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Southeastern Louisiana University’s Mya Guillory, Megan Gordon, Darby Gillette, Nadine Maher and Ellie Williams were all selected to the 2021 Academic All-Southland Conference Women’s Soccer team, the league office announced Tuesday.

Guillory, Gordon and William were named to the first team while Maher and Gillette earned second team recognition.

Gordon, the Southland Midfielder of the Year, is making her third appearance on the yearly conference academic honors. The Clophill, England native started all 17 matches for the Lady Lions. Now the all-time program leader in games played (88), Gordon was also named to the first team All-Southland team last month for the second straight season. The senior finished her Southeastern career with a 3.92 GPA and will be obtaining a master’s degree in Kinesiology in May.

Guillory, a forward out of Prairieville, Louisiana, is making her second straight appearance on the Academic All-Southland team. The junior led the Lady Lions in goals (5), assists (5), shots (36), shots on goal (23) and points (15). Also a first team All-Southland recipient, Guillory currently holds 3.47 GPA in Health Sciences.

Williams, out of Frisco, Texas, made her first appearance as a first team recipient Tuesday. The Lady Lions’ forward had three goals, two assists, 19 shots and nine on goal during the regular season. The junior turned in a 3.94 GPA Finance to solidify her spot on Tuesday’s team.

Gillette is making her debut on the Academic All-Southland team as she earned a 3.79 GPA in Kinesiology. The senior started 17 matches this season scoring two goals and also had two assists. Out of Meridian, Mississippi, Gillette received second team All-Southland defender honors this year.

Maher, the Lady Lions’ goalkeeper is also making her debut on the league’s academic honor after earning 3.53 GPA in Kinesiology The senior finished the regular season second in the conference in goals against average (.739) during league play allowing just 10 goals in 12 Southland matches. The Dublin, Ireland native was also a selection on the second team All-Southland team last month. Maher is slated to start Nursing School in the fall of 2022.

“I’m Really proud of our athletes,” said SLU soccer head coach Chris McBride. “They do a great job of taking their academics seriously and as student-athletes they thrive in the classroom and on the soccer field.”

With the Lady Lions receiving five selections to the 2021 Academic All-Southland team, SLU set an all-time program record for the most in the 26-year history of the program.

2021 Soccer Student-Athlete of the Year: Acelya Aydogmus, Northwestern State

2021 Southland Soccer All-Academic First Team

Pos.

Name

School

Cl.

Hometown

GPA

Major

F

Olivia Draguicevich*2

Northwestern State

Jr.

Pflugerville, Texas

3.37

Communications

F

Mya Guillory*2

Southeastern

Jr.

Prairieville, La.

3.47

Health Sciences

F

Ellie Williams

Southeastern

Jr.

Frisco, Texas

3.94

Finance

F

Rachel Young*

McNeese

Jr.

Surprise, Ariz.

3.21

Nursing

MF

Isabella Beletic*2

UIW

Gr.

Corpus Christi, Texas

3.71

Communications

MF

Megan Gordon*3

Southeastern

Sr.

Clophill, England

3.92

Kinesiology

MF

Kyle Nolen*

Northwestern State

So.

Richardson, Texas

3.97

Exercise Science

MF

Anna Watson*2

McNeese

Sr.

Spring, Texas

3.06

Biology

D

Eve Clarkson*2

UIW

Jr.

Whalley, England

3.90

Kinesiology

D

Hallie Field*2

Northwestern State

Jr.

Frisco, Texas

4.00

Accounting/Business Admin.

D

Nicole Henry*3

Northwestern State

Sr.

Tomball, Texas

3.36

Industrial Engineering Tech.

D

Keely Morrow*

McNeese

Gr.

Nevada, Texas

3.45

Health System Mgmt.

GK

Acelya Aydogmus*^2

Northwestern State

Sr.

Cape Coral, Fla.

3.82

Health & Science Exercise

 

2021 Southland Soccer All-Academic Second Team

Pos.

Name

School

Cl.

Hometown

GPA

Major

F

Noor Abukishk

HBU

Sr.

Cairo, Egypt

3.67

Marketing

F

Havana Johnson4

McNeese

Gr.

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

3.56

Nursing

F

Reaghan Lang

A&M-Corpus Christi

Sr.

Fort Collins, Colo.

4.00

Kinesiology

F

Samantha Palomino

A&M-Corpus Christi

Sr.

Helotes, Texas

3.88

Kinesiology

MF

Keeley Ayala2

UIW

Sr.

Wichita Falls, Texas

3.20

Communications

MF

Ryan Ford

HBU

Jr.

Frisco, Texas

3.91

Marketing

MF

Emma Gibbs

A&M-Corpus Christi

Jr.

Longmont, Colo.

4.00

Nursing

MF

Talin Rizo

HBU

Sr.

San Antonio, Texas

3.80

Kinesiology

D

Payton Adams

UIW

Jr.

Frisco, Texas

3.96

Rehabilitative Services

D

Darby Gillette

Southeastern

Sr.

Meridian, Miss.

3.79

Kinesiology

D

Madison McComasky

UIW

Sr.

Sydney, Australia

3.85

Biology

D

Mia Salas

HBU

So.

San Antonio, Texas

3.74

Kinesiology

GK

Nadine Maher

Southeastern

Sr.

Dublin, Ireland

3.53

Kinesiology

^{^} Southland Conference Student-Athlete of the Year

* Automatic selection; First Team All-Conference

² Two-time All-Academic selection

³ Three-time All-Academic selection

⁴  Four-time All-Academic selection

 

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