D3Soccer.com released their D3 Womens All-American teams for the 2021 season (https://d3soccer.com/awards/all-america/2021/2021-Womens-AA). I have compiled a composite all-american list combining the USC and D3Soccer teams. NameCollegeClassUSCD3 Riley CookCNUSr1**1** Gabbie CesaroneWashUSr1*1* Anika WashburnCWRSo11* Jess HallTCNJSr11 Julia KeoghW. SmithSr11 Kaylee SturansMisericordiaSr11 Cameron ZakCentreSr11 Jules DotterweichMcDanielSr21 Michaela FasolinoMisericordiaSr21 Payton McDonnellLorasJr21 Gianna CoppolaTCNJJr12 Hannah SchepersMcDanielSr12 Bonnie SheaJHUSr12 Kaity WardTrinity (TX)Sr12 Grace DevannyWesleyanJr13 Mika FisherAmherstSo13 Kayla HerrMessiahJr13 Haley EiserCNUSr1 Delaney EarlOtterbeinSr1 Ella MertePac LutheranSo1 Katie SullivanJHUFr1 Hope DrewesScrantonSr22 Bailey MeyerTrinity (TX)Sr22 Eva AndersonMITSr32 Merilyn HinrichsW. SmithSr32 Annie MitchellChicagoJr23 Emma SweitzerMisericordiaFr23 Caitlin HendricksJHUSr2 Jill McDonaldCNUJr2 Megan SidawayCentreSo2 Alex AdamsCMUJr2* Madelyn DowellHardin-SimmonsSr2 Erin FlynnWashUSr2 Karenna GroffMITSr2 Sheila McQuillenW. SmithSr2 Rylie MuttonHamiltonJr2 Meagan O’CallahanF&MJr2 Alex PanasukTCNJSr2 Emily TomzPomona-PitzerJr2 Kim ZhouAmherstSr2 Sophie AmundsonUW-La CrosseSr33 Teresa HegartyScrantonJr33 Ciannah CorreaPomona-PitzerSr3 Amelia CurtisTCNJSr3 Mika FisherAmherstSo3 Greta LazzaraCWRSr3 Caelyn SteffensIll. WesleyanJr3 Alex EpifaniIthacaSr3** Kate LuersWartburgSr3* Carissa BeckhamOhio NorthernSr3 Juliette CarreiroBrandeisSr3 Josie DattiloHanoverJr3 Lily DresnerEmerySr3 Amanda EltonSt. CatherineJr3 Nicole KaspiChicagoSr3 Lauren KetchumWheaton (Ill)Sr3 Maria RicoMary Hardin-BaylorJr3 Joy SmithWartburgSr3 Sarah SmithCNUSr3 Tookie WilsonTuftsSr3 * previous All-America honors
I mentioned Gabbie Cesarone in the Transfer Portal thread. She was the D3soccer.com defender of the year and is now at Minnesota as a grad transfer. I have seen Gabbie play since her youth years and I'm not surprised she won the honor. From D3soccer.com: Washington University senior Gabby Cesarone has earned the D3soccer.com Defender of the Year award, joining two previous Bears who have received a D3soccer.com Player of the Year award: Lillie Toaspern, 2014 Midfielder of the Year and Lizzy Crist, Goalkeeper of the Year in both 2015 and 2016. With Cesarone, the repeat UAA Defensive Player of the Year, anchoring the backline, the Bears yielded a paltry 5.1 shots per game on average, with only 2.3 on target, despite playing the most challenging schedule in Division III (.658 strength of schedule). Their defense ranked eleventh nationally in goals-against average (0.41), allowed no multi-goal games, and recorded 11 shutouts (58%). Additionally, she scored three goals, all in the NCAA Tournament, and recorded three assists on the season. Defensively the Bears led UAA conference play with four shutouts, yielded only three goals resulting in a conference leading 0.42 goals-against-average en route to winning their third-consecutive outright UAA title. I've been touting the Job that Simonetti has been doing at CWRU. Others are recognizing that as well as she was the D3soccer.com Coach of the year. Above is a post I made in November. This is well-deserved. From D3Soccer.com: In a somewhat non-traditional, but well-deserved choice, the D3soccer.com women’s Coach of the Year is Jen Simonetti, of Case Western Reserve, who led the Spartans to their most successful season in program history. In 2021 they recorded an overall record of 16-2-2, a UAA mark of 4-1-2, good for second; advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen; and finished 12th in the D3soccer.com Top 25, each all-time program bests. Coach Simonetti has led a remarkable turnaround for CWRU in the most difficult conference in women’s soccer. She became CWRU head coach in July 2019. In the ten years before her arrival, the Spartans averaged 1-5-1 in the UAA and 8-8-2 overall. In her first year, 2019, the Spartans set a program record for wins and made the NCAA field for only the second time in program history. This season, they blew past those marks with three added wins for another program best and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. In her first two seasons the Spartans have cumulative win percent of .500 / .782 (UAA / overall), dramatic improvements over the .236 / .519 marks of the previous ten years.
This post is a little late; however: ANNOUNCING 68 TALENTED, HARD-WORKING, AND REMARKABLE WOMEN. December 8, 2021 Announcement: 2021 Academic All-America® Team, by the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA). 33 Players, led by Team Member of the Year: defender Maya Nielan (Sr., MIT), a Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science major from Danville, CA with a 4.00 GPA. https://academicallamerica.com/documents/2021/12/7//Acad_Soccer_AA_2021_22.pdf?id=3288 December 16, 2021 Announcement: 2021 Scholar All-America Team by the United Soccer Coaches (USC). 42 Players, led by Scholar Player of the Year: forward Julia Keogh (Sr., William Smith College), a Biology major from Toronto, ON with a 3.77 GPA. https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/uni...unces-2021-college-scholar-all-america-teams/ https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/202...division-iii-womens-scholar-all-america-team/ As both an engineer and educator, it pleases me to note that more than 70% of the players’ majors are in STEM subject areas. The seven players that were on both the CoSIDA team and USC team are listed below. PosNameClassSchoolMajorGPAHometown MEva AndersonSr. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering3.84Edina, MN DSarah CampbellSr.Wartburg CollegeEducation3.78Waverly, IA FMaggie DaySr.Hanover CollegeKinesiology and Integrative Physiology3.97Sellersburg, IN FKarenna GroffSr.Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBiological Engineering3.92Weston, MA KCaitlin HendricksSr.Johns Hopkins UniversityPublic Health and Natural Sciences3.86San Diego, CA MPayton McDonnellJr.Loras CollegeBiology and Spanish3.72Arlington Heights, IL FKaity WardSr.Trinity University (TX)Business Administration3.87Phoenix, AZ
This analysis of the 11/20/21 NCAA tournament game between William Smith and Misericordia came to my attention yesterday. It is a thread by Marco Devito containing 16 tweets with embedded videos. “A game that ended 5-4 to @HeronSoccer in 2OT and a game-tying goal with 13 seconds left. … @MUW_Soccer set up in a 4-2-3-1 (white) @HeronSoccer in a 4-3-3 single pivot (green) This game was played at a frantic pace for most of the match. Very little possession for either team, although HWS definitely controlled the territorial battle. … Another W for the most winningest coach in D3 women’s soccer, Aliceann Wilber.” #CollegeSoccerAnalysisNCAA DIII Women’s Sweet 16 matchup between @MUW_Soccer and @HeronSoccer A game that ended 5-4 to @HeronSoccer in 2OT and a game-tying goal with 13 seconds left. Another W for the most winningest coach in D3 women’s soccer, Aliceann Wilber. pic.twitter.com/hLE8BB5HS8— marco devito 🐘 (@CoachDeVito1) March 11, 2022