The South Atlantic Conference Announces Women's Soccer Award Winners and All-Conference Selections

ROCK HILL, S.C. (theSAC.com) – It has been an amazing season for the Catawba Indians women's soccer team, and they added a handful of individual awards to their ledger as the South Atlantic Conference announced the 2025 All-Conference teams and award winners.

Catawba, which finished 7-0-3 in conference play and sits at 14-0-4 overall, produced the league's Offensive Player of the Year in Bree Ehmer, Defensive Player of the Year in Maria Rayburn, and Coach of the Year in Nick Brown. Coker's Ella Wilke was named the SAC Freshman of the Year.

Ehmer, a junior from Melbourne, Fla., has tallied 14 goals, five assists, and 33 points to help lead the Indians to their fifth SAC regular season crown in program history. She has scored five game-winning goals and recorded a hat trick in a win over North Greenville on Oct. 22. A consistent offensive threat, Ehmer registered at least one point in 13 of Catawba's 18 matches this season.

Rayburn, a senior from Huntersville, N.C., anchored a back line that allowed just eight goals in 18 matches. Catawba posted 12 clean sheets on the year and went six straight matches without conceding a goal. Offensively, Rayburn added four goals and one assist.

Wilke, a freshman from Düsseldorf, Germany, becomes the second straight Coker Cobra to earn SAC Freshman of the Year honors. She scored seven goals and added six assists for 20 points in her rookie campaign, including a pair of two-goal performances—most recently against Tusculum on Oct. 25.

Brown captured his third SAC Coach of the Year award after guiding Catawba through another dominant season. His squad remains unbeaten and has outscored opponents 56–8 this year. Under his leadership, Catawba defeated No. 4 North Georgia on Oct. 15—the highest-ranked win in program history—and has been ranked in the top five nationally for four straight weeks, climbing as high as No. 2 in the nation.

Not surprisingly, Catawba led all schools with nine All-Conference selections, including six on the first team. Joining Ehmer and Rayburn were teammates Morgan Delair, Reese Robinson, Lucy Hack, and Jenni Dähne.

League runner-up Lenoir-Rhyne earned seven All-Conference selections, highlighted by first-teamers Katie Durham and Ava Hartman. Wingate had five All-SAC honorees, while Carson-Newman, Tusculum, and Coker each placed four on the list.

2025 South Atlantic Conference Women's Soccer All-Conference

First Team
F – Bree Ehmer, Catawba
F – Morgan Delair, Catawba
F – Katie Durham, Lenoir-Rhyne
F – Molly Bukiewicz, Carson-Newman

MF – Maria Rayburn, Catawba
MF – Felicia Frick, Carson-Newman
MF – Ava Hartman, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Ella Wilke, Coker

D – Reese Robinson, Catawba
D – Lucy Hack, Catawba
D – Lauren Monday, Anderson
D – Annika Fend, Carson-Newman

GK – Jenni Dähne, Catawba

Second Team
F – Ellie Polk, Wingate
F – Charlotte Stavis, Emory & Henry
F – Ansley Douty, Anderson 
F – Sydney Grant, Tusculum

MF – Ella Matthews, Catawba
MF – Kylie Morin, Catawba
MF – Hannah Denton, Coker
MF – Carola Busquets, Lenoir-Rhyne

D – Ali Skinner, Catawba
D – Emma Brandt, Coker
D – Marja Enste, Tusculum
D – Carly Keuffer, Anderson

GK – Madison Gutierrez, Newberry

Third Team
F – Alexis Spivey, Coker
F – Angela Maino, Wingate
F – Nicole Auger, Lenoir-Rhyne
F – Selina Jud, Carson-Newman

MF – Katie Ensalaco, Wingate
MF – Audur Halldorsdottir, Wingate
MF – Mya Rivera, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Wilma Axelsson, Tusculum

D – Ingrid Krakhellen, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – Rosa Gonzalez, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – Donna van der Zalm, Lincoln Memorial
D – Gabby Agelis, Wingate

GK – Noemie Tartrou, Tusculum

Offensive Player of the Year

Bree Ehmer, Catawba

Defensive Player of the Year

Maria Rayburn, Catawba

Freshman of the Year

Ella Wilke, Coker

Coach of the Year

Nick Brown, Catawba

Fair Play Award

Catawba