For their outstanding performances on the pitch this season, the WAC honored three Trailblazers in its 2024 WAC Men's Soccer Awards. Senior
Damian Arguello and sophomore
Samir Cuevas were selected to the All-WAC Second Team and freshman
Tanner Dutra earned a spot on the WAC All-Freshman Team.
Arguello finished the regular season with 15 shots, eight on goal, and a goal that secured a draw for UT with Cal Poly. He totaled 887 minutes on 12 starts and 13 appearances along with five yellow cards. The veteran leader hails from Caldwell, Idaho.Â
Cuevas followed up his All-WAC Freshman Team selection last season with second team honors this time around. The native of Valera, Venezuela, led the Trailblazers with four goals and eight points. He also tallied 19 shots, 10 on goal, and one game-winning goal against UNLV to seal UT's spot in the WAC Tournament.Â
After redshirting last year, Dutra started all 17 matches this season, tying for a team-best 1,530 minutes played. The defender/midfielder helped the Trailblazers shutout San José State and Grand Canyon and tied the match against UNLV with his first career goal on a header off a corner kick.
Utah Tech opens the WAC Tournament by facing No. 3 seed California Baptist on Sunday, Nov. 10. The match gets underway at 7 p.m. at GCU Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona, and will be streamed on ESPN+.
2024 WAC Men's Soccer Awards
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2024 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
Angel Iniguez, Jr., MF, San Jose State
2024 WAC Defensive Player of the Year
Demian Alvarez, Sr., D, Seattle U
2024 WAC Goalkeeper of the Year
Djibril Doumbia, Sr., San Diego State
2024 WAC Freshman of the Year
Edgar Leon, MF, Seattle U
2024 WAC Coach of the Year
Ryan Hopkins, San Diego State
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2024 All-WAC First Team
GK - Djibril Doumbia, Sr., San Diego State
D - Demian Alvarez, Sr., Seattle U
D - Reid Fisher, Jr., San Diego State
D - Andre Puente, Sr., San Diego State
MF - Stavros Charalampous, So., California Baptist
MF - Terence Okoeguale, Sr., San Diego State
MF - Angel Iniguez, Jr., San Jose State
MF - Taketo Onodera, Grad, Seattle U
F - Titus Washington, Grad, Seattle U
F - Nico Lopez, Sr., UNLV
F - Omar Yehya, R-Sr., Utah Valley
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2024 All-WAC Second Team
GK - Hugo Do Rego, So., California Baptist
D - David Cordes, Sr., California Baptist
D - Mo Mohamed, Sr., Seattle U
D - Louis Hiepen, Grad, UNLV
MF - Jorge Lopez, So., Grand Canyon
MF - Richy Lapointe-Guevara, Sr., Seattle U
MF - Keaviano Francis, So., UTRGV
MF -
Damian Arguello, Sr., Utah Tech
F - Bright Nutornutsi, Jr., Grand Canyon
F - Austin Brummett, Jr., San Diego State
F - Robbie Matei, Sr., San Diego State
F -
Samir Cuevas, So., Utah Tech
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2024 WAC All-Freshman Team
F - Blake D'Agostino, California Baptist
F - Andrew Lovell, California Baptist
D - Viggo Gustavsson, Grand Canyon
D - Cianole Nguepissi, San Diego State
MF - Cameron Cook, San Jose State
MF - Edgar Leon, Seattle U
MF - Andre Philibbosian, Seattle U
D - Sawyer Crisostomo, UNLV
F - Pablo Torre, UTRGV
D -
Tanner Dutra, Utah Tech
MF - Isaac Emojong, Utah Valley