Six Players and Callahan Honored with USA South Awards

Posted: Oct 26, 2017

Release Link: http://usasouth.net/sports/ wsoc/2017-18/releases/ 20171020mxkqlc

(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) - The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2016 All-Conference awards for women's soccer. A total of 58 student-athletes have earned honors. Piedmont College's Cassidy Reich was named Player of the Year, Maryville College's Bailey Sipos collected Rookie of the Year accolades while Salem College's Jay Callahan earned Coach of the Year honors to round out the individual accolades. Additionally, the USA South recognized an All-Sportsmanship Team, consisting of one member from each competing school.

All awards are voted on by the women's soccer coach at each institution. The divisional team voting is completed only by those coaches in the particular division. The all-conference and individual award voting is completed by all coaches.

Brooke Bukas and Sydney Priest were both selected to first team all-conference and first team all-East division. Morgan Jones was a first team all-East midfielder, and Jordan Lanier and Alyssa Denkovich with both 2nd team all-East. Amy Bounds was selected as Salem's all-sportsmanship honoree.

Callahan, in his 12th season as the head of the Spirits, earns his first-career USA South Women's Soccer Coach of the Year award. He was a four-time coach of the year in the Great South Athletic Conference and one time Association of DIII Independents Coach of the Year. He becomes the first Salem head coach in any sport to capture coach of the year honors in the USA South. This season, Callahan led his team to its second consecutive USA South Regular Season Division Championship, this year in the East while last year's was in the West. Salem currently sports a 13-3-0 overall record and compiled a 6-1-0 Conference mark. Callahan now takes his team into the USA South Women's Soccer Tournament as the East Division's top seed.

Player of the Year	Rookie of the Year	Coach of the Year
Cassidy Reich Piedmont	Bailey Sipos Maryville	Jay Callahan Salem

The 2017 USA South Women's Soccer All-Conference Team:

First Team All-Conference
Forward
Brooke Bukas, Salem
Shannon Reagan, Maryville
Cassidy Reich, Piedmont
Bailey Sipos, Maryville

Midfielder
Ella Burkhart, N.C. Wesleyan
Savannah Castles, Piedmont
Hannah Clothier, Maryville

Defender
Kirstie King, Meredith
Miranda Lukas, Maryville
Sydney Priest, Salem

Goalkeeper
Rachel Lemay, Covenant

First Team East Division	Second Team East Division	First Team West Division	Second Team West Division
Forward Brooke Bukas, Salem Capri Clark, Methodist Jessica Wallace, Meredith Midfielder Ella Burkhart, N.C. Wesleyan Morgan Jones, Salem Alex Mattson, Ferrum Cassie Padilla, Meredith Defender Victoria Burkhart, N.C. Wesleyan Kirstie King, Meredith Sydney Priest, Salem Goalkeeper Jaisa Loch, Meredith	Forward Mercedes Fisher, Greensboro Jordan Lanier, Salem Cydney Nichols, N.C. Wesleyan Katie Quinn, Meredith Midfielder Erin Cooke, Meredith Jasmine Newman, Methodist Samantha Whipp, Greensboro Defender Olivia DeBellis, Meredith Alyssa Denkovich, Salem Sierra Swasey, Methodist Goalkeeper Emily Benton, Methodist	Forward Addy Cronan, Covenant Shannon Reagan, Maryville Cassidy Reich, Piedmont Bailey Sipos, Maryville Midfielder Callie Bader, Covenant Savannah Castles, Piedmont Hannah Clothier, Maryville Defender Kelly Allen, Maryville Kendyll Freeman, Covenant Miranda Lukas, Maryville Goalkeeper Rachel Lemay, Covenant	Forward Fetlework Blitch, Wesleyan Elena Guy, Huntingdon Zoey Perchaluk, Agnes Scott Midfielder Abbie Anderson, Maryville Tori Gillett, Piedmont Jazmin Penado, Piedmont Kara Tubb, Maryville Defender Aleea Bishop, Piedmont Abbey Dunlop, Piedmont Alexis Gottko, Piedmont Goalkeeper Miranda McNalley, Piedmont

All-Sportsmanship
Nia Coates, Agnes Scott
Nia Johnson, Averett
Sierra Massucco, Berea
Ashley Hughes, Brevard
Callie Bader, Covenant
Mac Cannaday, Ferrum
Keeley Catarineau, Greensboro
Madi Critcher, Huntingdon
Taylor Vardeman, LaGrange
Kara Tubb, Maryville
Jaisa Loch, Meredith
Morgan Albertson, Methodist
Lucia Davids, N.C. Wesleyan
Kaley Hyatt, Pfeiffer
Samantha Ishee, Piedmont
Amy Bounds, Salem
Jessica Austell, Wesleyan
Amber Arnold, William Peace

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