CANTON, Ga. (November 1, 2024) – The Southern Athletic Association has announced its women’s soccer All-Conference teams and major award winners for the 2024 season.
 
Regular season champion Sewanee swept the Player of the Year awards with Brianna Fee repeating as the best offensive player in the conference and teammate Ashlyn Richards earning the award on defense. Tigers leader Greg Cathell was named the Coach of the Year and Centre first year Claire Cavacini was voted the Newcomer of the Year.
 
All-SAA voting and selection of the All-Sportsmanship team was conducted among the conference’s seven head coaches.
 
Offensive Player of the Year – Brianna Fee (Sewanee/Senior/Lee’s Summit, Mo.) – The most prolific scorer in the conference over the past two seasons, Fee is the fifth player in SAA history to repeat as Offensive Player of the Year. The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native led the conference with six goals in six conference games and score nine goals overall. Fee twice had a brace in conference play, scoring two goals each against Oglethorpe and Millsaps.
 
Defensive Player of the Year – Ashlyn Richards (Sewanee/Senior/Charlotte, N.C.) – The architect of defense that allowed just one goal in conference play and four all season, Richards is the second Tiger to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors. An All-SAA first team selection a year ago, Richards logged the most minutes for the conference champs, playing 1418 during the season. Her squad had six shutouts and held every SAA opponent to nine shots or less. Richards also helped on the offensive end with two goals and six assists.
 
Newcomer of the Year – Claire Cavacini (Centre/First Year/Fort Thomas, Ky.) – Scoring a goal in the first game of her collegiate career, Cavacini made an immediate impact to the Colonels attack. The first year totaled four goals and three assists on the season and finished second on the team with 11 points. She had a huge game against Hendrix, scoring the game’s only two goals, and also had assists in wins over Oglethorpe and Millsaps. Cavacini is the fifth Colonel to be voted SAA Newcomer of the Year.
 
Coach of the Year – Greg Cathell (Sewanee/Fourth Season) – For the third straight season, Sewanee’s Greg Cathell was voted Coach of the Year by his peers. He led the Tigers to a second-straight undefeated conference season and boasts 10 All-Conference performers, including two Players of the Year.
 

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2024 Women’s Soccer All-SAA
Offensive Player of the Year – Brianna Fee, Sewanee
Defensive Player of the Year – Ashlyn Richards, Sewanee
Newcomer of the Year – Claire Cavacini, Centre
Coach of the Year – Greg Cathell, Sewanee
 
First Team All-SAA
GK – Leah Atkins, Sewanee
D – Lindsay Carr, Centre
D – Ashlyn Richards, Sewanee
D – Taylor Theofiledes, Rhodes
D – Kate Thomson, Sewanee
M – Alexis Kronenthal, Centre
M – Kylene Monaghan, Sewanee
M – Sophia Rall, Rhodes
M – Teresa Rodriguez, Berry
F – Brianna Fee, Sewanee
F – Mary Gale Godwin, Rhodes
F – Megan Propp, Rhodes

Second Team All-SAA
GK – Maggie Jones, Berry
D – Olivia Fee, Sewanee
D – Esther Lamb, Rhodes
D – Blair Rice, Rhodes
M – Grace Culver, Rhodes
M – Stella Martin, Sewanee
M – Caroline Pulliam, Sewanee
F – Claire Cavacini, Centre
F – Makenzie Jones, Oglethorpe
F – Nicole Knight, Berry
 
Honorable Mention:
Berry – Olivia Bryan, Caroline Crimi, Maddie Owen
Centre – Brooke Beasley, Olivia Bretz, Grace Dutcher, Riley Givens, Mary Martin Hampton, Isabella Marcum, Grace Plummer
Hendrix – Madison Lampkin, Camy McKenzie
Millsaps – Alex Bremond, Emily Lozano,
Rhodes – Olivia Barfield, Maddie Carter, Reese Owens, Kat Stanley,
Sewanee – Lacey Carder, Samantha Ferry
 

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All-Sportsmanship Team:
Berry – Kelsie Crosier
Centre - Anna Thomas
Hendrix - Anna Eichenberger
Millsaps - Nicole Balduccini
Oglethorpe - Jade Anderson
Rhodes - Leila Robinson
Sewanee - Abby Jones

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All-Time Major Award Winners
	Offensive	Defensive	Newcomer	Coach
2023	Brianna Fee, Sewanee	Lindsay Carr, Centre	Ella Price, Oglethorpe	Greg Cathell, Sewanee
2022	Mills Mullen, Centre	Kate Thomson, Sewanee	Kylene Monaghan, Sewanee	Greg Cathell, Sewanee
2021	Alli Cundiff, Rhodes	Cameron Zak, Centre	EJ Bryant, Centre	Jay Hoffman, Centre
2020-21	Mills Mullen, Centre	Cameron Zak, Centre	Christina Marijanich, Berry	Jay Hoffman, Centre
2019	Alana Hughes, Centre	Jessie Turner, Centre	Gabby Bernal,  BSC	Jay Hoffman, Centre
2018	Alana Hughes, Centre	Jessie Turner, Centre	Cameron Zak, Centre	Jay Hoffman, Centre
2017	Taylor Andrews, BSC	Jessie Turner, Centre	Abby Kay Choate, BSC	David DiPiazza, BSC
2016	Destinie Graves, Centre	Ellie Valega, Rhodes	Hagan Griffith, Hendrix	Jay Hoffman, Centre
2015	Destinie Graves, Centre	Tori Dillard, Centre	Erin Gill, Sewanee	Patrick Johnson, Sewanee
2014	Maggie Midkiff, Berry	Tori Dillard, Centre	Destinie Graves, Centre	Lorenzo Canalis, Berry
2013	Maggie Midkiff, Berry	Breanna Durbin, Rhodes	Maggie Midkiff, Berry	Lorenzo Canalis, Berry
2012	Kelsey Keown, Rhodes	Amy Hebbeler, Centre	Alex Combs, Centre	Jay Hoffman, Centre