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NCAA Aug 06, 2024

Top NCAA Women’s Soccer Defenders to Watch ahead of the 2024 season

KANSAS CITY, MO – United Soccer Coaches has announced the Defenders on its NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Players to Watch lists for the 2024 intercollegiate season.

The lists are compiled and released 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 2023, who are scheduled to return for the 2024 season.

See below for the list of NCAA Defenders to Watch for 2024. To view the women’s Goalkeepers to Watch, click here.

2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Players to Watch – Defenders

Name Class School Hometown
Camile Ashe GR-5 Florida State Arlington, Va.
Natale Bain Jr. Xavier Alexandria, Ky.
Mae Blackburn Jr. Texas Tech Keller, Texas
Clarae Broecker Sr. Wisconsin-Milwaukee Afton, Minn.
Emma Brown Sr. Cal Poly Clovis, Calif.
Lauren Bruno GR-5 Monmouth Manalapan, N.J.
Elise Evans Jr. Stanford Redwood City, Calif.
Gracie Falla Jr. South Carolina Hattiesburg, Miss.
Jazmin Ferguson Jr. LSU Conyers, Ga.
Lyndsey Heckel Sr. Saint Louis St.Louis, Mo.
Sydney Jones Jr. Ohio State Cincinnati, Ohio
Alivia Kelly GR-5 North Carolina State Pembroke, Mass.
Emily Mason Sr. Rutgers Flemington, N.J.
Quincy McMahon Sr. UCLA Carmel, Ind.
Reese Mendenhall Sr. Florida Gulf Coast Phoenix, Ariz.
Kelsey Oyler Sr. Arkansas Meridian, Idaho
Alyssa Peters GR-5 Idaho Bremerton, Wash.
Ellie Podojil Sr. Arkansas Cincinnati, Ohio
Carly Raunig GR-5 Missouri State Olathe, Kan.
Lilly Reale Sr UCLA Hingham, Mass.
Jade Rose Sr. Harvard Markham, Ont.
Kelsey Salopek Jr. Kent State Munhall, Pa.
Myla Schneider Sr. Maine Calgary, Alb.
Lydia Self Sr. Northern Kentucky Noblesville, Ind.
Taylor Summit Sr. California Baptist San Diego, Calif.
Daviana Vaka Sr. Florida Sandy, Utah

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