By: Evan O'Kelly, Associate Commissioner for Communications

PORTLAND, Ore. – Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year Yahir Ocampo Navarro of Western Oregon capped a memorable 2025 men’s soccer campaign by earning first-team All-America recognition.
 
The junior midfielder was among the top-12 players in Division II according to the United Soccer Coaches, which announced its All-America teams on Thursday. Ocampo Navarro was also a consensus first-team all-region selection, earning that distinguishment from both USC and the D2 Conference Commissioners Association. A total of 13 GNAC men’s soccer players earned all-region recognition for the 2025 season.
 

GNAC Men’s Soccer 2025 All-American and All-Region Selections
Player	School	Year	Position	D2CCA	USC
Yahir Ocampo Navarro	Western Oregon	Jr.	MF	1st Team All-American
Yahir Ocampo Navarro	Western Oregon	Jr.	MF	1st Team All-Region	1st Team All-Region
Harper Neubeck	Western Oregon	Sr.	D	1st Team All-Region	2nd Team All-Region
Michael Divano	Western Oregon	So.	F	2nd Team All-Region
Caleb Kiner	Western Oregon	Sr.	D	2nd Team All-Region
Connor Tollan	Seattle Pacific	Sr.	MF		2nd Team All-Region
Rafael Lucio	Seattle Pacific	Jr.	F		2nd Team All-Region
Orlando Erazo	Seattle Pacific	Sr.	F	2nd Team All-Region
Brian Lanier	Seattle Pacific	Sr.	GK	2nd Team All-Region	2nd Team All-Region
Koji Poon	Simon Fraser	Jr.	F	1st Team All-Region
Kian Proctor	Simon Fraser	Jr.	D	2nd Team All-Region
Rylan McPherson	Northwest Nazarene	Fr.	F	2nd Team All-Region
Derek Johnson	Northwest Nazarene	So.	MF	2nd Team All-Region
Joar Tidblom	Western Washington	Sr.	D	2nd Team All-Region

Ocampo Navarro was the lone men’s soccer All-American from the GNAC in 2025, and was among 13 men’s players to garner all-region from the two organizations. Ocampo Navarro became the first WOU player since the program was formed in 2022 to earn GNAC Player of the Year honors, after notching seven goals and six assists for 20 points. He helped lead Western Oregon to a share of its second-straight GNAC regular-season title, before the Wolves went on to win the inaugural GNAC Men’s Soccer Championships tournament. WOU went 11-5-4 overall, earning its second straight NCAA Championships berth where it fell to Hawaii Hilo 3-2 in the opening round.
 
Also garnering all-region from the Wolves’ championship squad were senior defender Harper Neubeck, sophomore forward Michael Divano and senior defender Caleb Kiner. Neubeck earned first-team honors from the D2CCA and second-team from the USC, after starting all 20 games on the back line and contributing a pair of goals and assists. Divano, the GNAC Championships MVP, scored six goals while adding five assists and starting all 20 matches as well. Kiner was also a fixture on the back line, starting 19 matches and contributing a goal. Both Divano and Kiner were second-team D2CCA all-region picks.
 
GNAC co-champion Seattle Pacific had four players recognized on the all-region teams in senior midfielder Connor Tollan, junior forward Rafael Lucio, senior forward Orlando Erazo and senior goalkeeper Brian Lanier. Erazo ranked second on the team with six goals this season, including three game winners. Lucio meanwhile contributed four goals and three assists while starting 17 matches up top. Tollan capped a memorable SPU career with four goals and two assists, bringing his four-year totals to 11 goals and 17 assists since debuting for the Falcons in 2022. Lanier ranked second in the GNAC in goals-against average (1.08) and saves per game (3.86), while posting three shutouts in his lone season at SPU.
 
Simon Fraser’s squad earned a pair of all-region awards, with junior forward Koji Poon earning D2CCA first-team and junior defender Kian Proctor earning D2CCA second-team. Poon led the Red Leafs and ranked third in the GNAC with nine goals this fall, while ranking fourth in the league with five assists for a total of 23 points. In three seasons at SFU Poon has accumulated 19 goals and 13 assists across 53 matches played. Proctor, the GNAC co-Defensive Player of the Year, started all 18 matches for SFU and contributed three goals and a pair of assists while playing a key role on the back line.
 
A pair of Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks landed on the D2CCA second-team all-region, with freshman forward Rylan McPherson and sophomore midfielder Derek Johnson each claiming that recognition. McPherson turned heads in his debut season at NNU, scoring a GNAC-leading 11 goals and adding three assists in 17 matches played. Johnson meanwhile ranked fourth in the conference with seven goals scored and second in the league with seven assists, totaling 21 points on his way to GNAC Newcomer of the Year honors.
 
Also earning a spot on the D2CCA second-team all-region was Western Washington senior defender Joar Tidblom. He ranked second in the GNAC this season with 10 goals scored, including finding the net twice at the GNAC Championships to land on the all-tournament team.
 
The D2CCA awards are voted on by Division II sports information directors, and the USC awards are voted on by Division II men’s soccer head coaches.