MELBOURNE, Fla. - Twenty-five women's soccer student-athletes have earned All-SSC honors for the 2021 season. League champion Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University boasts nine All-SSC accolades, including Defensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and Coach of the Year. Voting for the awards was conducted among the conference's women's soccer coaches.
Kate Hostage of the University of Tampa is named Player of the Year following a team-high 21 points during the regular season off eight goals and five assists. The junior from Southborough, Massachusetts, started all 15 games for the Spartans and provided her team with four game-winners. Hostage is the third Spartan to be named Player of the Year, first since 2012
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Anniina Sankoh of Lynn University has been selected Offensive Player of the Year by conference coaches. The product of Helsinki, Finland led the SSC in points (36), points per game (2.57), goals (17), goals per game (1.21), shots per game (3.79), and shots on goal per game (2.14) during the 2021 regular season. Sankoh becomes the second Fighting Knight to earn the award
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Embry-Riddle's Anita Agustsdottir earns Defensive Player of the Year accolades. The defender from Akranes, Iceland, led an Eagles defense that posted five shutouts and held opponents to 1.00 goals and 9.6 shots per game. Fellow Eagle Hattie Kettle is honored as Freshman of the Year. The defender from Bracknell, England, was a key contributor for ERAU, as she started all 14 games and knocked in two game-winning goals. Agustsdottir and Kettle are the second consecutive Eagles to win Defensive Player of the Year
3 and Freshman of the Year
4, respectively.
Samantha Bohon becomes the first from Embry-Riddle to be named Coach of the Year in women's soccer after leading the Eagles program to its first SSC regular-season championship. ERAU tallied 22 points from a 7-2-1 conference record to secure this year's trophy. Under Bohon's guidance, the Eagles received home-field advantage throughout the postseason tournament and first-round bye. ERAU has ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Top-25 ranking the last six weeks of the season, topping out at No. 13.
Sankoh and Marie Myhrvold Seim of Embry-Riddle highlight the repeat All-Conference selections for 2021 as both players repeat as First Team honorees from 2019. Myhrvold Seim was also named Freshman of the Year in 2019. Natasha Hudson of Barry University makes the jump to First Team from Second Team accolades last season. Tampa's Reni Taiwo is the only athlete to repeat as All-SSC for a third consecutive season.
Player of the Year: Kate Hostage, Tampa
Offensive Player of the Year: Anniina Sankoh, Lynn
Defensive Player of the Year: Anita Agustsdottir, Embry-Riddle
Freshman of the Year: Hattie Kettle, Embry-Riddle
Coach of the Year: Samantha Bohon, Embry-Riddle
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| 2021 Women’s Soccer ALL-SSC First Team |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
| F |
Anniina Sankoh^ |
Lynn |
Jr. |
Helsinki, Finland |
| F |
Kate Hostage |
Tampa |
Jr. |
Southborough, Massachusetts |
| F |
Marie Myhrvold Seim^† |
Embry-Riddle |
So. |
Bergen, Norway |
| M |
Isabelle Navren |
Embry-Riddle |
So. |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| M |
Natasha Hudson* |
Barry |
So. |
Nottingham, England |
| M |
Louise Matsgard |
Nova Southeastern |
Fr. |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| D |
Anita Agustsdottir |
Embry-Riddle |
Sr. |
Akranes, Iceland |
| D |
Jaycie Tate |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
Sr. |
Port St. Lucie, Florida |
| D |
Jordan Michaels |
Florida Tech |
Jr. |
Merritt Island, Florida |
| G |
Maria Sanchez Recuero‡ |
Florida Tech |
Sr. |
Madrid, Spain |
| G (AL) |
Sofia Manner |
Lynn |
Sr. |
Helsinki, Finland |
| - |
|
|
|
|
| 2021 Women’s Soccer ALL-SSC Second Team |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
| F |
Tayla Duffy |
Rollins |
Jr. |
Northampton, England |
| F |
Chama Silva |
Nova Southeastern |
So. |
Caracas, Venezuela |
| F |
Marem Ndiongue |
Florida Tech |
So. |
Sicily, Italy |
| M |
Mayara Queiroz Reis |
Florida Tech |
Jr. |
Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| M |
Sofia Munthe Nilsson |
Embry-Riddle |
So. |
Saltsjöbaden, Sweden |
| M |
Grace Foyer |
Embry-Riddle |
So. |
York, England |
| M (AL) |
Ariadna Cerezuela |
Barry |
Jr. |
Sant Pol de Mar, Spain |
| M (AL) |
Saba Amiri |
Embry-Riddle |
Jr. |
Palm Coast, Florida |
| D |
Jaida Scott |
Barry |
Jr. |
Plantation, Florida |
| D |
Gianna Merigliano* |
Rollins |
Gr. |
Jupiter, Florida |
| D |
Reni Taiwo*‡ |
Tampa |
Sr. |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
| G |
Rachel Neumann |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
Sr. |
Johnston, Iowa |
| - |
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|
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| 2021 Women’s Soccer ALL-SSC Honorable Mention |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
| F |
Stephanie DeLaforcade |
Tampa |
Jr. |
East Lyme, Connecticut |
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^ = 2019 First Team All-SSC
* = 2019 Second Team All-SSC
† = 2019 Freshman of the Year
‡ = 2018 Second Team All-SSC
(AL) = At Large Selection
1 Previous UT Players of the Year: Lauren Moore (2012), Ginger Lynn (2001)
2 Previous Lynn Offensive Players of the Year: Melissa Ortiz (2011)
3 Previous ERAU Defensive Players of the Year: Sophie Brundin (2019)
4 Previous ERAU Freshmen of the Year: Marie Myhrvold Seim (2019)
5 No Sunshine State Conference All-Conference awards were issued in Fall 2020
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