2024 NAIA Women's Soccer All-Americans and Player of the Year Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2024 NAIA Women's Soccer All-America Team was announced on Monday as Jayden Boelter from Cumberlands (Ky.) was named the 2024 NAIA Player of the Year. The NAIA All-America Committee consists of the NAIA-Women's Soccer Coaches Association officers and seven additional women's soccer coaches.
Boelter took the field in 19 games for the Patriots this season, starting in 16 of those scoring 30 goals on 78 shots. She tallied 66 total points for seventh in the nation but ranked first in game-winning goals with ten. The Mid-South Conference Player of the Year scored 30 goals for UC with 50 shots on goal during the season.
Overall, Tennessee Southern led all teams with six All-Americans; followed by Cumberlands (Ky.) with five, and College of Idaho, Keiser (Fla.), SCAD Savannah (Ga.), Columbia (Mo.), John Brown (Ark.), and William Carey (Miss.) with four honorees.
The 2024 Select Sport America-NAIA Women's Soccer National Coach of the Year will be announced in January.
FIRST TEAM
NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
Natalie Allison | Columbia (Mo.) | GK | So. | Jefferson City, Mo. |
Marely Fonseca | John Brown (Ark.) | GK | Fr. | San José, Costa Rica |
Hikaru Uchida | Tennessee Southern | DEF | So. | Yokohama, Japan |
Rita Aguye | Cumberlands (Ky.) | DEF | Sr. | Barcelona, Spain |
Georgia Little | Keiser (Fla.) | DEF | Jr. | Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
Lauren Jones | William Carey (Miss.) | DEF | Sr. | Hattiesburg, Miss. |
Delfina Zolesio | Columbia (Mo.) | MID | Sr. | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Nao Katamoto | Tennessee Southern | MID | So. | Osaka, Japan |
Maeva Lichtensteiger | Aquinas (Mich.) | MID | Sr. | Monkton, Ontario, Canada |
Ida Akesson | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | MID | Jr. | Lund, Sweden |
Christina Salmon | William Carey (Miss.) | FWD | Sr. | Kingston, Jamaica |
Keito Ido | Tennessee Southern | FWD | Jr. | Tokyo, Japan |
Sydney Chura | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | FWD | Sr. | Milford, Mich. |
Jayden Boelter | Cumberlands (Ky.) | FWD | Sr. | Hebron, Ky. |
Lauren Riley | Keiser (Fla.) | FWD | Jr. | Staffordshire, England |
SECOND TEAM
NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
Kayla Shuk | Aquinas (Mich.) | GK | Jr. | Monkton, Ontario, Canada |
Georgia Martell | Cumberlands (KY) | GK | Sr. | Brisbane, Australia |
Kamilia Tayebi | Tennessee Southern | DEF | So. | Casablanca, Morocco |
Marta Carrasco Mesa | Missouri Valley | DEF | Jr. | Sevilla, Spain |
Ola Orelesi | Georgia Gwinnett | DEF | Sr. | Grayson, Ga. |
Renny Buchanan | John Brown (Ark.) | DEF | Sr. | Brentwood, Calif. |
Karen Vilau | William Carey (Miss.) | MID | Jr. | Caracas, Venezuela |
Esalenna Galekhutle | William Carey (Miss.) | MID | Sr. | Gaborone, Botswana |
Thayline Teixeira | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | MID | Jr. | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Carola Fontan | Cumberlands (Ky.) | MID | Jr. | Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain |
Rae Yoshioka | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | MID | Sr. | Pearl City, Hawaii |
Layla Brown | Marian (Ind.) | FWD | Sr. | Fishers, Ind. |
Lauren Walter | John Brown (Ark.) | FWD | Sr. | Centennial, Colo. |
Marina Nawa | Tennessee Southern | FWD | Sr. | Shizuoka, Japan |
Eden Makaafi | College of Idaho | FWD | Jr. | Boise, Idaho |
THIRD TEAM
NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
Annabelle Ruckle | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | GK | Sr. | Phoenix, Ariz. |
Ayano Kurosawa | Georgia Gwinnett | GK | Jr. | Sagamihara, Japan |
Julia Forslund | Keiser (Fla.) | DEF | Sr. | Skelleftea, Sweden |
Grace Winegar | Columbia (Mo.) | DEF | Sr. | Jefferson City, Mo. |
Isabel DeVille | College of Idaho | DEF | Sr. | Fontana, Calif. |
Elise Lofnertz | Oklahoma Wesleyan | DEF | So. | Landvetter, Sweden |
Olaya Blanco | Cumberlands (Ky.) | DEF | Sr. | Ponferrada, Leon |
Ilse de Jong | Science and Arts (Okla.) | DEF | So. | Grootebroek, The Netherlands |
Jysabella Tolentino | Westcliff (Calif.) | DEF | Jr. | Reseda, Calif. |
Luci Schroeder | Xavier (La.) | MID | Sr. | Samtens, Germany |
Julia Lambert | John Brown (Ark.) | MID | So. | Highlands Ranch, Colo. |
Ines Sommer | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | MID | Sr. | Lisbon, Portugal |
Kyndra Lyons | College of Idaho | MID | Jr. | Meridian, Idaho |
Ellen Maund | Keiser (Fla.) | MID | Sr. | Skelleftea, Sweden |
Larissa Wegner | College of Idaho | MID | Sr. | Meridian, Idaho |
Christiane Sundstrom | Hope International (Calif.) | MID | Gr. | Placentia, Calif. |
Eliska Dvorakova | Truett-McConnell (Ga.) | MID | Sr. | Lethorad, Czech Republic |
Kaitlyn Brunson | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | FWD | Sr. | Marion, Iowa |
Tania Mocholi | Oklahoma Wesleyan | FWD | Sr. | Valencia, Spain |
Riley Porter | Columbia (Mo.) | FWD | Sr. | Kansas City, Kan. |
Abigail Siddall | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | FWD | Sr. | Grosse Pointe, Mich. |
Maclani Michael | Tennessee Southern | FWD | Jr. | South Canterbury, New Zealand |
Macey Woolcock | Oakland City (Ind.) | FWD | Jr. | Essex, England |
Karinna Tel | Dordt (Iowa) | FWD | Jr. | Puyallup, Wash. |