Defenders to Watch in NCAA Women’s Soccer for 2022

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KANSAS CITY, MO – United Soccer Coaches has announced the Defenders on its NCAA Division I Players to Watch lists for the 2022 intercollegiate season.

The lists are comprised of 35 women and 24 men, led by three returning All-Americans on each list. The returning women’s All-Americans include 2021 second-teamer Maycee Bell from North Carolina and two third team returnees, Megan Bornkamp from Clemson and Jordan Brewster from West Virginia.

The lists are being released for the first time this season by the Division I All-America Committees to promote college soccer leading up to the official start date for the regular season later this month. The lists include United Soccer Coaches All-Americans and first or second team All-Region players from 2021, who are scheduled to return for the 2022 season.

“United Soccer Coaches is pleased to be able to bring some additional focus to these outstanding student-athletes from our member schools as pre-season training gets underway,” said Ralph Polson, the Senior College All-America Administrator. “While other players will most certainly emerge, these previous honorees represent some of the best at their positions entering this season.”

These positional announcements also lead up to the 2022 watch lists for the prestigious Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy on the official start date for regular season games on August 18 (women) and August 25 (men). The MAC Hermann Trophy is presented annually to the Division I National Players of the Year as voted by Division I College Coaches at the end of the regular season. The 2022 recipients will be announced on January 6, 2023, in St. Louis, Mo.

2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Players to Watch – Defenders

Name	Class	School	Hometown
Maycee Bell	Sr.	University of North Carolina	Wichita, Kan.
Vivianne Bessette	Jr.	University of South Florida	Montreal, Que.
Macy Blackburn	So.	Texas Tech University	Keller, Texas
Megan Bornkamp	Jr.	Clemson University	Mooresville, N.C.
Jordan Brewster	GR5	West Virginia University	North Canton, Ohio
Emma Brown	So.	Cal Poly	Clovis, Calif.
Madison Chavez	Sr.	University of California-Irvine	Hercules, Calif.
Emma Clarke	Sr.	University of Houston	Christchurch, New Zeland
Madison Curry	Sr.	Princeton University	Coto de Caza, Calif.
Kayla Duran	Sr.	Brown University	Woburn, Mass.
Eva Gaetino	Jr.	University of Notre Dame	Dexter, Mich.
Delaney Graham	GR5	Duke University	Atlanta, Ga.
Katia Hanger	Jr.	Lipscomb University	Alpharetta, Ga.
Jyllissa Harris	GR5	University of South Carolina	Hazlet, N.J.
Tianna Harris	GR5	Kent State University	Whitby, Ont.
Aly Kilburg	GR5	Loyola University Chicago	Park Ridge, Ill.
Karlee Maes	GR5	University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, N.M.
Amanda Martin	Sr.	Florida Atlantic University	Miami, Fla.
Aidan McConnell	So.	University of Wisconsin	Dexter, Mich.
Mykiaa Minnis	GR5	Washington State University	Colorado Springs, Colo.
Dunja Mostarac	GR5	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	Belgrade, Serbia
Lily Reale	So.	UCLA	Hingham, Mass.
Reyna Reyes	Sr.	University of Alabama	Garland, Texas
Payton Robertson	Sr.	University at Buffalo	Toronto, Ont.
Jade Rose	So.	Harvard University	Marcum, Ont.
Kelly Severini	Jr.	Michigan State University	Union, N.J.
Hannah Sharts	GR5	University of Colorado	Newbury Park, Calif.
Jenna Shepherd	Jr.	Utah Valley University	American Fork, Utah
Katie Smith	Sr.	Texas A&M University	Tulsa, Okla.
Cecily Stoute	GR5	University of Georgia	Atlanta, Ga.
Anje Suttner	Sr.	Hofstra University	Boden Kirchen, Germany
Andrea Tyrell	GR5	Mississippi State University	Toronto, Ont.
Laveni Vaka	Jr.	Brigham Young University	Sandy, Utah
Trinity Watson	GR5	Pepperdine University	Ocean Beach, Calif.
Samantha White	GR5	Michigan State University	McKees Rocks, Pa.