Wyatt Meyer Named Academic All-American

Wyatt Meyer (alongside teammate Connor Lambe) earns the Academic All-America honor for the first time after twice being named to the Academic All-District Team.

MSOC12/19/2023 9:37 AM | By: Cal Athletics

California men’s soccer captain Wyatt Meyer was named to the Academic All-America First Team on Tuesday, the College Sports Communicators announced, becoming the program’s third Golden Bear to collect the prestigious honor. A two-time CSC Academic All-District selection, Meyer – who is a junior academically and a senior athletically – garnered Academic All-America status after posting a 3.82 grade-point average as an English major who is also pursuing a minor in history.
 
Previous Bears to garner Academic All-America honors were Aravind Sivakumar in 2017 and Andrew Wiedeman in 2009.
 
“Wyatt is a player who epitomizes the words student-athlete,” Cal head coach Leonard Griffin said. “It’s been great seeing him recognized for his on-field performance, but that only comes because the way he does anything is the way he does everything. So I’m extremely proud of the work he’s put inside the classroom to deserve this award.”
 
A student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA, compete in 90% of the institution’s games or must start in at least 66% of the games, and at least be a sophomore academically and athletically to garner CSC Academic All-America status. Meyer is one of 126 student-athletes to claim CSC Academic All-America status across all divisions of collegiate men’s soccer.
 
The Berkeley native – who excelled as a central defender and a central defensive midfielder in the fall – was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and voted to the All-Pac-12 First Team for a stellar 2023 in which he started all 18 games. The veteran also posted two assists and scored his first goal since 2021 in the season finale against Stanford on Nov. 11 on The Farm.
 
Along with several teammates, Meyer is eligible to be chosen in Tuesday’s MLS SuperDraft – scheduled for noon PT – and join the ranks of Cal alumni playing professionally, including Drake Callender (Inter Miami CF), Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders FC), Steven Birnbaum (D.C. United), Nick Lima (New England Revolution) and more. Meyer was the only Bear invited to train for team scouts at…