Friday, December 13, 2013

PORTLAND, Ore. – Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year Chris Bargholz and Freshman of the Year Magnus Kristensen of Simon Fraser were each named to a pair of men’s soccer All-America teams.

The duo was instrumental in helping SFU reach its second-straight NCAA Final Four, and both were named Daktronics First-Team and NSCAA Second-Team All-Americans. Also earning NSCAA honors was Andrew Weishaar of Western Washington, who received the nod to the Third-Team after leading the Vikings in goals with 10 during his senior campaign.

Bargholz tallied four goals and seven assists this season, while starting 15 contests and being unanimously named a first-team All-GNAC pick. Kristensen was the only member of SFU to start all 23 matches, and he contributed three goals and an assist from the Clan’s back line. Weishaar capped off a memorable career as the fifth-leading scorer in WWU history with 26 goals during his four-season tenure.

Eivind Austboe of Long Island Post (N.Y.) was named Daktronics Player of the Year.

Following is a complete listing of GNAC players selected to Daktronics and NSCAA All-America and All-Region teams. A full recap of the 2013 men’s soccer season, including team-by-team analysis, can be found in the ‘related links’ section of this article.

ALL-AMERICAN

NSCAA: Second Team – Chris Bargholz, SFU (M, Jr., Fuessen, Germany – Gymnasium Hohenschwangau); Magnus Kristensen, SFU (D, Fr., Stavanger, Norway – St. Svithun Videregaende Skole) Third Team – Andrew Weishaar, WWU (F, Sr., Puyallup, WA – Puyallup).

DAKTRONICS: First Team – Chris Bargholz, SFU (M, Jr., Fuessen, Germany – Gymnasium Hohenschwangau); Magnus Kristensen, SFU (D, Fr., Stavanger, Norway – St. Svithun Videregaende Skole).

ALL-REGION

NSCAA: First Team – Magnus Kristensen, SFU (D, Fr., Stavanger, Norway – St. Svithun Videregaende Skole); Bryson Pavel, SPU (D, So., Boise, ID – Boise); Chris Bargholz, SFU (M, Jr., Fuessen, Germany – Gymnasium Hohenschwangau); Alex Rowley, SFU (M, So., Maple Ridge, BC – Samuel Robertson  Secondary); Andrew Weishaar, WWU (F, Sr., Puyallup, WA – Puyallup) Second Team – Cody Lang, SPU (GK, Fr., Spokane, WA – Lewis & Clark); Anthony Mohammed, SPU (M, Sr., Litchfield Park, AZ – Agua Fria); Fredy Razo, NNU (F, Jr., Irvine Valley, CA – Irvine Valley) Third Team – Keegan Rogers, WWU (GK, Jr., Portland, OR – Portland Christian); Davis Karaica, SPU (M, R-Fr., Snoqualmie, WA – Mount Si).

DAKTRONICS: First Team – Fredy Razo, NNU (F, Jr., Irvine Valley, CA – Irvine Valley); Chris Bargholz, SFU (M, Jr., Fuessen, Germany – Gymnasium Hohenschwangau); Magnus Kristensen, SFU (D, Fr., Stavanger, Norway – St. Svithun Videregaende Skole) Second Team – Andrew Weishaar, WWU (F, Sr., Puyallup, WA – Puyallup); Alex Rowley, SFU (M, So., Maple Ridge, BC – Samuel Robertson  Secondary); Troy McCarty, WWU D, Fr., Snohomish, WA – Snohomish); Marco Voegeli, SFU (D, Sr., Lenzerheide, Switzerland – Lindsey Wilson).