Top players honored on 2020 SEC Soccer Preseason Watch List

With the start of the 2020 season beginning on Friday, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) has unveiled its soccer coaches’ Preseason Watch List.

Over the last nine years, the SEC has earned 63 NCAA Tournament bids – an average of seven per year – with all 14 member institutions making at least one appearance during that span. Eight different SEC teams have advanced to the Round of 16 since 2013 and the league has placed teams in the NCAA quarterfinals in each of the last six seasons.

Alabama
Brynn Martin – Defender
Riley Mattingly – Forward
Reyna Reyes – Midfielder/Defender
Casey Wertz – Forward

Arkansas
Parker Goins – Forward
Bryana Hunter – Defender
Taylor Malham – Forward/Midfielder
Anna Podojil – Forward
Haley VanFossen – Defender

Auburn
Sarah Houchin – Defender
Alyssa Malonson – Defender
Sydney Richards – Forward/Midfielder

Florida
Kit Loferski – Midfielder/Forward
Parker Roberts – Midfielder
Deanne Rose – Forward

Georgia
Abby Boyan – Midfielder
Kayla Bruster – Defender
Chloe Chapman – Forward
Cecily Stoute – Defender
Emory Wegener – Goalkeeper

Kentucky
Marissa Bosco – Forward
Brooke Littman – Goalkeeper
Jordan Rhodes – Forward
Hannah Richardson – Forward

LSU
Tinaya Alexander – Forward
Shannon Cooke – Defender
Maddie Moreau – Midfielder
Chiara Ritchie-Williams – Defender

Ole Miss
Channing Foster – Forward/Midfielder
Molly Martin – Midfielder/Forward
Sydney Michalak – Defender/Forward
Ashley Orkus – Goalkeeper
Haleigh Stackpole – Midfielder

Mississippi State
Miranda Carrasco – Defender
Onyi Echegini – Forward
Niah Jonson – Midfielder
Andrea Tyrell – Defender

Missouri
Momola Adesanmi – Defender
Julissa Cisneros – Forward
Cassidy Nurnberger – Midfielder
Lindsey Whitmore – Midfielder

South Carolina
Lauren Chang – Midfielder
Samantha Chang – Midfielder
Ryan Gareis – Forward
Jyllissa Harris – Midfielder
Anna Patten – Defender
Luciana Zullo – Forward

Tennessee
Erin Gilroy – Forward
Lindsey Romig – Goalkeeper
Brooke Wilson – Midfielder/Forward

Texas A&M
Macie Kolb – Defender
Jimena Lopez – Defender
Addie McCain – Midfielder
Katie Smith – Defender
Taylor Ziemer – Midfielder

Vanderbilt
Leila Azari – Midfielder/Forward
Maddie Elwell – Midfielder/Forward
Haley Hopkins – Forward
Raegan Kelley – Midfielder/Forward
Ella Shamburger – Defender