Seven South Atlantic Conference Women’s Soccer Student-Athletes Earn United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Team Honors

December 8, 2017

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference placed seven women's soccer student-athletes to the 2017 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II Women's Scholar All-America Teams, the organization announced recently. Royals' Alana Jefferson and Carson-Newman teammates Helen Seed and Lauren Wade earned first team honors. Second team honors went to Charlotte Ring of Queens was the lone SAC Women's Soccer student-athlete on the second team. Queens' Mariah Lewis, Carlie Thornber of Tusculum, and Holly Talbut-Smith of Carson-Newman earned third team honors. Below is a look at the complete list of women's soccer student-athletes who earned the honor:

2017 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II Women's Scholar All-America Teams

First Team

Pos	Player Name	Yr.	School	Major	GPA	Hometown
K	Taylor Smith	Sr.	Bellarmine University	Education	3.83	Louisville, Ky.
D	Emily Garnier*	Sr.	Colorado School of Mines	Computer Science	3.56	Littleton, Colo.
D	Shannon Quinn	Sr.	Grand Valley State University	Biomedical Sciences	3.92	Grand Rapids, Mich.
D	Helen Seed	Sr.	Carson-Newman University	Exercise Science	3.38	Preston, England
D	Jasmine Senécal-Guzman	Sr.	University of Norh Carolina-Pembroke	Business Administration	3.54	Montreal, Que.
D	Callie Smith	Sr.	Angelo State University	Exercise Science	3.71	Round Rock, Texas
M	Emmily Infante	Jr.	Oklahoma Baptist University	Pre-Allied Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Kinesiology and Leisure Studies	3.43	Mexico City, Mexico
M	Alana Jefferson	Sr.	Queens University of Charlotte	Biology	3.90	Washington, N.C.
M	Emily Webster*	Sr.	Western Washington University	Education	3.49	Bellingham, Wash.
F	Gabriella Mencotti*	Sr.	Grand Valley State University	Finance	3.73	Novi, Mich.
F	Jeanine Nunez	Sr.	Adelphi University	Nursing	3.53	Staten Island, N.Y.
F	Mackenzie Rief	Sr.	Quincy University	Exercise Science	3.54	Wentzville, Mo.
F	Lauren Wade*	Sr.	Carson-Newman University	Master's, Business Administration	3.90	Coleraine, Ireland

Second Team

Pos	Player Name	Yr.	School	Major	GPA	Hometown
D	Delaney Bunselmeyer	Jr.	Texas A&M University-Commerce	Human Performance	3.42	Denton, Texas
D	Rachel Coutinho	Jr.	Belmont Abbey College	Business	3.82	Cornelius, N.C.
D	Miranda Famestad	Sr.	Bemidji State University	Physical Education	3.50	Sioux Falls, S.D.
D	Nicole Forte	Sr.	Adelphi University	Exercise Science	3.90	Huntington, N.Y.
D	Maggie Saras	Sr.	Regis University	Health and Exercise Science	3.94	Boise, Idaho
D	Sierra Shugarts*	Sr.	Western Washington University	Interdisciplinary Studies	3.35	Federal Way, Wash.
M	Beatriz Fernandes	Sr.	University of North Alabama	Exercise Science	3.55	Lisbon, Portugal
M	Holly Rawcliffe*	Jr.	Limestone College	Strength and Conditioning	3.90	Preston, England
M	Charlotte Ring	Jr.	Queens University of Charlotte	Business Administration	3.70	Schwerin, Germany
M	Taylor Sipos	Sr.	Adelphi University	Nursing	3.55	Merrick, N.Y.
F	Sophie Haywood	Sr.	Texas A&M University-Commerce	Human Performance	3.88	Hull, England
F	Millie Shaw	Jr.	Limestone College	History	4.00	Halifax, England

Third Team

Pos	Player Name	Yr.	School	Major	GPA	Hometown
K	Catherine Arneson	Sr.	Bemidji State University	Elementary Education	3.70	Fort Collins, Colo.
D	Rebecca Gleason	Sr.	Northeastern State University	Medical Laboratory Science	3.70	Lucas, Texas
D	Jennifer Goethe	Jr.	Oklahoma Baptist University	Personal Training and Strength and Conditioning	3.38	Shawnee, Ola.
D	Mariah Lewis	Sr.	Queens University of Charlotte	Nursing	3.40	Viera, Fla.
D	Drew Ribadeneyra	Sr.	Pace University	Biological Psychology	3.87	Maybrook, N.Y.
M	Skye Finley	Sr.	University of Minnesota-Duluth	Marketing and Graphic Design	3.45	Forest Lake, Minn.
M	Grace Miorelli	Sr.	Cedarville University	Exercise Science	3.66	Souderton, Pa.
M	Dani Nelson	Jr.	Bemidji State University	Psychology	3.84	Woodbury, Minn.
M	Carlie Thornber	Sr.	Tusculum College	Biology (Pre-Medicine)	4.00	Oshawa, Ont.
F	Rikki Fix	Sr.	Regis University	Neuroscience	3.82	Boise, Idaho
F	Holly Talbut-Smith	Jr.	Carson-Newman University	Exercise Science	3.90	Crawley, England

*Asterisks indicate number of previous Scholar All-America selections

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