookie of the Year, joining Foster in 2010.

Griebsch (Dessau-Rosslau, Germany) was named to the second-team after picking up All-Conference third team honors as a sophomore in 2011. After leading the CAA in assists with 10 in 2011, he again racked up 10 assists this season, which is four more than the next-closest player in the conference. Griebsch also has scored four goals, giving him 18 points, which put him eighth in the league with a 1.06 points-per-game average.

Memic  (Kozarac, Bosnia) registered his first end-of-season CAA award after scoring a career high eight goals in 19 games entering the CAA Championship semifinals. Memic has been a clutch player for Hofstra, notching four game-winning goals while leading the team in total goals and points (20). He was in the league's top-10 in goals, points, points per game, shots and shots-per-game.

Fourth-seeded Hofstra moved past fifth-seeded George Mason on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals. The Pride will now face top-seeded Drexel on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the semifinals.