PORTLAND, Ore.--Great Northwest Conference champion Western Oregon was well represented on the all-conference team, announced today by the league office.

Archie Dhima was named the Freshman of the Year and was also slotted onto the First Team list. Joining him on the First Team was Eli White and Austin Valdez, and the Second Team featured Ignacio Brandan and Marcus Vazquez. Honorable mention choices were Abokye Bikyeombe, Marcos Figueroa and Jacob Solek.

Dhima had the conference's top offensive season, ranking fifth in NCAA Division II with 16 goals scored. The redshirt freshman from Mill Creek, Wash., scored his first two collegiate goals in his first game of the year and never looked back, on his way to four braces throughout the season. He added four assists for 36 total points – an average of 2.0 points per game. He finished the regular season just as strong as he started it, scoring five goals in his final five contests to help propel the Wolves to their third straight GNAC regular-season title.
 
Dhima converted all six of his penalty-kick attempts and five of his goals stood as game-winners. He placed 62.3% of his shots on frame and was the league's most productive offensive player despite averaging just 61.6 minutes per match. Dhima becomes the second Wolf to earn the league's top freshman honor, joining teammate and 2024 winner Marcus Vazquez.

White, just a sophomore, played a key role on a stout Wolves defense that gave up just six goals in their last seven matches. From Portland, White started every match of the season and was an unanimous first team selection, voted on by the GNAC's coaches. Fellow defensive stopper and unanimous selection goalkeeper Austin Valdez led the GNAC in save percentage (.790), had six shutouts and a 1.17 goals against average.

Brandan and Vazquez, both midfielders, were named to the Second Team. Brandan scored seven times and had three assists for 17 points, second on the Wolves. Vazquez had four goals and five assists (13 points). WOU's three honorable mentions are all midfielders as well. Bikyeombe and Figueroa both started 16 of WOU's 17 matches. Solek lead the team with six assists and he also had three goals.

Of the eight Western Oregon selections, six are underclassmen, with the exception of Figueroa and Valdez. 

This group of eight will lead the Wolves to Seattle this weekend for the GNAC Championships. Western Oregon will face the winner of Thursday's Simon Fraser-Seattle Pacific match on Saturday at 7 pm at Interbay Stadium.