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BEST OF THE WPSL - MID-ATLANTIC CONFERENCE

East Region All-Conference Awards
Published Aug 11, 2023

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.

Twenty-two players have been named in the Mid-Atlantic Conference BEST XI awards between its Colonial and Keystone divisions. Players honored represent respective schools including the University of Cincinnati, Villanova University, Virgina Tech, Boston University and La Salle University. The Colonial Division honors five players from the Delaware Ospreys, three players from Penn Fusion SA, and two players from SJEB FC while the Keystone Division has awarded four players from Lehigh Valley Tempest, three players from Reading United A.C., and two players each from Real Central NJ and PA Classics. 
 

MID-ATLANTIC CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES

Colonial Division Awards

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Caitlin St. Leger, F, Delaware Ospreys, Delaware

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Grace Gordon, GK, Penn Fusion SA, Seton Hall

COACH OF THE YEAR:  Scott Mosier, Delaware Ospreys

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR:  Penn Fusion SA

BEST XI SELECTION

Position

Player

WPSL Team

School

Year

Repeat

GK

Grace Gordon

Penn Fusion SA

Seton Hall

2022

 

D

Camryn Scully

Delaware Ospreys

Pacific

2022

 

D

Sydni Wright

Delaware Ospreys

Delaware

Jr.

 

D

Lindsay Krasfchick

Penn Fusion SA

Duquesne

Soph.

 

MF

Haley Dougherty

Delaware Ospreys

Alvernia

Soph.

 

MF

Ashlee Brentlinger

Delaware Ospreys

Idaho State

2022

’19, ’21, ‘22

MF

Reese Evan

SJEB FC

Bucknell

Jr.

 

MF

Susanna Soderman

Penn Fusion SA

Villanova

Jr.

 

F

Caitlin St. Leger

Delaware Ospreys

Delaware

Jr.

 

F

Emma Gioffre

Delaware Ospreys

Cincinnati

Fr.

 

F

Paige Kenton

SJEB FC

Penn

Sr.

 

 

Keystone Division Awards

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Elizabeth Estrada, F, PA Classics, La Salle

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Emme Wolfel, GK, Reading United A.C., Kuztown

COACH OF THE YEAR:  Todd Hoffard, PA Classics

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR:  PA Classics

BEST XI SELECTION

Position

Player

WPSL Team

School

Year

Repeat

GK

Emme  Wolfel

Reading United A.C.

Kutztown

Sr.

 

D

Ava Curtis

Real Central NJ

College of New Jersey

Jr.

‘22

D

Allie Lewis

Lehigh Valley Tempest

Virginia Tech

Jr.

 

D

Morgan Weaver

Reading United A.C.

Boston

Soph.

 

MF

Hope Flanegin

Lehigh Valley Tempest

Lehigh

Jr.

 

MF

Jalene DeJesus

PA Classics

St. John’s

Jr.

 

MF

Molly Thomas

Lehigh Valley Tempest

East Carolina

Jr.

 

F

Elizabeth Estrada

PA Classics

La Salle

Soph.

 

F

Ava Schaller

Lehigh Valley Tempest

Lehigh

Sr.

 

F

Haley Gschrey

Reading United A.C.

La Salle

Jr.

 

F

Brooke Steel

Real Central NJ

American

Jr.