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BEST OF THE WPSL - SUNSHINE CONFERENCE

South Region All-Conference Honors
Published Aug 10, 2023


OKLAHOMA CITY (August 10, 2023) – The Women’s Premier Soccer League has announced the 2023 Best of the WPSL All-Conference awards in the South Region. The accolades include Best XI, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Franchise of the Year.

The Sunshine Conference has named 11 players from each division – Coconut Palms, Palmetto Palms – to the BEST XI All-Conference Team. The Coconut Palms Division features six Seminole Ice players, two players from West Florida Flames, and a player each from Florida Krush, United Soccer Alliance, Fusion SC. Off the 22 honorees between both divisions, collegiate programs including Southern Methodist University (SMU), Texas Christian University (TCU), Clemson, and Florida State are represented.
 

SUNSHINE CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES

Coconut Division Awards

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Eliana Salama, F, Team Boca Blast, SMU

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Elanna Brady, D, FC Surge, Barry*

COACH OF THE YEAR:  Russ Morgan, FC Prime

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR:  FC Surge

BEST XI SELECTION

Position

Player

WPSL Team

School

Year

Repeat

GK

Acelya Aydogmus

Cape Coral Cyclones

Northwestern State

2021

‘21

D

Elanna Brady

FC Surge

Barry

2008

 

D

Izzy Martinez

FC Prime

Nova Southeastern

Jr.

 

D

Brooke Yount

Cape Coral Cyclones

Columbus State

2023

 

MF

Thelma Hermannsdottir

Team Boca Blast

Florida Atlantic

2022

 

MF

Camila Jimenez

FC Prime

Alabama State

R-So.

 

MF

Christine Kindt

FC Surge

Campbell

2016

 

MF

Tatum Schilling

Cape Coral Cyclones

Venice High School

Sr.

 

F

Eliana Salama

Team Boca Blast

SMU

Soph.

 

F

Jaden Roberts

FC Surge

Rice

Sr.

 

F

Michelle Horan

FC Prime

Florida Atlantic

Soph.

 


Palmetto Division Awards

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Mia Asenjo, F, Seminole Ice, Central Florida

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Jessica McCullen, D, Seminole Ice, Central Florida

COACH OF THE YEAR:  Anastasia McCleary, United Soccer Alliance

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR:  Fusion SC

BEST XI SELECTION

Position

Player

WPSL Team

School

Year

Repeat

GK

Cristina Rogue

Florida Krush

Florida State

Sr.

‘22

D

Jessica McCullen

Seminole Ice

Central Florida

R-Fr.

 

D

Briana Eads

Seminole Ice

Jacksonville State

2022

 

D

Chloe Lausell

West Florida Flames

UNC Greensboro

Jr.

 

MF

Hannah Lemieux

United Soccer Alliance

Holy Cross

2022

 

MF

Kaitlyn Montague

Seminole Ice

Illinois Chicago

Sr.

 

MF

Sydney Henderson

Seminole Ice

Chowan

2021

 

F

Mia Asenjo

Seminole Ice

Central Florida

R-Soph.

 

F

Erin Sherden

Seminole Ice

Clemson

Fr.

 

F

Lily Borders

West Florida Flames

Lake Wales High School

Sr.

 

F

Sydney O’Shea

Fusion SC

McNeese State

Soph.