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. |
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