Women's Soccer Honors
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - (COMPLETE HONORS) - The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) released its season honors for the 2021 women's soccer season as voted on by the head coaches. Regular season champion Aquinas took three of the five individual awards while Lourdes took the other two.
Hannah Crum repeated as Offensive Player of the Year after scroing 14 goals and assisting on 11 others. Defensive Player of the Year went to Merin McDermott as she anchored a back line that conceded just 10 goals while scoring eight of her own. AQ head coach Lewis Robinson picked up his second Coach of the Year honor. Emmy Rodger earned Newcomer of the Year with 74 saves and four shutouts in goal for Lourdes. Rodger's coach Jackie Phillips was voted as the Champions of Character Coach for her dedication to building character through sport.
In additon to the individual honors, the WHAC named its All-Conference Teams including an All-Newcomer Team, an All-Academic Team for junior and above in academic standing with cumulative 3.25 GPA and in attendance at nomination institution for one full year, and Champions of Character Team consisting of one member from each team who best represents the five core character values of integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership.
First Team All-Conference
Name | School | Yr. | Pos. |
Emmy Rodger | Lourdes | FR | GK |
Merin McDermott | Aquinas | GS | D |
Shakira O'Malley | UNOH | SO | D |
Jenna Konwerski | Aquinas | SR | D |
Natalie Hawkins | Madonna | SR | D |
Kaleigh Mahaz | Siena Heights | SR | D |
Abby Werthman | Madonna | SO | MF |
Ariana Garcia | Aquinas | JR | MF |
Agnes Stefansdottir | UNOH | SR | MF |
Macy Hollingsworth | Aquinas | JR | MF |
Hannah Crum | Aquinas | SR | F |
Ariana Mondiri | UNOH | SO | F |
Marissa Young | Siena Heights | SO | F |
Sydney Shenk | Aquinas | SO | F |
Offensive Player of the Year – Hannah Crum, Aquinas
Defensive Player of the Year – Merin McDermott, Aquinas
Newcome of the Year – Emmy Rodger, Lourdes
Coach of the Year – Lewis Robinson, Aquinas
Second Team All-Conference
Name | School | Yr. | Pos. |
Kara Bishop | Siena Heights | SR | GK |
Sierra Tischer | Concordia | SR | D |
AnnaBella Kowalczyk | Indiana Tech | SO | D |
Courtney Matheson | Lawrence Tech | JR | D |
Grace Pabian | Madonna | FR | D |
Caitlin Rebera | Aquinas | SR | MF |
Megan Starkey | Concordia | JR | MF |
Sierra Nissan | Madonna | SR | MF |
Maddie Castle | Siena Heights | SR | MF |
Patricia Gomez Nogueras | UNOH | SO | MF |
DiOnna Hill | Lawrence Tech | JR | F |
Abigail Mann | Lourdes | JR | F |
Grace Thomas | Madonna | SR | F |
Jeweleen Reuille | UNOH | JR | F |
All-Newcomer Team
Name | School | Yr. | Pos. |
Avery Tack | Aquinas | SO | D |
Kamryn Gerecke | Concordia | FR | D |
Arianna Rau | Cornerstone | FR | F |
Alina Garcia | Indiana Tech | FR | MF |
Brynn McGarvey | Lourdes | FR | F |
Vitoria Sia | Madonna | FR | MF |
Isabella Ames | Rochester | FR | D |
Kennedy Hyde | Siena Heights | FR | D |
Sarah Ammon | Siena Heights | FR | F |
Sam Kuszynski | UM-Dearborn | SO | D |
Martina Galloni | UNOH | FR | GK |
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