ASC Receives 24 NSCAA All-West Region Honors

The 24 combined men's and women's selections mark the sixth consecutive season the ASC has received at least 20 or more All-Region honorees.

12/2/2016 8:54:07 AM

RICHARDSON, Texas - The American Southwest Conference recorded 24 combined selections from seven member institutions' men's and women's soccer teams on the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region teams announced by the online publication (Dec. 1).

The 24 selections mark the sixth consecutive season the ASC has received at least 20 or more All-Region honorees. Hardin-Simmons women's head coach Marcus Wood was named the West Region coach of the year for the sixth time in his career.

On the men's side the ASC received 11 award winners from five teams led ASC Champion UT Dallas with five. Mary Hardin-Baylor and UT Tyler recorded two each while Concordia Texas and Hardin-Simmons had one each. In the last six seasons, the Comets lead all ASC men's teams with 20 NSCAA All-Region members.

Of the 11 men's NSCAA selections, four received ASC all-conference awards led by UT Tyler junior Leandro Cid Fernandez as the Offensive Player and Midfielder of the Year. Three UT Dallas award winners received NSCAA recognition led by Sam Konstanty, Defensive Player of the Year, Joseph Weber, Goalkeeper of the Year and Alfredo Kaegi, Offensive Freshman of the Year.

Five teams were represented in the women's awards led by ASC Champion Hardin-Simmons with five. Mary Hardin-Baylor and UT Tyler each had three selections while LeTourneau and Sul Ross State recorded one each. Over the last four seasons the Cowgirls lead all ASC women's teams with 29 NSCAA All-Region members.

Out of the 13 women's NSCAA selections, four received ASC all-conference honors, all from Hardin-Simmons led by Kami Jones as the Offensive Player of the Year, Kirsten Parrish, Defensive Player of the Year, Kenne Kessler, Midfielder of the Year and Caitlin Christiansen, Goalkeeper of the Year.

Each of the HSU award winners will be back for the Cowgirls, who went 20-1-2 on the year and were eliminated in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on penalty kicks.

Men's West Region Team
First Team

Pos.	First	Cl.	School
GK	Theo Hooker	Jr.	Colorado College
D	Jack McCormick	Sr.	Colorado College
D	Caleb Vandergriff	So.	Mary Hardin-Baylor
D	Laurence Wyke	So.	Trinity (Texas)
M	Casey Chubb-Fertal	Jr.	Redlands
M	Soren Frykholm	Sr.	Colorado College
M	Kellen Reid	Jr.	Trinity (Texas)
M	Christian Sakshaug	So.	Trinity (Texas)
M	Saul Uribe	Sr.	La Verne
F	Alfredo Kaegi	Fr.	UT Dallas
F	Caden MacKenzie	Sr.	Colorado College
F	Danny Meyer	Jr.	UT Dallas
F	Austin Michaelis	So.	Trinity (Texas)

Second Team

Pos.	First	Cl.	School
GK	Josh Haskillq	Jr.	Redlands
GK	Joseph Weber	Sr.	UT Dallas
M	Leandro Cid Fernandez	Jr.	UT Tyler
M	Tim Huettel	Jr.	Colorado College
M	Marco Saglimbeni	Sr.	Chapman
M	Kevin Whatley	Sr.	UT Dallas
D	Tanner Coffun	Sr.	Hardin-Simmons
D	Sam Konstanty	Sr.	UT Dallas
D	Keoni Yates	Sr.	Redlands
F	Fabian Billings	Jr.	Concordia Texas
F	Voja Maric	Sr.	Pomona-Pitzer
F	Chase Boone	Jr.	Redlands

Third Team

Pos.	First	Cl.	School
GK	Leyton Thommasen	Jr.	Pacific
D	Ben Thompson	Jr.	Redlands
D	Christian Yepez	Jr.	California Lutheran
D	Jake Skoll	Jr.	Claremont- Mudd-Scripps
M	Caleb Almanza	Jr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor
M	Elliott Braund	Jr.	Chapman
M	Eric Espinoza	Jr.	Whitworth
M	Jonah Snyder	Jr.	Whitworth
M	Phillip Le	So.	Austin College
F	Eddie Na	Jr.	Pacific Lutheran
F	Lucas Pereira	So.	UT Tyler
F	Mehron Abdi	Sr.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Women's West Region Team
First Team

Pos.	Player	Cl.	School
GK	Takara Mitsui	Sr.	Pacific Lutheran
D	Nadia Alayian	Sr.	Pomona-Pitzer
D	Charis Brantley	Sr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor
D	Kirsten Parrish	Jr.	Hardin-Simmons
D	Kelly White	Sr.	Pacific Lutheran
M	Yasmeen Farra	Sr.	Trinity (Texas)
M	Julia Kelly	Jr.	Trinity (Texas)
M	Katie Tao	Sr.	Pomona-Pitzer
M	Grayson W. Krebs	Sr.	Puget Sound
F	Julia Camp	Jr.	Trinity (Texas)
F	Machaela Graddy	Jr.	Pacific Lutheran
F	Kami Jones	Jr.	Hardin Simmons
F	Brittany Matthews	Sr.	UT Tyler

Second Team

Pos.	Player	Cl.	School
GK	Corey Goetz	Sr.	Pomona-Pitzer
D	Jacey Coniff	Jr.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
D	Bailey Edwards	Sr.	Puget Sound
D	Brianna Lau	Fr.	Pomona Pitzer
D	Shelby Valepena	Sr.	UT Tyler
M	Amy Johnson	Sr.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
M	Kenne Kessler	So.	Hardin-Simmons
M	Sarah Krisa	So.	Hardin-Simmons
M	Hailey Smoot	Jr.	Pacific Lutheran
F	Laynee Laube	Sr.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
F	Colleen Markey	Jr.	Trinity (Texas)
F	Kathryn Parker	Sr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor
F	Kali Youngdahl	Jr.	California Lutheran

Third Team

Pos.	Player	Cl.	School
GK	Caitlin Christiansen	So.	Hardin-Simmons
D	Faith Holloway	Fr.	Chapman
D	Grace Sponaugle	So.	Occidental
D	Alexandra Stewart	Fr.	California Lutheran
D	Caroline Williams	Jr.	UT Tyler
M	Megan Carey	Sr.	California-Santa Cruz
M	Kaela Reisfelt	Sr.	Whittier College
M	Sarah Rempe	Jr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor
M	Stephanie Vana	Sr.	LeTourneau
F	Lauren Ebbs	Jr.	Sul Ross State
F	Juli Khil	Sr.	Occidental
F	Annie Prickett	Sr.	Puget Sound
F	Kaylie Rozell	Jr.	Pacific Lutheran

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