2023 NAIA Women's Soccer All-Americans and Player of the Year Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2023 NAIA Women's Soccer All-America Team was announced on Monday as Mariangela Jimenez from William Carey (Miss.) was named the 2023 NAIA Player of the Year. The NAIA All-America Committee, which consists of the NAIA-Women's Soccer Coaches Association officers and seven additional women's soccer coaches.
Mariangela took the field in 25 games for the Crusaders this year, with 24 starts. Jimenez finished the season tied for second in assists with 17 while scoring 21 goals to collect 59 points during the 2023 season. She started every game consecutively after August 26 and posted eight multigoal games during the season.
Overall, William Carey (Miss.) led all teams with six honorees, Spring Arbor (Mich.) and Tennessee Southern followed with four honorees each. William Carey led all institutions with four, first team selections.
The 2023 Select Sport America-NAIA Women's Soccer National Coach of the Year will be announced in January.
FIRST TEAM
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Blair Currie* | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | GK | Jr | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Alicia Zamora | Central Methodist (Mo.) | DEF | Sr | Valladolid, Spain |
| Ariana Stoltzfus^ | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | DEF | Sr | Goshen, Ind. |
| Chloe Strickland | William Carey (Miss.) | DEF | Sr | Leakesville, Miss. |
| Mariangela Jimenez^ | William Carey (Miss.) | MID | Jr | Puerto Cabello, Venezuela |
| Maria Azarias* | William Carey (Miss.) | MID | Sr | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Miran Sakai | Tennessee Southern | MID | Jr | Tokyo, Japan |
| Julia Herbst^ | William Carey (Miss.) | FWD | Gr | Parana, Brazil |
| Marina Nawa | Tennessee Southern | FWD | Jr | Shizuoka, Japan |
| Lauren Marshall | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | FWD | Sr | Belleville, Mich. |
| Jayden Boelter | Cumberlands (Ky.) | FWD | Jr | Hebron, Kent. |
SECOND TEAM
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Kayla Shuk | Aquinas (Mich.) | GK | So | Farmington Hills, Mich. |
| Avery Tack | Aquinas (Mich.) | DEF | Sr | Ada, Mich. |
| Grace Morris | Cumberland (Tenn.) | DEF | Jr | Llandysul, Wales |
| Georgia Little | Keiser (Fla.) | DEF | So | Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
| Isa Martinez | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | MID | Fr | Mason, Mich. |
| Berglind Baldursdottir | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | MID | Sr | Kopavogur, Iceland |
| Carola Fontan | Cumberlands (Ky.) | MID | So | Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain |
| Hikaru Uchida | Tennessee Southern | MID | Fr. | Yokohama, Japan |
| Christina Salmon | William Carey (Miss.) | FWD | Jr | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Sydney Shenk | Aquinas (Mich.) | FWD | Sr | Seattle, Wash. |
| Anakah Madril | Life (Ga.) | FWD | Gr | Navarre, Fla. |
THIRD TEAM
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Marlen Kelm | William Carey (Miss.) | GK | Sr | Mardaklev, Sweden |
| Kamilia Tayebi | Tennessee Southern | DEF | Fr | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Abbey Cash | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | DEF | Sr | Gardner, Ill. |
| Renny Buchanan | John Brown (Ark.) | DEF | Jr | Brentwood, Calif. |
| Laia Cunill | Aquinas (Mich.) | MID | Sr | Esporles, Mallorca, Spain |
| Eliska Dvorakova | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | MID | Sr | Lethorad, Czech Republic |
| Rae Yoshioka | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | MID | So | Pearl City, Hawaii |
| Ashley Arribas | Missouri Valley | FWD | So | Lake Forest, Calif. |
| Kirstine Lykke | Central Methodist (Mo.) | FWD | Jr | Haderslev, Denmark |
| Macie Lucas | Columbia (Mo.) | FWD | Jr | Roxana, Ill. |
| Mallory Krueger | Indiana Wesleyan | MID | Sr | Overland Park, Kan. |
| Juana Wulff | Columbia (Mo.) | MID | Sr | Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| JJ Aalbue | Montreat (N.C.) | MID | R-Sr | Winona Lake, Ind. |
| Trinidad Quiroz | UC Merced (Calif.) | FWD | Jr | San Jose, Calif. |
| Eden Makaafi | College of Idaho | FWD | So | Boise, Idaho |
| Kaitlyn Brunson | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | FWD | So | Marion, Iowa |
| Ola Orelesi | Georgia Gwinnett | DEF | Jr | Grayson, Ga. |
| Karinna Tel | Dordt (Iowa) | FWD | So | Puyallup, Wash |
| Christiane Sundstrom | Hope International (Calif.) | FWD | Gr | Placentia, Calif. |
| Tania Mocholi | Oklahoma Wesleyan | FWD | Sr | Valencia, Spain |
| Angeline Kieh | Campbellsville (Ky.) | FWD | Sr | Monrovia, Liberia |
| Luci Schroeder | Xavier (La.) | MID | Jr | Samtens, Germany |
| Holly Pascoe | Point Park (Pa.) | FWD | Sr | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Lauren Walter | John Brown (Ark.) | FWD | Sr | Centennial, Colo. |
| Sydney Chura | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | FWD | Jr | Milford, Mich. |
* 2022 1st team
^ 2022 2nd team
