Monday, November 25, 2013

PORTLAND, Ore. – Seven Great Northwest Athletic Conference men’s soccer players, including GNAC Player of the Year Chris Bargholz and GNAC Newcomer of the Year Fredy Razo were named to the 2013 Daktronics All-West Region teams.

Bargholz, a junior midfielder at Simon Fraser, tallied four goals and six assists as the Clan has accumulated an 18-2-2 overall record this season. Razo, the GNAC leading scorer with 16 goals, was stellar in his first season in the conference after transferring to Northwest Nazarene from Irvine Valley College.

Joining Bargholz and Razo on the first team was GNAC Freshman of the Year Magnus Kristensen, a defender for the Clan who scored three goals and started all 22 matches this season.

Western Washington senior forward Andrew Weishaar earned second-team honors, along with teammate Troy McCarty and Simon Fraser’s Alex Rowley and Marco Voegeli. 

Weishaar led the Vikings with 10 goals this season, starting all 18 contests and leading the GNAC in shots with 87. McCarty, a freshman defender this season, contributed four goals and started all 18 of WWU’s contests as well.

Rowley was selected as the 2013 GNAC Defensive Player of the Year, as the sophomore has anchored a back line that has helped SFU reach the Division II Final Four for the second-straight season. Voegeli, another Clan defender, has started 19 games and contributed three assists out of the back line this season.

Six of the seven GNAC players selected to the Daktronics All-West Region team were first team all-conference picks this season, with Voegeli being a second-team All-GNAC honoree.

The 2013 Daktronics West Region Player of the Year was Sonoma State senior forward Taylor Varnadore, from Sebastopol, Calif.