Trejo Named Big West Offensive Player Of The Year; 5 Earn League Honors
11/12/2019 10:05:00 AM | Men's Soccer
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IRVINE, Calif.—CSUN's Daniel Trejo was selected Big West Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year the league announced Nov. 12.
Trejo paced the conference in points with 25 points. The Mendota native tied for the league lead in goals (9) with two other players. The junior forward tied with two other players for third in the Big West in assists (7). Trejo is the first CSUN player to earn Big West Offensive Player of the Year since 2003-04 when Willie Sims won the award in back-to-back seasons. The Big West's active career leader in goals (26) and points (67), Trejo was also selected first team All-Conference.
Johnny Rodriguez and Alex Lara earned second-team All-Conference honors. Rodriguez was fourth in the Big West in goals scored (8) and was seventh in points (19). Rodriguez added three assists. Lara anchored the CSUN defense. He started all 17 matches in which he appeared, scoring one goal and recording two assists.
David Preys and Samuel Salter were named to the Big West All-Freshman Team. Preys played in 10 matches in goal for the Matadors, staring eight times. He was 2-4-2 with a 1.05 goals-against average and was fourth in the conference in saves with 33. He was named Big West Freshman of the Week Oct. 27. Salter was fourth on CSUN in points with eight. He scored three goals and added two assists. He was named Big West Freshman of the Week Sept. 2 after scoring twice in the 4-3 victory at Ohio State.
2019 BIG WEST CONFERENCE AWARD WINNERS
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Daniel Trejo, CSUN
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Noah Billingsley, UC Santa Barbara
CO-MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR: Victor Falck, UC Irvine
CO-MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR: Thibault Candia, UC Santa Barbara
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR: Wallis Lapsley, UC Davis
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Finn Ballard McBride, UC Santa Barbara
COACH OF THE YEAR: Dwayne Shaffer, UC Davis
FIRST TEAM
Adam Mickelson, UC Davis – F
Rodney Michael, UC Santa Barbara – F
Christian Pinzon, Cal State Fullerton – F
Daniel Trejo, CSUN – F
Thibault Candia, UC Santa Barbara – MF
Sahid Conteh, UC Santa Barbara – MF
Victor Falck, UC Irvine – MF
Oscar Flores, Cal State Fullerton – MF
Hunter Ashworth, UC Santa Barbara – D
Noah Billingsley, UC Santa Barbara – D
Nabi Kibunguchy, UC Davis – D
Luca Mastrantonio, UC Irvine – D
Wallis Lapsley, UC Davis – GK
SECOND TEAM
Finn Ballard McBride, UC Santa Barbara – F
Benji Kikanovic, Sacramento State – F
Emmanuel Perez, Cal Poly – F
Johnny Rodriguez, CSUN – F
Marte Formico, UC Davis – MF
Jose Ortiz, UC Irvine – MF
Andy Velasquez, UC Irvine – MF
Jake Haupt, UC Davis – D
Alex Lara, CSUN – D
Sam Molz, Cal State Fullerton – D
Ben Roach, UC Santa Barbara – GK
HONORABLE MENTION
Will Baynham, UC Santa Barbara – F
Christian Gutierrez, UC Irvine – F
Kristian Heptner, UC Davis – F
Daniel Aguirre, UC Riverside – MF
Diego Alonso, Cal Poly – MF
Matt Carnefix, Sacramento State – MF
Kameron Bolden, UC Riverside – D
Freeman Dwamena, Cal Poly – D
Max Glasser, UC Davis – D
Paul-Andre Guerin, Cal State Fullerton – GK
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Genaro Alfaro, Sacramento State
Max Arfsten, UC Davis
Finn Ballard McBride, UC Santa Barbara
Eddy Berumen, UC Irvine
Oscar Cervantes, UC Irvine
Sebastian Cruz, Cal State Fullerton
Owen Lambe, Cal State Fullerton
Roberto Molina, UC Irvine
David Preys, CSUN
Jaime Robles, Sacramento State
Samuel Salter, CSUN
IRVINE, Calif.—CSUN's Daniel Trejo was selected Big West Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year the league announced Nov. 12.
Trejo paced the conference in points with 25 points. The Mendota native tied for the league lead in goals (9) with two other players. The junior forward tied with two other players for third in the Big West in assists (7). Trejo is the first CSUN player to earn Big West Offensive Player of the Year since 2003-04 when Willie Sims won the award in back-to-back seasons. The Big West's active career leader in goals (26) and points (67), Trejo was also selected first team All-Conference.
Johnny Rodriguez and Alex Lara earned second-team All-Conference honors. Rodriguez was fourth in the Big West in goals scored (8) and was seventh in points (19). Rodriguez added three assists. Lara anchored the CSUN defense. He started all 17 matches in which he appeared, scoring one goal and recording two assists.
David Preys and Samuel Salter were named to the Big West All-Freshman Team. Preys played in 10 matches in goal for the Matadors, staring eight times. He was 2-4-2 with a 1.05 goals-against average and was fourth in the conference in saves with 33. He was named Big West Freshman of the Week Oct. 27. Salter was fourth on CSUN in points with eight. He scored three goals and added two assists. He was named Big West Freshman of the Week Sept. 2 after scoring twice in the 4-3 victory at Ohio State.
2019 BIG WEST CONFERENCE AWARD WINNERS
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Daniel Trejo, CSUN
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Noah Billingsley, UC Santa Barbara
CO-MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR: Victor Falck, UC Irvine
CO-MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR: Thibault Candia, UC Santa Barbara
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR: Wallis Lapsley, UC Davis
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Finn Ballard McBride, UC Santa Barbara
COACH OF THE YEAR: Dwayne Shaffer, UC Davis
FIRST TEAM
Adam Mickelson, UC Davis – F
Rodney Michael, UC Santa Barbara – F
Christian Pinzon, Cal State Fullerton – F
Daniel Trejo, CSUN – F
Thibault Candia, UC Santa Barbara – MF
Sahid Conteh, UC Santa Barbara – MF
Victor Falck, UC Irvine – MF
Oscar Flores, Cal State Fullerton – MF
Hunter Ashworth, UC Santa Barbara – D
Noah Billingsley, UC Santa Barbara – D
Nabi Kibunguchy, UC Davis – D
Luca Mastrantonio, UC Irvine – D
Wallis Lapsley, UC Davis – GK
SECOND TEAM
Finn Ballard McBride, UC Santa Barbara – F
Benji Kikanovic, Sacramento State – F
Emmanuel Perez, Cal Poly – F
Johnny Rodriguez, CSUN – F
Marte Formico, UC Davis – MF
Jose Ortiz, UC Irvine – MF
Andy Velasquez, UC Irvine – MF
Jake Haupt, UC Davis – D
Alex Lara, CSUN – D
Sam Molz, Cal State Fullerton – D
Ben Roach, UC Santa Barbara – GK
HONORABLE MENTION
Will Baynham, UC Santa Barbara – F
Christian Gutierrez, UC Irvine – F
Kristian Heptner, UC Davis – F
Daniel Aguirre, UC Riverside – MF
Diego Alonso, Cal Poly – MF
Matt Carnefix, Sacramento State – MF
Kameron Bolden, UC Riverside – D
Freeman Dwamena, Cal Poly – D
Max Glasser, UC Davis – D
Paul-Andre Guerin, Cal State Fullerton – GK
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Genaro Alfaro, Sacramento State
Max Arfsten, UC Davis
Finn Ballard McBride, UC Santa Barbara
Eddy Berumen, UC Irvine
Oscar Cervantes, UC Irvine
Sebastian Cruz, Cal State Fullerton
Owen Lambe, Cal State Fullerton
Roberto Molina, UC Irvine
David Preys, CSUN
Jaime Robles, Sacramento State
Samuel Salter, CSUN
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