OKLAHOMA CITY (August 9, 2023) – The Women’s Premier Soccer League has announced the 2023 Best of the WPSL All-Conference awards in the Central Region. The accolades include Best XI, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Franchise of the Year.
The Midwest Conference awards feature five FC Milwaukee Torrent players, four players from Quad Cities Rush, and two players from Chicago KICS Football Club for the Lake Michigan Division honors. Collegiate programs represented by these honorees include Marquette University, Western and Northern Illinois Universities, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The National Road Division awards feature seven players from Columbus Eagles FC and four players from FC Dayton. The 11 honorees represent universities including the University of Tennessee, Purdue University, the University of Ohio, and Murray State University.
MIDWEST CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES
Lake Michigan Awards
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Elsi Twombly, F, FC Milwaukee Torrent, Marquette
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Madison Bulin, D, Quad Cities Rush, Western Illinois
COACH OF THE YEAR: Randy Bollman, Quad Cities Rush
FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR: Quad Cities Rush
BEST XI SELECTION
Position |
Player |
WPSL Team |
School |
Year |
Repeat |
GK |
Mikki Easter |
FC Milwaukee Torrent |
Marquette |
2022 |
‘22 |
D |
Madison Bulin |
Quad Cities Rush |
Western Illinois |
2019 |
|
D |
Greta Hanson |
FC Milwaukee Torrent |
Truman State |
Soph. |
|
D |
Caroline Hazen |
Quad Cities Rush |
Northern Illinois |
Soph. |
|
MF |
Emily Bollman |
Quad Cities Rush |
Western Illinois |
2019 |
|
MF |
Lindsay Gallens |
Quad Cities Rush |
Scott CC |
2018 |
|
MF |
Lainey Higgins |
FC Milwaukee Torrent |
Milwaukee |
Jr. |
|
MF |
Alexa Orozco |
Chicago KICS Football Club |
Bellarmine |
R-Soph. |
|
F |
Josie Bieda |
Chicago KICS Football Club |
Marquette |
Soph. |
|
F |
Alexa Maletis |
FC Milwaukee Torrent |
Marquette |
2021 |
|
F |
Elsi Twombly |
FC Milwaukee Torrent |
Marquette |
Sr. |
|
National Road Awards
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Laney Huber, F, FC Dayton, Dayton
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Abby Reisz, GK, Columbus Eagles FC, Tennessee
COACH OF THE YEAR: Matt Ogden, Columbus Eagles FC
FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR: Columbus Eagles FC
BEST XI SELECTION
Position |
Player |
WPSL Team |
School |
Year |
Repeat |
GK |
Abby Reisz |
Columbus Eagles FC |
Tennessee |
R-Fr. |
|
D |
Morgan Bodker |
Columbus Eagles FC |
Murry State |
Jr. |
‘22 |
D |
Alivia Milesky |
Columbus Eagles FC |
Ohio |
2019 |
‘19 |
D |
Jenna Hallbeck |
FC Dayton |
Carnegie Mellon |
Soph. |
|
MF |
Mackenzie Lutz |
FC Dayton |
Dayton |
S-Sr. |
|
MF |
Katie Cox |
Columbus Eagles FC |
Bowling Green |
S-Sr. |
|
MF |
Abby Townsend |
Columbus Eagles FC |
Ohio |
2022 |
‘21 |
MF |
Alisa Arthur |
FC Dayton |
Kent State |
Jr. |
|
F |
Nikki Cox |
Columbus Eagles FC |
Bowling Green |
2021 |
|
F |
Laney Huber |
FC Dayton |
Dayton |
S-Sr. |
’22 |
F |
Victoria Kevdzija |
Columbus Eagles FC |
Purdue |
R-Jr. |
|