Women's Soccer

Burdick earns USC All-America Third Team, 13 named All-Region

2022 USC NCAA Division III Women’s All-Region Teams
United Soccer Coaches All-Region Teams
 
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Thirteen student-athletes from the American Southwest Conference were selected to the United Soccer Coaches Women’s Soccer All-Region X Teams. Mary Hardin-Baylor senior defender Kristen Burdick highlighted the league selections with a Third Team All-America and First Team All-Region. She was the ASC Defensive Player of the Year
 
UMHB, who won the American Southwest Conference Championship, and Hardin-Simmons shared the most USC All-Region recipients with four each. Burdick, senior forward Maria Rico, and senior midfielder Shay Taylor formed a trio from the Cru that were First Team All-Region. Junior midfielder Kelsey White rounded out the UMHB selections with a nod on the Second Team. Burdick, Rico, and Taylor earned their second consecutive USC All-Region selections. 
 
Hardin-Simmons senior forward Randie Dennison was the fourth conference student-athlete to be on the First Team. The Cowgirls had a trio named on the Second Team, which accounted for half of the conference selections. senior defender Jenna Kirk, junior defender Kaylee Maddox, and freshman defender Kalea Willis. Kirk and Willis grabbed 2022 ASC Individual awards with Midfielder of the Year and Defensive Freshman of the Year, respectively.
 
UT Dallas junior defender Peyton Guidry and freshman midfielder Janae Shaklee gave the Comets multiple student-athlete selections with Guidry on Second Team and Shaklee on Third Team.
 
Concordia Texas junior forward Kallie Krenz was the team’s lone selection on the Second Team. Krenz was named ASC Offensive Player of the Year.  
 
McMurry had sophomore forward Emily Holland named to the Third Team. East Texas Baptist senior midfielder Amy Pineda completed the three All-Region conference student-athletes on the Third Team.
 
McMurry also had senior defender Kate Holland was a Player of Distinction honoree.  

Mary Hardin-Baylor Head Coach Barry Elkins and Graduate Assistant Charis Hill were also named Region X Coaching Staff of the Year. The duo was also named ASC Coaching Staff of the Year and helped the Cru notch a record season with a 17-1-1 record and program's first regular season and ASC title. 

 
First Team
Pos. Name Cl. University Hometown
D Kristen Burdick Sr. Mary Hardin-Baylor Flower Mound, Texas
F Randie Dennison Sr. Hardin-Simmons Abilene, Texas
F Maria Rico Sr. Mary Hardin-Baylor Cedar Park, Texas
M Shay Taylor Sr. Mary Hardin-Baylor Kerrville, Texas
Second Team
D Peyton Guidry Jr. UT Dallas Katy, Texas
D Jenna Kirk Sr. Hardin-Simmons Trophy Club, Texas
F Kallie Krenz Jr. Concordia Texas Lockhart, Texas
D Kaylee Maddox Jr. Hardin-Simmons Lubbock, Texas
M Kelsey White Jr. Mary Hardin-Baylor Keller, Texas
D Kalea Willis Fr. Hardin-Simmons Fort Worth, Texas
Third Team
F Emily Holland So. McMurry Mansfield, Texas
M Amy Pineda Sr. East Texas Baptist Katy, Texas
M Janae Shaklee Fr. UT Dallas Alamogordo, N.M.