The Pacific-10 Conference enjoyed a successful campaign in 2002, as four teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. OREGON STATE made its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. CALIFORNIA made its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. STANFORD and UCLA advanced all the way to the College Cup, eventually meeting in the National Championship game, where UCLA slipped past the Cardinal to claim its fourth NCAA men's soccer title.

UCLA nabbed its first Pac-10 title with a 16-3 (8-2, Pac-10) record and made its 20th straight postseason appearance, and its 18th trip to the College Cup, soccer's version of the Final Four. The No. 3-seed Bruins upeneded the second-seed Maryland Terrapins and defeated STANFORD, 1-0, to win the Cup.

California's Josh Saunders earned Pac-10 Player of the Year honors, while Co-Coach of the Year honors were awarded to California's Kevin Grimes and Oregon State's Dana Taylor. The season will be remembered as a sad one though, as 2002 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Joe Zaher from Oregon State died tragically on December 1, 2002, as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident.

FINAL 2002 PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS

		CONFERENCE						OVERALL
	TP	W	L	T	PCT	HOME	AWAY	W	L	T	PCT	HOME	AWAY	NEUT	STREAK
UCLA% -NCAA	24	8	2	0	.800	4-1-0	4-1-0	16	3	3	.795	9-1-0	5-2-1	2-0-1	W4
California-NCAA	19	6	3	1	.650	5-0-0	1-3-1	14	6	2	.682	10-1-0	2-4-2	2-1-0	L1
Stanford-NCAA	17	5	3	2	.600	3-1-1	2-2-1	17	4	2	.783	11-2-1	3-2-1	3-0-0	W5
Oregon State-NCAA	12	4	6	0	.400	3-2-0	1-4-0	13	8	0	.619	6-1-0	5-5-0	1-1-0	L1
Washington	9	3	7	0	.250	2-3-0	1-4-0	6	10	3	.395	4-5-0	1-5-1	1-0-2	L1
Fresno State	7	2	7	1	.250	2-2-1	0-5-0	5	11	4	.350	4-4-1	0-7-3	1-0-0	L3

The Conference champion (%) is determined by highest number of points (TP); Win = 3 pts, Tie = 1 pt, Loss = 0 pts.

2002 NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS

NCAA College Cup
Final
UCLA 1, Stanford 0

NCAA College Cup
Semifinal
Fri., Dec. 13
UCLA 2, Maryland 1
STANFORD 2, Creighton 1 (2 OT)

Quarterfinals
Sat., Dec. 7
STANFORD 2, Clemson 0
UCLA 7, Penn State 1

Third Round
Sat., Nov. 30
STANFORD 2, Furman 1 (2OT)
UCLA 3,CALIFORNIA 2

Second Round
Wed., Nov. 27
CALIFORNIA 2, UC Santa Barbara 1
STANFORD 0, Portland 0 (Stanford advances on PK, 10-9)
UCLA 4, Loyola Marymount 2

First Round
Sat., Nov. 23
Portland 2, OREGON STATE 0

STATISTICAL LEADERS

INDIVIDUAL
Points	Alan Gordon, OSU	34 (15 goals, 4 assists)
Goals	Alan Gordon, OSU	15
Assists	Roger Levesque, STAN	13
Goalie Saves	Peter Billmeyer, OSU	100
Goals Against Average	Robby Fulton, STAN	0.43

TEAM
Points	UCLA	159
Goals	UCLA	53
Assists	UCLA	53
Goals Allowed	STANFORD	16

2002 PAC-10 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

First Team
Alan Gordon	F	Jr	OSU
Taylor Graham	D	Sr	STAN
Adolfo Gregorio*	MF	Jr.	UCLA
C.J. Klaas*	MF	So	WASH
Roger Levesque**	F	Sr	STAN
Kupono Low	MF	Sr	FS
Johanes Maliza**	MF	Sr	STAN
Mike Munoz*	MF	So	CAL
Tim Pierce*	F	Sr.	UCLA
Josh Saunders*	GK	Sr.	CAL
Scot Thompson	D	Sr.	UCLA

Second Team
Makoto Anderson	F	Sr	FS
Calen Carr	F	So.	CAL
Todd Dunivant**	D	Sr	STAN
Jimmy Frazelle	MF	Sr	UCLA
Tony Lawson	D	Jr	UCLA
Chad Marshall	D	Fr	STAN
Troy Roberts	D	So	CAL
Tyson Wahl	D	Fr	CAL
Brett Wiesner	F	So	WASH
Zach Wells*	GK	Jr.	UCLA
Joe Zaher	MF	Fr	OSU

*two-time All-Pac-10 honoree
**three-time All-Pac-10 honoree

HONORABLE MENTION (received votes)
Carl Acosta (So, F, CAL); Mike Enfield (So, MF, UCLA); Yohei Fukuda (So, D, CAL); Darren Fernandez (So, MF, STAN); Robby Fulton (So, GK, STAN); Ryan Futagaki (Sr, MF, UCLA); Leonard Griffin (Jr, D, UCLA); Jordan Harvey (Fr, D, UCLA); Aaron Heinzen (Sr, D, WASH); Ryan Johnson (Fr, F, OSU); Matt Johnson (Fr, F, OSU); Aaron Lopez (So, D, UCLA); Derek Lopez (Sr, D, FS); Seth Marsh (Jr, MF, WASH); Ty Maurin (Jr, MF, UCLA); Noah Merl (So, D, CAL); Aaron McHardy (Sr, F, OSU); Cliff McKinley (Jr, F, UCLA); Kyle Navarro (So, D, CAL); Kurt Ness (Jr, D, OSU); Jeremy Proud (Sr, GK, FS) Zac Tallman (Sr, D, WASH); Matt Taylor (Jr, F, UCLA); James Twellman (So, MF/D, STAN); Christian vanBlommestein (Jr, D, OSU).

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Josh Saunders, CAL
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Joe Zaher, OSU
CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR: Kevin Grimes, CAL; Dana Taylor, OSU

2002 PAC-10 ALL-ACADEMIC

First Team
Peter Billmeyer, OSU*	Jr.	3.35	Business
Todd Dunivant, STAN**	Sr	3.41	Economics
Rob Fulton, STAN	So	3.46	Economics
Kyle Fukuchi, WASH	Sr	3.66	Business
Taylor Graham, STAN*	Sr.	3.73	International Relations
Johanes Maliza, STAN*	Sr.	3.47	History
Aaron McHardy, OSU*	Sr.	3.66	Business
Troy Ready, WASH	Jr	3.45	Speech/Communications
Jose Rivas, FS	Jr	3.98	Kinesiology/Exercise Science
Andrew Terris, STAN*	Sr	3.68	Psychology
James Twellman, STAN	So	3.84	Undeclared

Second Team
Casey Armstrong, WASH	So.	3.25	Business
Joe Birklid, WASH	So.	3.66	Undeclared
Yohei Fukuda, CAL	So	3.40	Undeclared
Abe Geiger, STAN*	Jr	3.29	Political Science
Mat Herold, FS	Jr	3.28	Kinesiology/Exercise Science
Todd Leber, STAN	So	3.51	International Relations
Alex Martinez, CAL	So	3.36	Undeclared
Jeremy Proud, FS	Sr	3.41	Liberal Studies
Matt Taylor, UCLA	Jr	3.13	Sociology
Daniel Waltman, WASH	Jr	3.37	Business
Zach Wells, UCLA*	Jr	3.19	English
Michael Wilson, STAN*	Jr	3.30	International Relations

* - two-time all-academic selection
** - three-time all-academic selection

HONORABLE MENTION: Makoto Anderson, Sr., FS; Calen Carr, So., CAL; John Carson, Jr., UCLA; Nicholas Garcia, So., FS; Omar Gusmao, Jr., CAL; Matthew Lawler, Jr., CAL; Aaron Maines, So., STAN; Noah Merl, So., CAL; Kurt Ness, Jr., OSU; Dan Oka, So., FS; Ryan Swiontek, So., CAL; Garrett Terracciano, So., CAL; Brian Walker, Jr., CAL

In Memory
Joe Zaher
2002 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year
July 20, 1984 - December 1, 2002