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AWARDS: EAST REGION BEST XI

Published Jul 30, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY ( JULY 30, 2025 ) - The Women's Premier Soccer League has named the recipients for the East Region BEST XI from the 2025 WPSL Season. Sixty-Six players received the accolade from the Great Lakes, Metropolitan, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeastern conferences and divisions. Also named are 30 players receiving Honorable Mention distinction.

The full BEST XI First Team and Honorable Mention recipients are listed below.

2025 All-Great Lakes Team

Great River Division Selection

GK	Cat Graves	Greater Toledo Futbol Club	Findlay
D	Kaylee Pham	FC Dayton	Wright State
D	Norah Roush	Columbus Eagles FC	Ohio	2nd
D	Ava Watson	Columbus Eagles FC	Illinois State
MF	Eva Blatz	Beadling Soccer Club	Buffalo
MF	Secora Johnson	Columbus Eagles FC	Eastern Michigan
MF	Payton Miller	Greater Toledo Futbol Club	Findlay
MF	Aya Saiki	FC Dayton	Dayton	3rd
F	Nikki Cox	Columbus Eagles FC	Bowling Green	3rd	Unanimous
F	Aerial Fast	Greater Toledo Futbol Club	Wright State
F	Dani Hicks	FC Dayton	Ashland

	HONORABLE MENTION: Celeste Sloma, GK, Columbus Eagles FC; Laney Smith, F, FC Dayton; Kaelyn Valleau, F, Columbus Eagles FC.

Lake Erie Division Selection

GK	Maddie Crosbie	Niagara 1812	Niagara
D	Riley Kerber	Internationals SC	Dayton
D	Gabby Lamparty	Internationals SC	Bowling Green
D	Cassie Palazzolo	Erie FC	Indiana Tech
MF	Isabelle Bordages	BC United	Davidson College
MF	Grace Jackson	Internationals SC	Michigan State
MF	Maia MacLean	Niagara 1812	Niagara	2nd
MF	Amelia Swinarski	Internationals SC	Louisville
MF	Margey Brown	Internationals SC	Duquesne	2nd
F	Tanji Sarver	Internationals SC	Cleveland State
F	Kaitlyn Wright	Niagara 1812	Daemen

	HONORABLE MENTION: Catherine Apker, GK, BC United; Avery Gillahan, GK, Internationals SC; Macy Hellwig, MF, Niagara 1812; Jenna Popowski, F, Erie FC.

2025 All-Metropolitan Team

GK	Kayla Bower	Clarkstown Soccer Club	St. John's
D	Peyton Costello	SUSA FC	UMass
D	Bella Douglas	Clarkstown Soccer Club	Boston College
D	Ashley Moon	Clarkstown Soccer Club	Pitt	2nd
MF	Julia Arbelaez	Clarkstown Soccer Club	Syracuse
MF	Kayleigh Goodrich	Brooklyn City F.C.	Adelphi
MF	Dylan Jovanovic	Downtown United Soccer Club	Princeton
MF	Emily Riggins	SUSA FC	St. John's	3rd
F	Sophia Bradley	Clarkstown Soccer Club	Virginia
F	Sofia Elgaily	STA	Rhode Island
F	Baileigh Johnson	Downtown United Soccer Club	Point Pleasant Beach H.S.

	HONORABLE MENTION: Addy Paredes, GK, STA; Kelly Monaco, D, STA; Grace Hillis, D, SUSA FC; Jasmine Ouatu, MF, STA; Sophia Lowenberg, MF, Clarkstown Soccer Club; May Nuwayhid, F, Clarkstown Soccer Club; Mikayla Camp, F, SUSA FC.

2025 All-Mid-Atlantic Team

Colonial Division Selection

GK	Grace Keen	Delaware Ospreys	West Chester	2nd
D	Allison Gilbert	Real Central NJ	Rhode Island	2nd
D	Sienna Mount	SJEB FC	La Salle
D	Dani Stuart	SJEB FC	Saint Joseph's
MF	Riley Hayes	Real Central NJ	Bucknell
MF	Ashley Hughes	Delaware Ospreys	Shippensburg
MF	Adrianna Pepe	SJEB FC	South Carolina Upstate	2nd
MF	Lauren Reimold	Penn Fusion SA	West Chester
F	Naomi Nnewihe	SJEB FC	Brown
F	Paige Seitz	FC Monmouth	William & Mary
F	Josie Stockett	Real Central NJ	Mount St. Mary's

	HONORABLE MENTION: Rachel Murphy, GK, Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals; Chelsea Mohammed, GK, SJEB FC; Abby Mills, D, Delaware Ospreys; Laynee Eyman, D, Delaware Ospreys; Olivia Brocious, F, SJEB FC; Sophie Berman, F, Real Central NJ.

Commonwealth Selection

GK	Hannah Wilt	PA Classics	Shepherd
D	Kaitlyn Pavusek	Hershey FC	Pittsburgh at Johnstown
D	Ava Sallee	Reading United A.C.	Delaware
D	Morgan Weaver	Reading United A.C.	Boston	2nd
MF	Anna Buckwalter	Reading United A.C.	Binghamton
MF	Elliot Forney	HEX FC Tempest	Lehigh
MF	Peyton Lubinsky	Keystone FC	Shenandoah
MF	Liza Suydam	PA Classics	Louisville
F	Elizabeth Estrada	PA Classics	La Salle	3rd
F	Ashley Lavrich	Reading United A.C.	Monmouth	2nd
F	Molly Starner	Keystone FC	George Mason

	HONORABLE MENTION: Samantha Merklin, GK, HEX FC Tempest; Melanie Love, D, PA Classics; Maria Franjicic, D, Keystone FC; Jailene DeJesus, MF, PA Classics.

2025 All-Northeastern Team

GK	Sally Rainey	Merrimack Valley Hawks FC	Indiana
D	Michela Agresti	Merrimack Valley Hawks FC	Boston College
D	Shea Boyle	Sporting CT	Seton Hall
D	Allison Falvo	Albany Rush	Binghamton
D	Kylee McIntosh	Sporting CT	Marist
MF	Alina Lagace	New York Shockers	St. John's
MF	Jordan Restivo	RI Rogues FC	Johnson & Wales	2nd
MF	Christina Stone	Sporting CT	Hartford
F	Ryann Denecour	RI Rogues FC	LSU
F	Meredith McDermott	Merrimack Valley Hawks FC	Virginia	2nd
F	Tiffany Weimer	Sporting CT	Penn State

	HONORABLE MENTION: Molly DiCaprio, GK, Albany Rush; Jessica Kasacek, GK, RI Rogues FC; Cara Jordan, MF, Sporting CT; Camryn Thompson, F, RI Rogues FC; Lauryn Wood, F, New York Shockers.