SEC Soccer 2023 Preseason Watchlist features 72 top players from around the league
Birmingham, Ala. – Seventy-two student-athletes have been named to the 2023 SEC Soccer Preseason Watchlist.
The SEC returns 50 percent (14 of 28) of the players that earned first or second team All-SEC honors last season. Six first team selections return for the 2023 campaign. Included in the group of returners are 2022 third team All-Americas Anna Podojil (Arkansas) and Felecia Knox (Alabama).
Arkansas is the favorite to win the 2023 Southeastern Conference women’s soccer title in voting by the league’s 14 head coaches. Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Texas A&M rounded out the top five.
The 31st season of women’s soccer in the SEC season begins Thursday, August 17.
2023 SEC Soccer Preseason Watchlist
SCHOOL | STUDENT-ATHLETES |
---|---|
Alabama | Macy Clem (M) Felicia Knox (M) Gianna Paul (F) Sasha Pickard (D) Gessica Skorka (D) |
Arkansas | Kiley Dulaney (F) Bea Franklin (M) Mak Malham (M) Anna Podojil (F) Ellie Podojil (M) Ava Tankersly (F) |
Auburn | Anna Haddock (M) Madeline Moore (D) Maddie Prohaska (GK) Sydney Richards (M/F) |
Florida | Lauren Donovan (M) Delaney Tauzel (M) Daviana Vaka (D) Emily Yaple (M) |
Georgia | Croix Bethune (M) Jordan Brown (GK) Ellie Gilbert (M) Morgan Hart (D) Madison Haugen (D) Nicole Vernis (M) Hannah White (F) |
Kentucky | Maggy Henschler (D) Marz Josephson (GK) Payton Robinson (D) Anna Young (M) |
LSU | Mollie Baker (F) Maya Gordon (D) Ida Hermannsdottir (M) Rammie Noel (F) Mollee Swift (GK) |
Ole Miss | Kelly Brady (F) Kayla Chatman-Haggerty (D) Aubrey Mister (F) Lauren Montgomery (M) Shu Ohba (GK) Taylor Radecki (D) |
Mississippi State | Maddy Anderson (GK) Macey Hodge (M) Ilana Izquierdo (M) Haley McWhirter (M) Maggie Wadsworth (F) |
Missouri | Milena Fischer (M) Rachel Kutella (D) Grace Pettet (D) Leah Selm (M) Kylee Simmons (F) |
South Carolina | Cat Berry (F) Bri Behm (M) Cam Dixon (D) Gracie Falla (D) Heather Hinz (GK) Shae O’Rourke (F) |
Tennessee | Jordan Fusco (M) Sheridan Michel (D) Lawson Renie (D/M) Kameron Simmonds (F) Jaida Thomas (F) |
Texas A&M | Carolyn Calzada (D) Quinn Cornog (D/M) Maile Hayes (F) Mia Pante (M/D) Taylor Pounds (M) |
Vanderbilt | Maya Antoine (D) Abi Brighton (M) Hannah McLaughlin (M) Jada Konte (F) Rachel Deresky (F) |
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