STANFORD, Calif. – Tanner Beason, Zach Ryan and Andrew Thomas were recognized by Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News when the publications announced their 2018 postseason awards.
Beason was named to both the Top Drawer Soccer Best XI first team and the College Soccer News All-America first team, Ryan landed on the Top Drawer Soccer Freshmen Best XI second team and College Soccer News All-Freshman first team and Thomas earned spots on the Top Drawer Soccer Freshmen Best XI first team and College Soccer News All-Freshman first team.
A team captain, Beason was voted a first-team All-American by United Soccer Coaches and was one of 15 semifinalists for the MAC Hermann Trophy this season. He put together a brilliant redshirt junior campaign in which he was voted the Pac-12 Player of the Year and Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, the first in conference history to receive both honors. He led the Pac-12 in both goals (6) and points (15) in conference matches and had career-high totals of eight goals and five assists this season.
Defensively, the Cardinal was eighth in the country in team goals against average (0.625) and fifth in shutouts (12).
Ryan, a redshirt freshman and All-Pac-12 second team selection, led Stanford with 10 goals to go with three assists. He was second in the conference in both scoring and points (23) and put in more goals than any Cardinal freshman since Jorge Titinger had 12 in 1980.
Another redshirt freshman, Thomas had a superb first season in goal for the Cardinal, which finished eighth in the nation in team goals against average (0.625). Thomas was ninth individually in that category with a conference-leading 0.626 goals against average and also was third in the country in save percentage (.854), sixth in solo shutouts (11) and 13th in total saves (82).
