Zag Trio Earns Postseason All-WCC Recognitions
11/7/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- Gonzaga women's soccer players Madeline Gotta, India Jencks and Jordan Thompson earned All-West Coast Conference postseason honors Tuesday.
Gotta was named All-WCC Second Team by the league's head coaches. She tied for fourth in the conference with five assists in her sophomore season. She added four goals and was fourth on the team with 13 points. Her five assists rank eighth in program history for most in a single season.
The San Diego, Calif. native, is the first Zag to be named to the conference's first or second team since Karley Baggerly earned second team honors in 2015. She was named to league's All-Freshman Team and honorable mention All-Conference last season.
Jencks was tabbed honorable mention All-Conference. She scored a team-high nine goals, the most by a Bulldog since Nanda McCormick found the back of the net nine times in 2005. Jencks' nine goals is tied for fifth in GU history for most goals in a single season. She added two assists and finished with 20 points, which ranks sixth in program history and fifth in the WCC this season. The redshirt sophomore took 57 shots in 2017, the seventh-most in GU history.
Thompson played a team-high 1,707 minutes in her first collegiate season and was named the conference's All-Freshman Team. She scored one goal and took three shots, but the Sumner, Wash. native, was key to the GU defense. She started all 19 matches in 2017, playing all but 34 minutes this season.
West Coast Conference regular season champion Pepperdine claimed four of five major awards, and the Waves combined with fellow NCAA Postseason team Santa Clara for 11 of 22 total spots on the 2017 All-WCC first and second teams.
Defensive Player of the Year: Hailey Harbison, Pepperdine
Freshman of the Year: Kelsey Turnbow, Santa Clara
Name | Institution | Yr. | Pos. |
Hannah Diaz | Saint Mary's | Sr. | F |
Julie Doyle | Santa Clara | Fr. | F |
Hailey Harbison | Pepperdine | Jr. | D |
Alex Hussar | Pacific | Sr. | F |
Taylor Isom | Brigham Young | Sr. | D |
Summer Mason | San Diego | Jr. | F |
Madie Mathews | Brigham Young | Sr. | F |
Brielle Preece | Pepperdine | Jr. | GK |
Kelsey Turnbow | Santa Clara | Fr. | F |
Emma Tyrnauer | Loyola Marymount | Jr. | M/D |
Bri Visalli | Pepperdine | Sr. | M |
Name | Institution | Yr. | Pos. |
Joelle Anderson | Pepperdine | Fr. | F/M |
Sonja Giraud | San Francisco | Sr. | F |
Maddy Gonzales | Santa Clara | Soph. | F |
Gonzaga | Soph. | D | |
Meagan Harbison | Pepperdine | Sr. | M |
Kimberly Hazlett | Portland | Soph. | F |
Alexa Loera | Santa Clara | Fr. | M |
Tara Meier | San Diego | Sr. | D |
Amber Michel | San Diego | Soph. | GK |
Tina Settles | Pepperdine | Jr. | M |
Jamie Van Horn | Pepperdine | Sr. | D |
Name | Institution | Yr. | Pos. |
Joelle Anderson | Pepperdine | Fr. | F |
Mikayla Colohan | Brigham Young | Fr. | M |
Natalie Copenhaver | San Diego | Fr. | D |
Julie Doyle | Santa Clara | Fr. | F |
Kelsey Hill | Saint Mary's | Fr. | D |
Alexa Loera | Santa Clara | Fr. | M |
Calista Reyes | Pepperdine | Fr. | F |
Skylar Robledo | Loyola Marymount | Fr. | F |
Gonzaga | Fr. | D | |
Bryndís Rún Thorolfsdottir | Pacific | Fr. | M |
Kelsey Turnbow | Santa Clara | Fr. | F |
