Conference Carolinas Unveils 2021 Fall Women’s Soccer All-Conference Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Conference Carolinas has unveiled its 2021 fall women’s soccer all-conference honors as chosen by the league’s head coaches.
Rilee Seering of UNC Pembroke was named the Offensive Player of the Year in Conference Carolinas. A senior from Waxhaw, North Carolina, Seering tied for the Conference Carolinas lead in goals in conference play with 10 and led all players in points per game with 2.40 as she tallied 24 points on 10 goals and four assists. Overall, Seering tallied 12 goals to tie for the conference lead and 29 points in 14 games, the best points per game mark in the league at 2.07.
A senior from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Shaunalee Govia collected her third consecutive Defensive Player of the Year honor (2019, Spring 2021, Fall 2021). The leader on the backline for the Trojans, Govia led a defense that allowed nine goals in 16 games, a .56 average per contest. In addition, she finished second in the conference with seven assists on the season. Govia is the first since the implementation of the award in 2012 to win the honor more than once.
Anna Grossheim of UNC Pembroke took home Freshman of the Year honors. A freshman from Garner, North Carolina, Grossheim matched teammate Seering for the conference lead in goals and led all players with seven assists in conference play for a league-best 27 points. The first-year midfielder finished the 16-game regular season with 11 goals, which tied for third in the league and a conference-best eight assists. Her 30 points on the year were the most in the league. Grossheim is one of two players to earn Conference Carolinas Offensive Player of the Week honors twice this season.
Lees-McRae head coach Cally Morrill was named Coach of the Year after she led the Bobcats to the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament with an 8-2-2 league mark, 11-4-2 overall. Lees-McRae was picked to finish seventh in the 2021 fall preseason after winning just one conference match in 2019. After winning four such games in the spring of 2021, Morrill and Lees-McRae continued their remarkable turnaround in the fall of 2021. This is Morrill’s second Coach of the Year honor (2011, Fall 2021) and it’s the third time a Bobcats head coach has earned the award (Renee Lopez, 2009).
2021 Fall Conference Carolinas Women’s Soccer All-Conference
Offensive Player of the Year
Rilee Seering, UNC Pembroke
Defensive Player of the Year
Shaunalee Govia, Mount Olive
Freshman of the Year
Anna Grossheim, UNC Pembroke
Coach of the Year
Cally Morrill, Lees-McRae
First Team
Forward – Rilee Seering, UNC Pembroke
Forward – Carolina Lucci, Chowan
Forward – Jasmine Pinter, Mount Olive
Forward – Goose Andrews, Belmont Abbey
Midfield – Anna Grossheim, UNC Pembroke
Midfield – Alexa Todd, Lees-McRae
Midfield – Ashley Lindsay, Mount Olive
Defender – Shaunalee Govia, Mount Olive
Defender – Hailey Russell, Barton
Defender – Ansley Robinson, North Greenville
Goalkeeper – Lauryn Harding, Belmont Abbey
Second Team
Forward – Sabrina Henderson, Chowan
Forward – Romee Contreras, North Greenville
Forward – Alexis Pittman, UNC Pembroke
Forward – Faith Knoedler, North Greenville
Midfield – Moriah Logue, Emmanuel
Midfield – Abigail Lowry, UNC Pembroke
Midfield – Evie Kenna, Barton
Defender – Jaslyn Gott, Mount Olive
Defender – Kennedy Rucker, UNC Pembroke
Defender – Mia Muckenthaler, Belmont Abbey
Goalkeeper – Mallory Roughton, Lees-McRae
Third Team
Forward – Nya Baccelli, Mount Olive
Forward – Taylor Barrineau, Lees-McRae
Forward – Pali Smith, Lees-McRae
Midfield – Natalie Johnson, North Greenville
Midfield – Amanda McLeod, Mount Olive
Midfield – Megan Biehl, North Greenville
Midfield – Cristina Flores, Chowan
Defender – Maya Grimes, UNC Pembroke
Defender – Averee Andrews, Lees-McRae
Defender – Cami Belin, Lees-McRae
Goalkeeper – Lizzy Luzzi, North Greenville