SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Five different teams won a major award as the West Coast Conference announced its 2026 Women’s Soccer All-Conference awards on Tuesday. All six individual awards and the All-Conference Teams were voted on solely by the Conference’s 10 coaches.
The All-WCC First Team is comprised of a specific position format of three forwards, three midfielders, three defenders, one goalkeeper and one "wildcard" spot given to the student-athlete remaining with the most votes regardless of position. In addition, the positional major award winners were also automatically selected to the All-Conference First Team and the runner-up for Goalkeeper of the Year was automatically selected to the All-Conference Second Team.
Regular-season co-champion and WCC Championship No. 1 seed LMU landed two major awards as Chris Chamides was voted Coach of the Year and JJ Hoover shared Goalkeeper of the Year honors along with Saint Mary's Kate Plachy. Plachy's backfield teammate Molly Silva was named Defensive Player of the Year, while Santa Clara's Kennedy Schoennauer earned Offensive Player of the Year. Seattle U's Kailee Wilson claimed Midfield of the Year, and Redhawks teammate Vivien Villarreal split Freshman of the Year accolades with Pepperdine's Emjae Soriano.
Chamides mentored LMU to a share of its first-ever WCC regular-season title after being picked sixth in the preseason coaches poll. The Lions surrendered just three goals in nine league matches and were backstopped by Hoover, who led the Conference in shutouts (9/6), saves (88/52), save percentage (.880/.945)and goals-against average (0.71/0.33) over the full regular season and WCC play.
Plachy and Silva teamed in the Saint Mary's backfield to allow just 12 goals this season, tying LMU for the fewest allowed by a WCC program in the regular season.
Schoennauer paced the WCC in scoring in league play (8g/17p) and overall (15g/31p) during the regular season to help the Broncos to the league's lone unbeaten record.
Wilson (9g/6a in all matches, 5g/2a in WCC) spearheaded a Seattle U attack which topped the WCC in goals (43/20) and points (126/61) both regular season and league contests, teamming with Villarreal to help the Redhawks to a 5-1-3 league mark and the No. 3 seed in the WCC Championship.
Soriano was a solid presence for a Pepperdine program which claimed a share of its third consecutive WCC regular-season crown, starting 15-of-17 matches played and logging more than 1,300 minutes in defense.
2026 WEST COAST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S SOCCER AWARD WINNERS
| COACH OF THE YEAR |
| Chris Chamides |
LMU |
| OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
| Kennedy Schoennauer |
Santa Clara |
Sr. |
| DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
| Molly Silva |
Saint Mary's |
Sr. |
| MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR |
| Kailee Wilson |
Seattle U |
Sr. |
| CO-GOALKEEPERS OF THE YEAR |
| JJ Hoover |
LMU |
Sr. |
| Kate Plachy |
Saint Mary's |
R-Jr. |
| CO-FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR |
| Emjae Soriano |
Pepperdine |
D/F |
| Vivien Villarreal |
Seattle U |
M |
ALL-WCC FIRST TEAM
| NAME |
SCHOOL |
POSITION |
YEAR |
| Hailey Bagby |
Portland |
M |
Sr. |
| Cameron Bourne |
LMU |
F |
Sr. |
| Ella Callanan |
San Diego |
D |
Jr. |
| Izzy De Buyl |
Santa Clara |
D |
Jr. |
| JJ Hoover |
LMU |
GK |
Sr. |
| U'i Kaaihue |
Seattle U |
F |
5th |
| Kyra Murphy |
Pepperdine |
M |
5th |
| Kate Plachy |
Saint Mary's |
GK |
R-Jr. |
| Julia Quinonez |
Pepperdine |
F |
Sr. |
| Kennedy Schoennauer |
Santa Clara |
F |
Sr. |
| Molly Silva |
Saint Mary's |
D |
Sr. |
| Kailee Wilson |
Seattle U |
M |
Sr. |
ALL-WCC SECOND TEAM
| NAME |
SCHOOL |
POSITION |
YEAR |
| Litsy Alcocer |
Santa Clara |
F |
Fr. |
| Elise Bolanos |
LMU |
M |
R-Fr. |
| Aliyah Dockter |
Portland |
M |
Sr. |
| Samantha Dreiling |
Denver |
M |
6th |
| Kassidy Kirgan |
Seattle U |
GK |
Sr. |
| Peyton Leonard |
Pepperdine |
D |
Sr. |
| Jacey Martinez |
Santa Clara |
M |
Sr. |
| Kaya Rosa |
Pacific |
F |
Sr. |
| Kyla Schuster |
Seattle U |
M |
Jr. |
| Ashlyn Vaughn |
Saint Mary's |
F |
So. |
| Luci Vincent |
Denver |
M |
Sr. |
ALL-WCC FRESHMAN TEAM
| NAME |
SCHOOL |
POSITION |
| Litsy Alcocer |
Santa Clara |
F |
| Dalia Asad Halim |
San Francisco |
F |
| Ane Joergensen |
LMU |
D |
| Fiona McCormick |
Pepperdine |
M |
| Jonnie Quiroz |
San Diego |
M |
| Kate Ryan |
Pepperdine |
F |
| Emjae Soriano |
Pepperdine |
D/F |
| Elizabeth Vega |
Saint Mary's |
M |
| Vivien Villarreal |
Seattle U |
M |
| Lucy Wimsatt |
Santa Clara |
D |
| Mia York |
LMU |
M |
HONORABLE MENTION
| NAME |
SCHOOL |
| Amanda Anders |
San Diego |
| Hannah Burns |
San Francisco |
| Jaelyn Byeman |
Seattle U |
| Anna Emperador |
Saint Mary's |
| Hannah Faklaris |
San Diego |
| Maddie Lucas |
Saint Mary's |
| Emma Gustad Myklebust |
LMU |
| Kera Nguyen |
Denver |
| Alicia Osegueda |
San Francisco |
| Alex Pendleton |
Pepperdine |
| Katie Piburn |
Seattle U |
| Violet Rademacher |
Portland |
| Elizabeth Rapp |
Portland |
| Ariana Salvador |
Pepperdine |
| Lily Stewart |
Pepperdine |
| Hailee Takao |
LMU |
| Addie Whitehouse |
Santa Clara |