3 Bears Garner All-Region Honors

Left to right: Evan Davila, Wyatt Meyer and Nonso Adimabua.

MSOC12/4/2023 4:41 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Three members of the California men’s soccer program – Evan Davila, Wyatt Meyer and Nonso Adimabua – were named to the 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region Teams, the organization announced Monday. Davila earned first-team status, Meyer was named to the second team and Adimabua garnered third-team distinction.
 
An all-region senior midfielder as well as an All-Pac-12 First-Team honoree from Sherman Oaks, Davila produced the best season of his career. He posted career highs in goals (5), assists (5), points (15) and game-winning goals (3) – with the winners coming against Fairleigh Dickinson, Dartmouth and San Diego State – to lead the Bears in each category. In the Pac-12, the senior is tied for second in game-winning goals and ranks seventh in points, eighth in goals and tied for 12th in assists. Davila also scored a tremendous goal in a 1-1 draw with then-No. 19 Stanford on Oct. 29, dribbling almost half the field before juking a defender and scoring from inside the top of the box.
 
Another All-Pac-12 First-Team selection, Meyer was also named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year after the central back/central defensive midfielder helped the Bears (1.06 goals-against average) achieve the team’s best defensive performance since 2013 (0.97 GAA). A contributor to the attack as well, the Berkeley native and second-semester junior scored his first goal since 2021 in the season finale at then-No. 22 Stanford and posted two assists in his fourth season. Equally adept in the classroom, Meyer – an English major who’s also pursuing a minor in history – was chosen for the 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
 
Adimabua, a product of Asaba, Nigeria, adds regional kudos to his All-Pac-12 Second-Team accolade this season. The senior striker led Cal to a 1-1 tie at then-No. 10 UNC Greensboro in the season opener. That scoring sequence began when Adimabua shed defenders, played a 1-2 with freshman Isaiah Thomas and scored the equalizer in the 22nd minute. A dangerous goal-scorer who often drew the most defensive attention from opposing teams, the 6-4 Adimabua turned playmaker at times and ranked second on the team with three assists….