Katherine Hostage Named to All-SSC Team
MELBOURNE, Fla. - Twenty-four women's soccer student-athletes have earned All-SSC honors for the 2022 season, with University of Tampa senior Katherine Hostage repeating as an honoree. League champion Florida Southern College boasts seven All-SSC accolades, including Defensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and Coach of the Year. Voting for the awards is conducted among the conference's women's soccer coaches.
Hostage, a senior from Southborough, Mass., was honored as a second-team member. Coming off a season where she was SSC player of the Year and first-team all-conference, Hostage led the Spartans with seven goals, three of which were game winners. In 14 games this season, she was also credited with two assists.
Luana Grabias, a junior forward from Nova Southeastern University, is honored as the Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year by league coaches in 2022. The São José dos Pinhais, Brazil native, led the league with 18 points, 1.80 points per game, eight goals, and four game-winning goals against conference opponents this season. Overall, she found the back of the net 10 times, scoring five game-winners and providing her team with four assists. Grabias joins Sierra Lelii (2015) as the only Sharks to be named Player and Offensive Player of the Year1.
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Florida Southern's Morgan Collica earns Defensive Player of the Year accolades. The defender from Aurora, Ohio, led an Moccasins defense that posted nine shutouts and held opponents to 0.63 goals per game. She scored three times, netting two game-winners in her team-leading 1,249 minutes played across 15 games. Collica joins Amy Clampitt-Holsenbeck (2007) as the only Moccasins to win the Defensive Player of the Year honor.
Angelina Coelho from Florida Southern is named Freshman of the Year. The forward from Tequesta, Florida, played a pivotal role for the Moccasins, as she was second in team scoring and points. She scored six times during her 854 minutes on the pitch, knocking in four game-winning goals. Coelho is the first FSC athlete to win Freshman of the Year accolades in women's soccer.
Paul Lawrence is selected Coach of the Year by his peers after leading the Florida Southern women's soccer program to its first SSC title. The Moccasins tallied 25 points from an 8-1-1 conference record to capture this year's trophy. With Lawrence's leadership, the Moccasins finished the regular season 12-1-3 and led the SSC in scoring average (2.625) and scoring margin (2.00). Lawrence joins Ben Strawbridge (2007) as the only FSC coach named Coach of the Year.
Anniina Sankoh of Lynn University and Marie Myhrvold Seim of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University highlight the repeat All-Conference selections for 2022 as both players repeat as First Team honorees for the third consecutive season. ERAU's Isabelle Navren and Florida Tech's JoJo Michaels earn back-to-back First Team honors, while FT's Mayara Queiroz moves to the First Team after Second Team laurels in 2021. Overall, 10 athletes repeat as All-SSC during their careers.
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Player of the Year: Luana Grabias, Nova Southeastern
Offensive Player of the Year: Luana Grabias, Nova Southeastern
Defensive Player of the Year: Morgan Collica, Florida Southern
Freshman of the Year: Angelina Coelho, Florida Southern
Coach of the Year: Paul Lawrence, Florida Southern
| 2022 Women's Soccer ALL-SSC First Team | ||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
| F | Luana Grabias | Nova Southeastern | Jr. | São José dos Pinhais, Brazil |
| F | Anniina Sankoh^#‡ | Lynn | Gr. | Helsinki, Finland |
| F | Caitlyn Lowery | Florida Southern | Gr. | Punta Gorda, Florida |
| F (AL) | Marie Myhrvold Seim^#§ | Embry-Riddle | Jr. | Bergen, Norway |
| M | Mayara Queiroz* | Florida Tech | Sr. | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| M | Lindsey Meyer | Florida Southern | Sr. | Fort Thomas, Kentucky |
| M | Isabelle Navren^ | Embry-Riddle | Jr. | Stockholm, Sweden |
| D | Hattie Kettle~ | Embry-Riddle | So. | Bracknell, England |
| D | Morgan Collica | Florida Southern | Gr. | Aurora, Ohio |
| D | JoJo Michaels^ | Florida Tech | Sr. | Merritt Island, Florida |
| GK | Stefane Rosa | Nova Southeastern | Jr. | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2022 Women's Soccer ALL-SSC Second Team | ||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
| F | Katherine Hostage^† | Tampa | Gr. | Southborough, Massachusetts |
| F | Alex Collighan | Saint Leo | Sr. | Portsmouth, England |
| F | Marem Ndiongue* | Florida Tech | Jr. | Catania, Italy |
| M | Katja Orschmann | Lynn | Jr. | Berlin, Germany |
| M | Alexia Spencer | Saint Leo | Sr. | Richmond, Virginia |
| M | Nina Mueller | Saint Leo | Sr. | Weikersheim, Germany |
| D | Louise Matsgard^ | Nova Southeastern | So. | Stockholm, Sweden |
| D | Annie Bjork | Nova Southeastern | Sr. | Malmo, Sweden |
| D | Thea Nyberg | Embry-Riddle | Fr. | Uppsala, Sweden |
| D | Kajsa Ekstrom | Florida Tech | Fr. | Umea, Sweden |
| GK | Jenny Staten | Florida Southern | Sr. | Kildeer, Illinois |
| GK | Maria Sanchez Recuero^ | Florida Tech | Gr. | Madrid, Spain |
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^ = 2021 First Team All-SSC
* = 2021 Second Team All-SSC
† = 2021 Player of the Year
‡ = 2021 Offensive Player of the Year
~ = 2021 Freshman of the Year
# = 2019 First Team All-SSC
§ = 2019 Freshman of the Year
(AL) = At Large Selection
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1 Grabias and Lelii are the only NSU athletes to win SSC Player of the Year or Offensive Player of the Year
2 Previous Lynn Offensive Players of the Year: Melissa Ortiz (2011)
3 Previous ERAU Defensive Players of the Year: Sophie Brundin (2019)
4 Previous ERAU Freshmen of the Year: Marie Myhrvold Seim (2019)
5 No Sunshine State Conference All-Conference awards were issued in Fall 2020