NAMPA, Idaho – Seven Northwest Nazarene men's soccer players earned recognition on the 2026 Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Conference Team, highlighted by unanimous First Team selection Angelo Lemb and Second Team honoree Caleb Putney, as announced by the conference Wednesday.

The Nighthawks placed one player on the First Team, one on the Second Team and five on the Honorable Mention list.

Lemb, a senior defender from Paris, France, earned unanimous First Team All-GNAC honors. He was one of 11 players selected to the conference's top team and one of three defenders recognized.

Putney, a junior midfielder from Vancouver, Washington, received Second Team All-GNAC recognition. The selection marks another conference honor for Putney, who previously earned Second Team accolades in 2024.

Northwest Nazarene also had five players earn Honorable Mention recognition, including seniors Jim Wagenaar and Ousman Garba, juniors Abdullahi Sharif and Illyes El Yansli, and sophomore goalkeeper Elijah Brockl.

Wagenaar, a forward from Den Bosch, Netherlands, earned another All-GNAC honor after previously receiving Second Team recognition in 2023.

Garba, a midfielder from Yaounde, Cameroon, joined Wagenaar among the Nighthawks' senior honorees. Sharif, a junior midfielder from Doha, Qatar, and El Yansli, a junior defender from Arry, France, also received recognition.

Brockl, a sophomore goalkeeper from Boise, Idaho, rounded out NNU's seven selections.

Simon Fraser's Daniel Jackson was named both GNAC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, becoming the first player in conference men's soccer history to earn both honors in the same season. Western Oregon's Archie Dhima received Freshman of the Year honors, while Seattle Pacific's Victor Cabanas was named Defensive Player of the Year and Kevin Sakuda earned Coach of the Year.

The complete 2026 GNAC Men's Soccer All-Conference selections are listed below.

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