(2011) - Seattle Pacific defender Taylor Sawyer was voted the GNAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year. Sawyer led a defense that allowed just 11 goals and posted 10 shutouts leading Seattle Pacific to a 16-2 record and its ninth consecutive NCAA Division II playoff berth.

2011 GNAC ALL-CONFERENCE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM

SPECIAL AWARDS:
Player-of-the-Year – Kelsey Jenkins, Seattle Pacific.
Defensive Player-of-the-Year – Taylor Sawyer, Seattle Pacific.
Newcomer-of-the-Year – Lindsay Bauman, Western Oregon.
Freshman-of-the-Year – Ryan Dopps, Seattle Pacific, and Ashley Richardson, Saint Martin’s.
Coach-of-the-Year – Chuck Sekyra, Seattle Pacific, and Michael Farrand, Central Washington.

FIRST TEAM:
Forwards - *+Megan Lindsay, SPU (5-7, Jr., Spokane, WA); *Kellie Zakrzewski, SPU (5-4, So., Cheney, WA); Carson McKole, CWU (5-2, Jr., Oak Harbor, WA); *Jaucelyn Richter, MSUB (5-5, Jr., Billings, MT).

Midfielders - *+Kelsey Jenkins, SPU (5-8, Sr., Kent, WA); +Lindsay Bauman, WOU (5-2, Jr., Portland, OR); Justina MacDowell, WWU (5-5, Sr., Bellevue, WA).

Defenders - *Taylor Sawyer, SPU (5-5, Jr., Gig Harbor, WA) ; Emily Warman, WWU (6-0, Sr., Sedro-Woolley, WA); **Alicia Patten, WWU (5-9, Sr., Seattle, WA) .

Goalkeeper - Jamie Arthurs, WWU (5-8, Jr., Richland, WA).

SECOND TEAM:
Forwards - Emily Frankland, WWU (5-5, Sr., Sammamish, WA); Ashley Richardson, SMU (5-6, Fr., Yakima, WA); Amy Pate, CWU (5-7, Sr., Federal Way, WA); Heidi Greenback, MSUB (5-7, So., Woodinville, WA).

Midfielders - Brandi Hamre, SPU (5-7, Sr., Bremerton, WA); Miranda Heslep, CWU (5-10, Sr., Bellingham, WA); Celina Mortensen, NNU (5-7, So., Tacoma, WA).

Defenders - Kelsey Atherley, SFU (5-9, Fr., Port Moody, BC); Hilary Franks, CWU (5-9, Sr., Yakima,, WA); Andrea Chan, SPU (5-5, Jr., Vancouver, WA); Jennifer Larsen, MSUB (5-4, Jr., Mesa, AZ). Goalkeeper - Amelia Ng, SFU (5-7, Sr., Richmond, BC).


HONORABLE MENTION:
Forwards - Ali Martin, SPU (5-5, Fr., Beaverton); Megan Chapin, WWU (5-5, Sr., Seattle, WA); Hanna Massee, SMU (5-7, Fr., Gig Harbor, WA); Jenny Field, NNU (5-6, So., Nampa, ID); Autumn Yturbe, NNU (5-6, Jr., Buhl, ID); Brittany Franks, CWU (5-7, Sr., Yakima, WA); Marina Austin, WOU (5-6, Jr., Olympia, WA); Kym Witmer, WOU (5-3, Jr., Newberg, OR).

Midfielders - Riley Dopps, SPU (5-5, Fr., Gig Harbor, WA); Brittany Langdon, SPU (5-10, Jr., Irvine, CA); Brina Sych, WWU (5-6, So., Vancouver, WA); Kim Cooper, WWU (5-1, Fr., Bellingham, WA); Sasha Dini, SMU (5-6, Fr., Tacoma, WA); Sarah Staropoli, NNU (5-2, Jr., Beaverton, OR); JoEllen DeLeon, WOU (5-2, Fr., Gresham, OR); Kristen Kastelic, MSUB (5-9, Jr., Phoenix, AZ).

Defenders -Whitney Siler, MSUB (5-9, So., Monroe, WA); Josie Graybeal, SPU (5-7, So., Gig Harbor, WA) ; Molly Campbell, SMU (5 8, So., Federal Way, WA); Jessie Cahill, NNU (5-4, Sr., Henderson, NV); Katie Butler, NNU (5-4, So., Nampa, ID); Monique Thees, WOU (5-8, Sr., Camano Island, WA).

Goalkeepers – Tanya Zickefoose, NNU (5-6, Jr., Edmonds, WA); Brittney Rigtrup, WOU (5-7, Sr., Renton, WA); Danielle Gordon, MSUB (5-7, Sr., Atkins, IA).