MIAMI, Fla. (November 17, 2020) – The 2020 All-Sun Conference Women’s Soccer Teams were announced on Tuesday as voted on by the league’s seven head coaches. This year’s teams feature 11 first-team selections, 11 second-team honorees, and 11 honorable mention picks.
Overall, six different schools placed at least one player among the group of 33 that make up the first- and second-team all-conference, honorable mention units. This year’s teams are comprised of one graduate student, eight seniors, eight juniors, nine sophomores, and seven freshmen.
Keiser led all teams with nine all-conference honorees, including first-team selections
Alicia Drott,
Kyoka Koshijma,
Emma Holmskov,
Nohara Takayama,
Maja Henriksson, and
Josefine Troneby. Southeastern had four all-conference honorees led by first-teamers
Aisha Solorzano,
Naira Lopez,
Sierra Clayton, and
Holly Eddins.
Emily Dalton from Ave Maria rounded out this year’s first team.
The Sun Conference Specialty Awards for Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Champion of Character will be announced Thursday.
The semifinals of the 2020 Sun Conference Women’s Soccer Championship will take place later today. Semifinal number one, featuring the No. 2-seeded Keiser Seahawks hosting the Ave Maria Gyrenes, will begin at 4:00 p.m. from West Palm Beach, Florida. Semifinal number two, featuring the top-seeded Southeastern Fire hosting the USCB Sand Sharks is slated to begin at 7:00 p.m. from Lakeland, Florida.
2020 Sun Conference Women’s Soccer All-Conference
| First Team |
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| F |
Emily Dalton (SR), Ave Maria |
| F |
Alicia Drott (SO), Keiser |
| F |
Aisha Solorzano (SR), Southeastern |
| MF |
Kyoka Koshijma (JR), Keiser |
| MF |
Emma Holmskov (SR), Keiser |
| MF |
Naira Lopez (SO), Southeastern |
| MF |
Nohara Takayama (FR), Keiser |
| D |
Sierra Clayton (GS), Southeastern |
| D |
Maja Henriksson (SO), Keiser |
| D |
Josefine Troneby (SR), Keiser |
| GK |
Holly Eddins (JR), Southeastern |
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| Second Team |
|
| F |
Anne-Clara Couturier (FR), Southeastern |
| F |
Maja Lundman (SO), Keiser |
| F |
Maddie Manzke (SO), Warner |
| MF |
Lauren Brooks (FR), Ave Maria |
| MF |
Lexi Kaeser (SO), USCB |
| MF |
Mari Kalvatn (SO), USCB |
| MF |
Jennifer Luna (JR), Southeastern |
| D |
Madeleine Berghult (SR), Keiser |
| D |
Kaylee Kumar (JR), USCB |
| D |
Gabriela Labrador (JR), Southeastern |
| GK |
Maddie Samuelson (JR), Ave Maria |
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| Honorable Mention |
| D |
Brooke Blommel (SR), Warner |
| MF |
Brooke Boccuzzo (JR), Warner |
| MF |
Leslie De Leon (SO), St. Thomas |
| MF |
Aurya Downey (FR), USCB |
| MF |
Miranda Ferradaz (FR), St. Thomas |
| MF |
Madison Foshee (FR), USCB |
| D |
Ronja Henriksson (SO), Keiser |
| MF |
Andrea Manzur (SR), St. Thomas |
| F |
Karina Medina (JR), St. Thomas |
| F |
Marcela Shartouny (FR), USCB |
| D |
Leonie Weide (SR), St. Thomas |
ABOUT THE SUN CONFERENCE
Now entering its 31st year, The Sun Conference, a 501c3 organization, continues to be one of the most successful intercollegiate athletic conferences in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Under the guidance of Commissioner Dustin Wilke, the league sponsors championships in 18 NAIA sports: Baseball, Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field, Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Softball, Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field and Women’s Volleyball. Corporate sponsorship of the Conference has increased ten-fold; but most importantly, every Sun Conference member institution earned the NAIA’s prestigious 5-Star Champions of Character Award in each of the last five years. Learn more @ thesunconference.com
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