San Mateo, Calif. – BYU’s Mikayla Colohan repeated as West Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year and Santa Clara, the WCC regular season champions, collected three individual awards, as the conference announcd the 2020-21 WCC women’s soccer honors.
Santa Clara’s Alex Loera garnered WCC Defender of the Year recognition for the second-straight year, and Sally Menti was named the WCC Freshman of the Year. Santa Clara's Jerry Smith and Gonzaga's Chris Watkins earned Co-Coach of the Year honors. Taylor Poland of Saint Mary's was voted the WCC Goalkeeper of the Year.
All five individual awards and the All-WCC teams were voted on solely by the league's 10 head coaches.
Player of the Year Colohan started all nine game during WCC play and totaled six goals, five assists and tied for a league-best 17 points while leading BYU to a league record of 7-1-1. Loera helped the Broncos record five shutouts during conference play and limit WCC foes to four goals in seven games.
Menti totaled a goal and four assists in her inaugural season to capture top freshman honors. For Smith, it marks his eighth coach of the year honor and first since 2006. Santa Clara is the first WCC team to finish the regular season unbeaten and untied since Portland in 2009.
Watkins, who shared coach of the year honors, led Gonzaga to a third-place finish at 5-2-1, tied for its best WCC finish in program history. Poland finished the season with four shutouts and a 0.77 goals allowed average. She also added 55 saves.
The Broncos, undefeated in WCC play (7-0-0) and the No. 11 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament, placed four on the All-WCC First Team. Loera, Izzy D'Aquila, Julie Doyle and Kelsey Turnbow all earned first-team stripes.
BYU’s Colohan was joined on the first team by Rachel McCarthy and Cameron Tucker. The Cougars finished second in the WCC at 7-1-1 and earn the No. 12 seed entering the tournament.
Other first-team honorees include Pepperdine’s Joelle Anderson and Trinity Watson, Gonzaga’s Sophia Braun and Portland’s Taryn Ries.
| 2020-21 WCC Women's Soccer Major Honors |
| Offensive Player of the Year: Mikayla Colohan, BYU |
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| Defender of the Year: Alex Loera, Santa Clara |
| Goalkeeper of the Year: Taylor Poland, Saint Mary's |
| Freshman of the Year: Sally Menti, Santa Clara |
| Co-Coaches of the Year: Jerry Smith, Santa Clara and Chris Watkins, Gonzaga |
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| 2020-21 All-WCC Women's Soccer First Team |
| Name |
Institution |
Yr. |
Pos. |
| Joelle Anderson |
Pepperdine |
Sr. |
M |
| Sophia Braun |
Gonzaga |
Jr. |
M |
| Mikayla Colohan |
BYU |
Sr. |
M |
| Izzy D'Aquila |
Santa Clara |
So. |
M |
| Julie Doyle |
Santa Clara |
Sr. |
F |
| Alex Loera |
Santa Clara |
Sr. |
D/M |
| Rachel McCarthy |
BYU |
So. |
F |
| Taryn Ries |
Portland |
Sr. |
F |
| Cameron Tucker |
BYU |
Sr. |
F |
| Kelsey Turnbow |
Santa Clara |
Sr. |
F |
| Trinity Watson |
Pepperdine |
Jr |
D |
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| 2020-21 All-WCC Women's Soccer Second Team |
| Name |
Institution |
Yr. |
Pos. |
| Maya Alcantara |
Saint Mary's |
Jr. |
D |
| Maddie Cooley |
Gonzaga |
Sr. |
D |
| Sydney Cooper |
San Francisco |
Sr. |
F |
| Catherine Hill |
San Francisco |
So. |
D |
| Leyla McFarland |
Pepperdine |
Jr. |
M |
| Sally Menti |
Santa Clara |
Fr. |
F |
| Jaida Nyby |
Pacific |
So. |
M |
| Taylor Poland |
Saint Mary's |
Fr. |
GK |
| Jamie Shepherd |
BYU |
So. |
M |
| Jordan Thompson |
Gonzaga |
Sr. |
D |
| Tori Waldeck |
Pepperdine |
Fr. |
M |
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| 2020-21 All-WCC Women's Soccer Honorable Mention |
| Name |
Institution |
Yr. |
Pos. |
| Siarfo Abekah |
LMU |
So. |
F |
| Camille Ashe |
Portland |
Fr. |
D |
| Lyza Bosselmann |
Gonzaga |
So. |
GK |
| Madi Cook |
Pepperdine |
Sr. |
M |
| AnnaMaria DiGeronimo |
Saint Mary's |
Sr. |
F |
| Sierra Dunphy |
LMU |
So. |
D |
| Sami Fairweather |
San Diego |
Sr. |
M |
| Josie Gelalich |
BYU |
Sr. |
D |
| Ellie Glenn |
Santa Clara |
So. |
M |
| Kendyll Humphreys |
LMU |
So. |
GK |
| Emily Jensen |
Saint Mary's |
So. |
M |
| Sofia Jones |
Santa Clara |
Sr. |
D |
| Jalyn Lupo |
LMU |
Jr. |
D |
| Leah Pirro |
San Diego |
Fr. |
M |
| Jayd Sprague |
San Francisco |
Fr. |
C |
| Marissa Vasquez |
San Francisco |
Fr. |
F |
| Elliott Winkelmann |
Portland |
Sr. |
D |
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| 2020-21 All-WCC Women's Soccer Freshman Team |
| Name |
Institution |
Pos. |
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| Camille Ashe |
Portland |
D |
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| Marisa Bubnis |
Santa Clara |
D |
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| Kayla Chatman-Haggerty |
Gonzaga |
M |
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| Kate Doyle |
Gonzaga |
F |
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| Julianna Duckett |
Pepperdine |
M |
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| Brooke Hale |
BYU |
D |
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| Sophia Mattice |
Portland |
M |
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| Sally Menti |
Santa Clara |
F |
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| Taylor Poland |
Saint Mary's |
GK |
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| Victoria Romero |
Pepperdine |
D |
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| Olivia Smith |
BYU |
M |
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| Marissa Vasquez |
San Francisco |
F |
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| Tori Waldeck |
Pepperdine |
M |
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