The Vikings finished the 2019 season with a 13-5-1 overall record, tying for the 4^th-most wins in program history and the 4^th-best winning percentage (.711) in the 40-year history of varsity status of the program…won third Great Northwest Athletic Conference title with a 10-1-1 record, setting a program record for most conference wins in a season…advanced to the NCAA II Championships for the second time in program history earning the No. 6 seed in Super Region 4…defeated in the opening round of the NCAA Championships 5-0 by No. 11 nationally-ranked St. Mary's in San Antonio, Texas…topped out at No. 19 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25, marking the second season to appear in the national top 25 in program history (also 2018)…swept the GNAC soccer titles with the women's program and was one of 12 programs nationally in NCAA II to have both teams in the NCAA Championships…posted a 7-2-0 record on the road, winning seven consecutive road contests from Sept. 16-Nov. 16…went 6-3-1 at Harrington Field…recorded 11-game unbeaten streak (10-0-1) from Sept. 28-Nov. 9, the 2^nd-longest undefeated stretch since a program-record 13-game winning streak in 1989…8-game winning streak (Oct. 12-Nov. 9) to tie for 3^rd-longest in program history…four of five defeats were by a one-goal margin…played the 11^th-toughest schedule in the nation according to the NCAA…continued program surge with third 10+ win season over the last four years (40-22-11/.623).

13-5-1 Overall, 10-1-1 GNAC (1^st Place)
Head Coach: Greg Brisbon (7th season, 65-44-18)
** GNAC REGULAR-SEASON champions, NCAA II Super Region 4 Qualifier **
  Had 10 players earn All-GNAC honors, including first-team selections midfielder Georg Cholewa and defenders Jeremiah Lee and Camron Miller…totaled three first-team selections, four second-team honorees and three players earn honorable mention…Lee became the first WWU player to earn the conference Defensive Player of the Year honor since the award debuted in 2010…7^th-year head coach Greg Brisbon was selected as the GNAC Coach of the Year…set a program record with 8 GNAC Player of the Week awards, including 7 consecutive weeks winning the GNAC Defensive Player of the Week…Lee was a two-time GNAC Defensive Player of the Week, tying the program record with four career conference player of the week awards…Cholewa was selected as the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week for games played Oct. 21-27…six players earned All-West Region honors, including Jeremiah Lee earning First Team D2CCA honors.
  Recorded 8 shutouts to lead the GNAC and tie for 2^nd-most in single-season program history…ranked 2^nd in the GNAC and 39^th in NCAA II with a 0.979 goals against average (19 goals allowed)…7^th-lowest GAA mark in program history…35 goals scored were the most by a WWU squad since 50 in 2010…freshman goalkeeper Brandon Locke recorded 7 shutouts (T-2^nd in WWU history) and led the GNAC in shutouts, save percentage (.808) and goals against average (0.729)…GAA is 2^nd-best in WWU single-season history and 7 shutouts are tied for 2^nd-most…went 10-2-1 in 13 starts…Georg Cholewa and Christian Rotter tied for the GNAC lead with 9 assists, both tied for 2^nd-most in WWU single-season history…Ryan Schaefer led the team and tied for 2^nd in the GNAC with 9 goals…led the league and ranked in the top 10 nationally with 5 game-winning goals…12 players accounted for the 35 goals, with 9 players with 2+ goals…WWU scored 19 of 35 goals in the second half or in overtime.
  Had 11 selections to the GNAC All-Academic team for the third consecutive season, matching the program record originally set in 2017, and then equaled in 2018 and 2019…seniors Taylor Allen, Jeremiah Lee, Nick Phillips, Christian Rotter and Cameron Unks all earned their third GNAC academic honor, part of a select club of 13 players in program history that have earned three GNAC Academic awards in their career…Lee, Rotter, Schaefer and sophomore Gus Diehl were WWU's selections to the NCAA Division II District 8 All-Academic Team to set a program record…Schaefer was selected as a Third Team Academic All-American, becoming the second player in program history to earn Academic All-America honors…earned its second consecutive United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award.
  Nick Morgan scored the game-tying goal with 1 second remaining in regulation vs. Saint Martin's in a home game on Oct. 5 (tied 1-1)…Camron Miller scored a game-tying goal against No. 3 (and eventual No. 1) Azusa Pacific with 31-seconds remaining in regulation, but the Vikings fell 2-1 in double overtime…Georg Cholewa recorded a golden goal PK on the road at Colorado Mines.
  The program celebrated nine seniors that played their final games with the Vikings – Taylor Allen, Austin Ball, Jeremiah Lee, Christian Rotter, Greyden Saunders, Ryan Schaefer, Nick Phillips, Cameron Unks, Nick Morgan – a group helped lead the Vikings to a pair of NCAA Championships appearances and a 40-22-11 record (.623 winning pct.).



GNAC All-Conference:

• Jeremiah Lee, D (First Team) – Defensive Player of the Year
• Georg Cholewa, M (First Team)
• Camron Miller, D (First Team)
• Christian Rotter, F (Second Team)
• Ryan Schaefer, F (Second Team)
• Gus Diehl, M (Second Team)
• Brandon Locke, GK (Second Team)
• Teagan Eldridge, D (Honorable Mention)
• Drew Farnsworth, M (Honorable Mention)
• Nick Morgan, D (Honorable Mention)
• Greg Brisbon – Coach of the year

United Soccer Coaches All-West Region:

• Georg Cholewa, M (Second Team)
• Jeremiah Lee, D (Second Team)
• Christian Rotter, F (Second Team)
• Ryan Schaefer, F (Third Team)

D2CCA All-West Region:

• Jeremiah Lee, D (First Team)
• Georg Cholewa, M (Second Team)
• Brandon Locke, GK (Second Team)
• Camron Miller, D (Second Team)

GNAC All-Academic:

• Taylor Allen*** (3.47, Kinesiology & Spanish)
• Austin Ball** (3.78, Manufacturing Engineering)
• Gus Diehl (3.97, Finance)
• Teagan Eldridge (3.38, Physical Education)
• Jeremiah Lee*** (3.75, Master's Business Administration)
• Nick Phillips*** (3.47, Business & Sustainability)
• Mason Rathkamp ** (3.43, Science/Secondary Education)
• Christian Rotter*** (3.81, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Mgt)
• Ryan Schaefer (3.81, Management Information Systems)
• Cameron Unks*** (3.87, Cell & Molecular Biology)
• Brandon Wolter (3.68, Energy Policy & Management)

* number of GNAC All-Academic awards in career
 
CoSIDA Academic All-District 8:

• Gus Diehl (3.97, Finance)
• Jeremiah Lee (3.75, Master's Business Administration)
• Christian Rotter (3.81, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Mgt)
• Ryan Schaefer (3.81, Management Information Systems)

CoSIDA Academic All-American:

• Ryan Schaefer (Third Team)

GNAC Player of the Week:

• Sept. 23-29: Miller (Defense)
• Sept. 30-Oct. 6 Morgan (Defense)
• Oct. 7-13 Lee (Defense)
• Oct. 14-20: Locke (Defense)
• Oct. 21-27: Cholewa (Offense), Eldridge (Defense)
• Oct. 28-Nov. 3: Miller (Defense)
• Nov. 4-10: Lee (Defense)

Final GNAC Standings:
 

2019 STANDINGS	GNAC	OVERALL	PTS
Western Washington	10-1-1	13-5-1	31
Simon Fraser	8-3-1	11-4-1	25
Seattle Pacific	6-6-0	7-9-1	18
Montana State Billings	5-6-1	8-9-2	16
Saint Martin's	4-7-1	9-8-2	13
Concordia	4-8-0	7-10-0	12
Northwest Nazarene	3-9-0	7-11-0	9