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SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 Conference announced today the mens soccer All-Pac-12 honors for the 2014 season, as determined by a polling of the Conference coaches. OREGON STATEs Khiry Shelton was voted Pac-12 Player of the Year, while STANFORDs Brandon Vincent was tabbed Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. Oregon States Timmy Mueller was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, and Stanford head coach Jeremy Gunn was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year. The All-Pac-12 teams were also announced.

Pac-12 Player of the Year Khiry Shelton, F, Oregon State

Khiry Shelton (Leander, Texas) led the the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2003. Through the regular season, Shelton led the Pac-12 in total points with 31, a mark that ranked fifth nationally, and was in the Conferences top five in shots per game (3.16), points per game (1.63), goals per game (.53) and assists per game (.58). The senior spearheaded an Oregon State offense that ranked second in the Conference in points per game (6.47), goals per game (2.05) and assists per game (2.37).

Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Brandon Vincent, D, Stanford

Brandon Vincent (Valencia, Calif.) anchored a Pac-12 Champion Stanford defense that was undefeated at home and held the Conferences second-best goals-against average (.84), and also ranked tied for first in the Conference in goals allowed only surrendering 16. In addition to bolstering the Cardinal defense, Vincent scored three game-winning goals on the year.

Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Timmy Mueller, F, Oregon State

Timmy Mueller (Post Falls, Idaho), came up big for the Beavers in his first year, tying for the Conference lead in total goals with 11 and helping Oregon State earn its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2003. The freshman led the Conference with four game-winning goals and ranked in the leagues top five in shots per game (3.00), points per game (1.26) and goals per game. Mueller was the leading goal scorer on a Beavers offense that finished the regular season as the nations tenth-ranked scoring offense with 2.05 goals per game and was ranked third in points per game, averaging 6.53.

Pac-12 Coach of the Year Jeremy Gunn, Stanford

Third-year head coach Jeremy Gunn led the Cardinal to its first Pac-12 title since 2001, while earning a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Division I Tournament. Gunn coached the Cardinal to an 13-2-3 record this season, the most wins for a Stanford team in the regular season since 2002 (14).  Under Gunn this season Stanford went undefeated at home and finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA poll.

ALL-PAC-12 TEAMS

First Team

Name, Pos., Yr., School

Michael Amick, D, So., UCLA

Stefano Bonomo, F, Sr., California

Seth Casiple, MF, Sr., California

Earl Edwards Jr., GK, Sr., UCLA

Connor Hallisey, MF, Sr., California

Darwin Jones, F, Sr., Washington

Jordan Morris, F, So., Stanford

Cristian Roldan, MF, So., Washington

Khiry Shelton, F, Sr., Oregon State

Leo Stolz, MF, Sr., UCLA

Brandon Vincent, D, Jr., Stanford

Second Team

Name, Pos., Yr., School

Seyi Adekoya, F, Fr., UCLA

Corey Baird, MF, Fr., Stanford

Zach Batteer, F, Sr., Stanford

Andrew Epstein, GK, So., Stanford

Tomas Hilliard-Arce, D, Fr., Stanford

Austin Meyer, MF, Sr., Stanford

James Moberg, MF, Jr., Washington

Timmy Mueller, F, Fr., Oregon State

Mason Robertson, F, So., Washington

Will Seymore, MF, Sr., Oregon State

Andy Thoma, MF, Sr., Washington

Honorable Mention: Matt Bersano (OSU, GK, Jr.); Abu Danladi (UCLA, F, Fr.); Evyn Hewett (SDSU, D, Sr.) Grady Howe (UCLA, MF, Jr.); Ian Lange (WASH, MF, Jr.); Nick Lima, (CAL, D, So.) David Olsen (SDSU, F, Fr.); Aaron Simmons (UCLA, D, Sr.); Nathan Smith (UCLA, D, So.); Christian Thierjung (California, F, So.) Ty Thompson (STAN, MF, Jr.) Andrew Tusaazemajja (UCLA, F, Sr.)