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BEST OF THE WPSL - DESERT CONFERENCE

West Region All-Conference Honors

Published Aug 8, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY (August 8, 2023) – The Women’s Premier Soccer League has released the Best of the WPSL All-Conference awards from the 2023 campaign for the West Region. The Award selections include Best XI, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Franchise of the Year.

The Desert Conference awards feature five players from SC del Sol and two players each from FC Tucson, El Paso Surf, and Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club. Notable universities represented in the selection include the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, the University of Notre Dame, Santa Clara University, and the University of Washington.

DESERT CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sophia Fisher, F, SC de Sol, Notre Dame

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jordan Ferguson, GK, SC del Sol, Grand Canyon University

COACH OF THE YEAR: Mat Evans, SC del Sol

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR: EL Paso Surf

BEST XI SELECTION

Position	Player	WPSL Team	School	Year	Repeat
GK	Jordan Ferguson	SC del Sol	Grand Canyon	Jr.
D	Lauren Kirberg	SC del Sol	Arizona State	Jr.
D	Laura Pimienta	FC Tucson	Arizona	2016
D	Zoe Ballard	Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club	Queen Creek High School	Sr.	’19, ‘21
MF	Sophia Fisher	SC del Sol	Notre Dame	Jr.
MF	Londyn Lovell	SC del Sol	Santa Clara	Fr.
MF	Paloma Teran	FC Tucson	Metropolitan State	2022
MF	Larissa Fagundes	El Paso Surf	Texas A&M Corpus Christi	2021
F	Tatum Thomason	SC del Sol	Washington	Soph.
F	Valeria Rey	El Paso Surf	LeTourneau	2018
F	Anahi Cardinal	Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club	Grand Canyon	R-Soph.