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The SAA announced the women's soccer All-SAA teams and postseason award winners Tuesday, as voted by the league's women's soccer head coaches. Alli Cundiff of Rhodes took SAA Offensive Player of the Year honors, while a trio of Centre Colonels also garnered awards: repeat SAA Defensive Player of the Year Cameron Zak, SAA Newcomer of the Year EJ Bryant and six-time SAA Coach of the Year Jay Hoffman.
Cundiff culminated an outstanding season with an SAA championship on Sunday and now SAA Offensive Player of the Year honors. She led the SAA in a variety of categories. She tallied 10 total goals and averaged 0.62 goals per game, both of which put her atop the league leaderboard. She also leads the league with a .649 shot accuracy and four game-winning goals. She also sits second in the league in points (20).
Zak earned her second consecutive SAA Defensive Player of the Year honor. She led a defensive unit that allowed just five goals all season and one in conference play. That unit currently sits sixth in the country with a 0.27 goals against average and a .778 shutout percentage. Additionally, she tallied three goals and two assists for eight total points on the season.
Bryant also served as a hugely important part of that defensive unit in her first year on the nationally-ranked Centre squad. She started in eight games for the Colonels and helped the defense to an average of just 0.28 goals allowed per game.
Hoffman wins his sixth SAA Coach of the Year honor and his fourth in a row. He led the Colonels to another NCAA tournament appearance and a current No. 15 national ranking. His team went through the SAA regular season with a perfect 7-0 mark and finished the season 15-1-1, their only blemishes a one-goal loss at No. 3 Christopher Newport and a shootout loss to Sewanee in the SAA semifinals that officially went down as a 0-0 tie. The Colonels won their seventh straight SAA regular season title in 2021, and their ninth conference regular season crown in the last 10 seasons.