UCLA Men's Soccer
The Pac-12 announced its men's soccer All-Conference honors today with UCLA's Jose Hernandez winning the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year award.
Jose Hernandez has been named @pac12 Freshman of the Year & nine earned All-Pac-12. MORE: https://t.co/ZCCIjB2cY5 pic.twitter.com/WExOxqt0eW
— UCLA Men's Soccer (@UCLAMSoccer) November 17, 2015
Hernandez wasn't the only Bruin to earn recognition in the conference, though. Three other Bruins joined Hernandez on the All-Pac-12 First Team, and another five Bruins earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention.
Here's a complete list of the 2015 Men's Soccer All-Pac-12 Teams:
First Team | Second Team* | Honorable Mention |
Seyi Adekoya, F, UCLA | Corey Baird, M, STAN | Adam Allmaras, GK, SDSU |
Abu Danladi, F, UCLA | Jose Carrera-Garcia, M, CAL | Michael Amick, D, UCLA |
Ryan Herman, GK, WASH | Kyle Coffee, F, WASH | Mikhail Doholis, M, OSU |
Jose Hernandez, M, UCLA | Andrew Epstein, GK, STAN | Chase Gasper, D, UCLA |
Nick Lima, D, CAL | Thomas Hilliard-Arce, D, STAN | Trevor Haberkorn, D/M, CAL |
Jordan Morris, F, STAN | Jordan Jones, F, OSU | Josh Heard, M, WASH |
Timmy Mueller, F, OSU | Foster Langsdorf, F, STAN | Travis Nicklaw, M, SDSU |
Christian Thierjung, M, CAL | Rene Reyes, F, SDSU | Quentin Pearson, D, WASH |
Ty Thompson, M, STAN | Paul Salcedo, F, CAL | Nathan Smith, D, UCLA |
Brandon Vincent, D, STAN | Justin Schmidt, D, WASH | Javan Torre, D, UCLA |
Jackson Yueill, M, UCLA | Eric Verso, M, STAN | Jordan Vale, M, UCLA |
Henry Wingo, M, WASH |
Stanford's Jordan Morris was named Pac-12 Player of the Year. Morris' teammate Brandon Vincent was selected as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, and his coach Jeremy Gunn earned Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors.
UCLA and Stanford are the only conference teams to earn NCAA Tournament berths this season.
UCLA Women's Soccer
The Pac-12 also announced its women's soccer All-Academic conference teams today. Unfortunately, no Bruins were selected for the first or second All-Academic team, but seven Bruins earned All-Academic Honorable Mention. To be eligible for Pac-12 All-Academic recognition, "a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and appear in at least 50% of their team's games."
UCLA's All-Academic honorees are
- Junior Annie Alvarado
- Junior Darian Jenkins
- Junior Lauren Kaskie
- Junior Gabbi Miranda
- Redshirt sophomore Zoey Goralski
- Redshirt sophomore Claire Winter
- Sophomore Gabrielle Matulich