| 2016 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Soccer |
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| Duration: | August, 2016 – November, 2016 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Draft: | 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| Draft Link: | 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| Top Pick: | Kyle Bjornethun, Seattle U |
| Picked By: | Seattle Sounders FC, 88th overall |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Utah Valley |
| Second Place: | Seattle U |
| Mvp: | Offensive: Niki Jackson Defensive: Kyle Bjornethun |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2016 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | UNLV |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Air Force |
| Seasonslistnames: | Western Athletic Conference men's soccer |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
The 2013 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season is the eighth season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The conference first sponsored the sport in 1996, but after eight schools split from the WAC in 1999 to form the Mountain West Conference (MW), the WAC only played the 1999 season before disbanding its men's soccer league.[1]
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Air Force Falcons | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Air Force Soccer Stadium | |
| CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners | Bakersfield, California | CSUB Main Soccer Field | |
| Grand Canyon Antelopes | Phoenix, Arizona | GCU Soccer Field | |
| Houston Baptist Huskies | Houston, Texas | Sorrells Field | |
| Incarnate Word Cardinals | San Antonio, Texas | Benson Stadium | |
| San Jose State Spartans | San Jose, California | Spartan Stadium | |
| Seattle Redhawks | Seattle, Washington | Seattle University Soccer Stadium | |
| Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros | Edinburg, Texas | UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex | |
| UMKC Kangaroos | Kansas City, Missouri | Stanley H. Durwood Soccer Stadium | |
| UNLV Rebels | Paradise, Nevada | Johann Memorial Field | |
| Utah Valley Wolverines | Orem, Utah | Clyde Field | |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked previous week |
See main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll.
| Pre[3] | Wk 1[4] | Wk 2[5] | Wk 3[6] | Wk 4[7] | Wk 5[8] | Wk 6[9] | Wk 7[10] | Wk 8[11] | Wk 9[12] | Wk 10[13] | Wk 11[14] | Wk 12[15] | Final[16] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Air Force | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 13 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Cal State Bakersfield | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 13 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Grand Canyon | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 13 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Houston Baptist | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 13 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Incarnate Word | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 13 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| San Jose State | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 13 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Seattle | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> 14 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> 16 | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 13 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| UMKC | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 13 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| UNLV | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 13 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| UTRGV | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 13 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Utah Valley | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 18 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> 12 | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> 19 | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> 18 | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> 21 | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> 21 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> 21 | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> 19 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> 23 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Final --> RV |
See main article: 2016 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament.
See main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| 2016 WAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[17] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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| Offensive Player of the Year | Niki Jackson, Jr., F, Grand Canyon | |||||
| Coach of the Year | Greg Maas, Utah Valley | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Kyle Bjornethun, Sr., D, Seattle U | |||||
| Freshman of the Year | Timo Mehlich, Fr., MF, UNLV | |||||
| 2016 WAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | |||||
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| Niki Jackson, Jr., F Danny Musovski, Jr., F, Skyler Milne, Sr., F, Paul Hoffmeister, Jr., MF, Alex Roldan, Jr., MF, Sergio Rivas, So., MF, Tucker Bone, So., MF, Kyle Bjornethun, Sr., D, Alex Neff, Sr., D, Cameron Duley, Sr., D, Mitch Jensen, Jr., GK, | Ben Conway, Sr, F, Austin Dewing, So., F, Karson Payton, Jr., F, Aaron Meyer, So., MF, Jonathan Colunga, Sr., MF, Timo Mehlich, Fr., MF, Sam Langston, Sr., D, Hector Montalvo, Fr., D, Nathan Aune, So., D, Frederik Frankman, Jr., D, John Wendt, Jr., GK, | |||||