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IRVING, Texas \u2013 The American Conference has announced the 2025 women\u2019s soccer honors. Regular season champion Memphis captured six awards.
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\nTiger junior forward Ashley Henderson was named Offensive Player of the Year, while junior defender Finley Lavin repeated as Defensive Player of the Year. Sophomore Ai Kitagawa was named Midfielder of the Year, while fellow sophomore Abby Kudla was tabbed Goalkeeper of the Year. Forward Ellis Kelly and Rice defender Jadyn Jaeger were honored with Freshman of the Year awards, while the Memphis coaching staff was voted by their peers as the Coaching Staff of the Year.
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\nHenderson leads the American with 19 points in conference play with seven goals and five assists. She has 24 points overall on nine goals and six assists. She is the third Tiger to earn Offensive Player of the Year, joining Mya Jones in 2023 and Clarissa Larisey in 2019.
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\nLavin and Kudla aided the Tiger defense in allowing only three goals in 10 conference matches. Lavin is the first player in the American to repeat as Defensive Player of the Year since Ashley Barron of Cincinnati won the award three straight years from 2020-22. Kulda is the third Tiger to win Goalkeeper of the Year, joining Kaylie Bierman in 2023 and Elizabeth Moberg in 2019.
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\nKitagawa has eight goals and three assists on the season and becomes the fourth Tiger to earn Midfield of the Year honors. She is also the fourth player in American history to earn an individual award after winning the Freshman of the Year, which she won in 2024.
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\nKelly recorded five goals and four assists during the regular season, while Jaeger helped lead the Rice defense to a 1.47 goals-against average while also providing two goals and four assists. Kelly becomes the sixth Tiger to earn Freshman of the Year accolades, while Jaeger is the second Owl player to earn an individual honor in the American, joining Leah Chancey, who won Offensive Player of the Year in 2024.
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\nTiger head coach Brooks Monaghan and his staff led Memphis to a 15-0-2 record in the regular season, 9-0-1 in conference play and to a No. 3 ranking in the current United Soccer Coaches poll. It is the third time the Tiger staff has been honored.
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\nTemple earned the Team Fair Play Award for having the fewest fouls, yellow cards and red cards during conference play.
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\nOffensive Player of the Year
\nAshley Henderson, Jr., F, Memphis
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\nDefensive Player of the Year
\nFinley Lavin, Jr., D, Memphis
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\nMidfielder of the Year
\nAi Kitagawa, So., Memphis*
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\nGoalkeeper of the Year
\nAbby Kudla, So., Memphis
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\nFreshman of the Year
\nEllis Kelly, F, Memphis
\nJadyn Jaeger, D, Rice
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\nCoaching Staff of the Year
\nMemphis (Head Coach Brooks Monaghan, Associate Head Coaches Jonny Walker and Rocky Sasitharan, and Assistant Coach Ted Bartels)
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\nTeam Fair Play Award
\nTemple
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\nAll-Conference First Team
\nLailah Stewart, Jr., F, UAB
\nMegan Bradley, Sr., F, Charlotte
\nFlavie Dube, Sr., M, Memphis
\nAshley Henderson, Jr., F, Memphis*
\nAi Kitagawa, So., M, Memphis*
\nAbby Kudla, So., GK, Memphis
\nFinley Lavin, Jr., D, Memphis*
\nLeah Chancey, Gr., M, Rice
\nGentiana Fetaj, Gr., M, South Florida
\nSadie Sider-Echenberg, Sr., M, South Florida
\nKameron Kloza, R-Sr., D, UTSA
\nJordan Frederick, Sr., F, Tulsa
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\nAll-Conference Second Team
\nAvery Berryman, Jr., F, UAB
\nAmelia Brown, Sr., M, Charlotte
\nEvie Craven, Jr., M, Charlotte
\nCaitlen-Star Dolan Boodram, So., F, East Carolina
\nIsabella Gutierrez, Sr., M, East Carolina
\nMichelle Horan, Sr., F, Florida Atlantic
\nAlly Casey, So., D, Memphis
\nElise Perron, So., F, Memphis
\nMia Bernard, M, North Texas
\nYui Suetsugu, Jr., F, South Florida
\nJasmine Kessler, Jr., GK, UTSA
\nBlaine Schutte, So., F, Tulsa
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\nAll-Conference Third Team
\nAva Mills, Jr., D, UAB
\nNaroa Domenech, Sr., F, Charlotte
\nHarlee Head, R-Jr., GK, Charlotte
\nHailey Santiago, So., F, Florida Atlantic
\nMihiro Furuya, Fr., F, Memphis
\nAlex Mackay, So., F, Memphis
\nEvelyn Mackay, So., D, Memphis
\nNaija Bruckner, Sr., M, Rice
\nLilly Reuscher, So., D, Rice
\nVal Bitterwolf, Fr., M, Temple
\nZoe May, Sr., M, UTSA
\nMaggie SymSmith, Sr., M, Tulsa
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\nAll-Freshman Team
\nRory Brown, D, Charlotte
\nGia Spinetti, D, East Carolina
\nIsabel Bostic, M, Florida Atlantic
\nMihiro Furuya, F, Memphis*
\nEllis Kelly, F, Memphis*
\nYuna Nagata, M, Memphis
\nLillian Vandiver, D, North Texas
\nJadyn Jaeger, D, Rice
\nEmily Lemke, F, South Florida
\nVal Bitterwolf, M, Temple*
\nBrooklyn Bailey, F, UTSA
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\n* denotes unanimous selection
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