SAN BRUNO, Calif. — San Diego junior midfielder Iain Wagner has been named to the West Coast Conference Men's Soccer All-Academic Team for the second straight season, the conference announced Monday. Ten more Toreros earned All-Academic honorable mention, the second-highest total in the conference.
Wagner, a San Diego native who prepped at Saint Augustine, holds a 3.91 GPA as a finance and real estate major. He has started all 17 matches for the Toreros (10-4-3, 5-1-2 WCC) this season, with four goals and four assists. His 59th-minute goal broke a scoreless tie in Friday's 4-0 Senior Night win over Saint Mary's, which locked up the No. 2 seed in the inaugural WCC Men's Soccer Tournament.
Wagner earned All-WCC First Team and United Soccer Coaches All-West Region First Team honors in 2025, when he led San Diego with nine goals and 22 points as the Toreros won their fourth straight WCC title. LAFC selected him in the third round of the 2026 MLS SuperDraft last December.
The Toreros' 10 honorable mention selections, up from seven a year ago, are Lucca Adams, Mathias Bauer, Taj Eagleston, Luca Fava, Jaxson Findlay, Conner Gardenhour, Ethan McNaughton, Steven Ramirez, Oliver Rhoades and Elijah Zelkind. Ramirez and Rhoades are honorable mention picks for the third straight season, and Eagleston and Fava for the second. Zelkind was also named the WCC's Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Wagner and the Toreros face No. 3 seed Denver in the WCC Tournament semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Merlo Field in Portland, Ore. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. PT on ESPN+, and the winner advances to the championship match on Saturday, Nov. 14, with the WCC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line.
2026 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Kaleb Afsari, San Francisco, Sr., 3.99, Physics
James Andrew, Pacific, Jr., 3.96, Business Administration - Finance & Business Analytics
Efetobo Aror, Portland, Sr., 3.89, Finance
Niv Berkovitz, Santa Clara, Sr., 3.84, Finance
Michael Dunne, Portland, Jr., 3.96, Business Administration
Massimo Erfani, Pacific, Sr., 3.86, Business Administration - Finance
Joe Highfield, Portland, Sr., 3.84, Marketing
Christian Mendoza, Portland, So., 3.96, Business Administration
Jameson Raby, San Francisco, So., 3.96, Biotech/BioEntrepreneurship
Alex Solomis, San Francisco, Sr., 3.82, Economics
Iain Wagner, San Diego, Jr., 3.91, Finance/Real Estate
2026 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
Denver: Erik Collins, Luke Schultz, Hudson Tate
LMU: Anthony Boyadjian, Lewis Clutton, Ismail Nieves
Portland: Nicky Dunbar, Miguel-Angel Hernandez, Anton Hjalmarsson, Ritvik Karra, Alex Waggoner, Ethan Zamora
Saint Mary's: Surafel Abebe, Henry Beatty, Sam Bentley, Rafael Suarez
San Diego: Lucca Adams, Mathias Bauer, Taj Eagleston, Luca Fava, Jaxson Findlay, Conner Gardenhour, Ethan McNaughton, Steven Ramirez, Oliver Rhoades, Elijah Zelkind
San Francisco: Lucas Jones, Chris Maldonado, Rylan Smith, Jaedyn Walters
Santa Clara: Ezana Alemayehu, Moises Almontes, Alejandro Arenas, Jackson Blake, Diego Diaz, Jackson Ozburn, Khalil Rashad, Andrew Sullivan, Tyler Tipton, Will Wiersdorf, Yu Yokokawa
Seattle U: Dylan Wojdyla
