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BEST OF THE WPSL - MIDWEST CONFERENCE

Central Region All-Conference Honors
Published Aug 9, 2023

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.