By: Jeff Evans, Assistant AD for Athletic Communications
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Western Washington University men's soccer team had three players selected to the 2024 D2CCA All-West Region Team.
Senior forward
Eric Bunnell, senior midfielder
Kaydin Wall and sophomore defender
Sebastiano Silvetti all garnered second-team honors after the trio were First Team All-GNAC selections.
Bunnell (Renton, WA/Hazen HS) was a unanimous First Team All-GNAC selection scoring seven goals and adding three assists for 17 total points. Three of his seven goals were game-winners and the senior tallied back-to-back braces in road games at Simon Fraser and Northwest Nazarene.
Wall (Everett, WA/Kamiak HS) was a catalyst for the Vikings in his midfield position, scoring four goals and adding seven assists for 15 total points. The Everett native started all 18 games while logging 1,478 minutes. He scored late game-winning goals in three of the most exciting games of the season in home victories over Seattle Pacific (90'), Simon Fraser (75') and nationally-ranked Western Oregon (84').
Silvetti (Bergamo, Italy) repeated as a D2CCAA Second Team All-West Region pick matching his redshirt freshman season in 2023. Silvetti anchored the back line that led the GNAC with a 1.06 goals against average while logging 1,287 minutes in 16 starts, playing the full 90 on nine occasions.
The Vikings completed the 2024 season with a 10-5-3 overall record, winning eight of their final nine games to finish in second place in the GNAC table with an 8-3-1 conference record. WWU was in contention for an NCAA selection and the conference title until the final two weeks of the season. Head coach
Greg Brisbon led the Vikings to the fifth double-digit win total in the last eight seasons and had 11 players earn GNAC All-Academic honors.