OKLAHOMA CITY (August 11, 2023) – In its final day of awards week, the Women’s Premier Soccer League released the 2023 Best of the WPSL All-Conference honor in the East Region. The accolades include Best XI, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Franchise of the Year.
The Lake Erie Conference honored five players from Ambassadors Cleveland, four players from Cleveland Ambassadors, and two players from Beadling Soccer Club in its BEST XI All-Conference team. Players represented collegiate programs at universities including Youngstown State, Saint Louis University, the University of North Carolina, and Xavier University.
LAKE ERIE CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Megan Buckingham, MF, Ambassadors Cleveland, North Carolina
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Emma Flick, D, Ambassadors Cleveland, Xavier
COACH OF THE YEAR: Caleb Fortune, Ambassadors Cleveland
FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR: Ambassadors Cleveland
BEST XI SELECTION
Position |
Player |
WPSL Team |
School |
Year |
Repeat |
GK |
Kenzie Simon |
Cleveland Ambassadors |
Youngstown State |
2022 |
|
D |
Emma Flick |
Ambassadors Cleveland |
Xavier |
Soph. |
|
D |
Clare Nicholas |
Cleveland Ambassadors |
Saint Louis |
Soph. |
|
D |
Emma Rigone |
Beadling Soccer Club |
Youngstown State |
Soph. |
|
D |
Mackenzie Evers |
Beadling Soccer Club |
Pittsburgh |
Jr. |
|
MF |
Megan Buckingham |
Ambassadors Cleveland |
North Carolina |
2017 |
|
MF |
Gabrielle LoPresti |
Ambassadors Cleveland |
Xavier |
2021 |
’22, ‘21 |
MF |
Ashley Townsend |
Cleveland Ambassadors |
Mount Vernon Nazarene |
2022 |
|
F |
Taylor Huff |
Ambassadors Cleveland |
Tennessee |
Jr. |
|
F |
Jordan Fusco |
Ambassadors Cleveland |
Tennessee |
Jr. |
‘22 |
F |
Shea Vidovic |
Cleveland Ambassadors |
College of Charleston |
Fr. |
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