College Soccer Academy ID Camp in Camarillo- Boys

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  Dave Blomquist

  Head Men's Soccer Coach - Azusa Pacific University

  The 2025 season will be Dave Blomquist's 16th season as the head men's soccer coach at Azusa Pacific. Through 15 years, Blomquist has posted an 168-83-24 record (.655), placing him at No. 2 on the program's all-time winning list. He is just 13 wins short of the top spot.

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  Dave Blomquist

  Head Men's Soccer Coach - Azusa Pacific University

  Blomquist led the Cougars to back-to-back PacWest championships in 2018 and 2019, and the Cougars won a third PacWest title in 2021. He was awarded the PacWest Coach of the Year in all three of those years, while also being recognized alongside his assistant coach Andriy Budnyy as the DII West Region Staff of the Year in 2019. Blomquist led the Cougars to a conference-record 22 consecutive PacWest wins between the 2018 and 2019 season and over the parts of 4 seasons guided APU to a 26-2-1 conference record.
  
  In 2019, Blomquist and the Cougars finished the regular season with an impressive 18-0-0 record en route to winning Blomquist's fourth PacWest championship and holding onto the DII No. 1 ranking for six consecutive weeks to end the regular season. The Cougar's perfect regular season is the first time in PacWest history that a team has finished with an unblemished record. Blomquist was awarded his third career PacWest Coach of the Year honor, as Azusa Pacific had three players receive DII All-American honors, five players receive DII All-West Region honors and 12 players receive All-PacWest honors. The Cougars finished the season as the No. 11 ranked team in the country.
  
  In 2018, Blomquist and the Cougars finished the regular season 16-1-1, winning 13 games in a row including an 11-0-0 record in conference play to secure Blomquist's third PacWest championship and second conference Coach of the Year award. The Cougars hosted the West Regional where Blomquist won his first ever NCAA DII postseason game defeating top-25 ranked Cal State LA in overtime 2-1 in the second round of the West Regional. Azusa Pacific had three players receive NCAA DII All-American honors, five players receive NCAA DII All-West Region honors and nine players receive All-PacWest honors as they finished the season as the No. 12 ranked team in the country.
  
  Blomquist coached standout defender Isaac Bawa, who was an All-American in both 2018 and 2019 and is currently under contract with the LA Galaxy II of the United Soccer League.

  In Azusa Pacific's first season as NCAA Division II members in 2014, he led the team to a 14-3 overall record while winning the PacWest regular season outright with an 11-1 mark in league games. The Cougars earned a host spot and the No. 2 seed for the NCAA West Region postseason championships. They concluded the year ranked 19th in the nation with seven players earning all-conference honors. For his outstanding efforts from the bench, Blomquist was named the league's Coach of the Year.

  Blomquist guided the 2013 Cougars to a tie for first place in the Pacific West Conference standings with a 10-2 mark in league play, the fourth season in the past five years his team has finished in the top-two of the conference standings. In 2012, the team's first year in the Pacific West Conference, Azusa Pacific went 10-4, and boasted a perfect 7-0 record at home in PacWest play.

  An accomplished player at Wheaton from 1992-95, Blomquist earned NCAA Division III All-American honors as a 1995 senior, then went on to play one year professionally as a teammate of Wolf's on the Chicago Stingers. Blomquist was named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Player of the Year in 1995 after posting 13 goals and two assists. In his Wheaton career, Blomquist finished with 17 goals and 5 assists and was a 2-time All-CCIW first-team selection. In 2011 he was inducted into the Wheaton College Athletic Hall of Honor.

  Prior to joining Azusa Pacific, Blomquist spent the previous eight years coaching in the San Diego area, most recently as the head coach at Santa Fe Christian School and the Rancho Santa Fe Attack club program. Blomquist is a co-founder and co-director of Coast 2 Coast Soccer Camps, a sports ministry soccer camp targeted for children ages 6-12.

  Blomquist, a native of Granby, Conn., graduated from Wheaton with a degree in Biology and has a Master's in Sport Psychology from San Diego State, and lives in Glendora. He, and his wife Bethany married on July 17, 2014, and they have two daughters, Emery and Stevie.

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  Ryan Hernandez

  Associate Head Coach - UC San Diego

  Ryan Hernandez is in his 15th season as a member of the UC San Diego men's soccer coaching staff in 2022, and ninth as the associate head coach.

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  Ryan Hernandez

  Associate Head Coach - UC San Diego

  Hernandez arrived in La Jolla in July of 2008 as part of head coach Jon Pascale's initial staff. He became the top assistant for the 2013 season, and was promoted to associate head coach in March of 2014. He is actively involved in all facets of the program, including on-field coaching, recruiting, fund-raising, team travel, off-season training regimens and summer camps.

  Hernandez helped guide the Tritons to nine straight campaigns of .500 or better to close out Division II, and 10 out of 11 in all. UC San Diego concluded its D2 era with a program-best six consecutive California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Tournament berths, with NCAA Championship appearances in four seasons, in 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2019. The Tritons advanced to the CCAA and West Region title matches in 2013, and all the way to the national semifinals in 2016 as CCAA regular-season, CCAA tournament and NCAA West Region treble winners.

  UC San Diego has developed into one of the toughest defenses in the NCAA Division II. The Tritons ranked in the top 10 nationally in team goals-against average in three successive seasons (2012-14), leading the country in 2012 with a then-CCAA-record mark of 0.44. They were fourth in 2013 (0.52), again pacing the league, and seventh in 2014 (0.65).

  In addition to his duties at UC San Diego, Hernandez was the boy's varsity head coach at San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) for several years until the 2015-16 season, leading the Lions to six CIF San Diego Section playoff appearances and a couple of Pacific League titles.

  Hernandez began his coaching career at two schools he had previously attended. He took over the boy's varsity program at Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach at the age of 20 after one season each of directing the junior varsity squad and assisting with the varsity. Hernandez led NHHS to a Sunset League title and a deep run in the CIF Southern Section playoffs in his first go-around in charge. He spent a total of seven years coaching there.

  In 2007, Hernandez was an assistant coach at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa. The Pirates finished with an 8-8-6 record, narrowly missing a spot in the Orange Empire Conference Championship. He also coached the U-16 side and helped with academy teams at the Pateadores Soccer Club in Costa Mesa.

  Hernandez competed all four years and was a three-year varsity starter for Newport Harbor, captaining the Sailors as a senior. His playing career at OCC was cut short following one season as a sophomore due to a recurring back injury. With the Irvine Strikers and Pateadores club programs, his teams made three National Cup finals.

  After attaining his associate degree from Orange Coast College in 2004, Hernandez earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from Cal State Fullerton in 2007. He and his wife, Stacey, now reside in Encinitas. They welcomed their first child, son Cruz, in early January of 2017.