Four Golden Flashes Earn All-MAC, All-District Honors
11/7/2019 2:02:00 PM | Women's Soccer
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Three Golden Flashes were recognized on Mid-American Conference postseason award teams, the league office announced Thursday afternoon. In addition, two Flashes were named to the CoSIDA All-District Team.
Vital Kats earned her second-straight First Team appearance, while Cameron Shedenhelm was named to the Second Team and Grace Wolber made the Freshman Team. Amanda Reed was named to the CoSIDA All-District First Team, while Kats earned a CoSIDA Second Team All-District honor.
Kats earned her second consecutive First Team honor, leading the Flashes the MAC with 24 points (8g, 8a). She led the MAC with 91 shots – 20 more than any other player in the conference – and shots on goal (47). She ranked fifth in the league in goals and her eight assists were tied for second-most by in the MAC. The Toronto native posted a season-high five points against Toledo on Oct. 6, scoring two goals and recording an assist. The junior posts a 3.88 GPA in Business Management.
Reed was a leader on the back end for Kent State. The defender posts a perfect 4.0 GPA in Biology and played the third-most minutes this season for the Flashes. She started all 18 games and averaged 89 minutes per game and helped the squad to five shutouts this season.
Shedenhelm was second on the team with 18 points (6g, 6a) this season. Her 4.0 shots per game ranked second in the MAC behind only Kats. She averaged 1.94 shots on goal per game, which ranked third in the conference. She tied for eighth in the MAC in both goals and assists and ranked sixth in the league in points.
Wolber averaged 70 minutes per game, the most by any Kent State freshman this season. She appeared in all 18 games for the Flashes and started 14 games and tallied her first career points with a goal against Youngstown State. The Cincinnati, Ohio native notched her first career assist against Ball State.
In an injury-filled season, Kent State finished 6-9-3 (4-5-2) and narrowly missed out on the MAC postseason tournament for the first time since 2010.
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2019 MAC Women's Soccer Postseason Awards & All-MAC Teams
Coach of the Year: Matt Fannon, Bowling Green
Offensive Player of the Year: Chelsee Washington, Bowling Green, Senior, MF
Defensive Player of the Year: Maureen Kennedy, Bowling Green, Senior, D
Freshman of the Year: Libby Harper, Akron, GK
All-MAC First Team
Forward – Nikki Cox, Bowling Green
Forward – Sabrina McNeill, Eastern Michigan
Forward – Morgan Otteson, Western Michigan
Forward – Abby Townsend, Ohio
Midfielder – Vital Kats, Kent State
Midfielder – Chelsee Washington, Bowling Green
Midfielder – Alivia Milesky, Ohio
Midfielder – Nicky Potts, Ball State
Defender – Maureen Kennedy, Bowling Green
Defender – Gurjeena Jandu, Buffalo
Defender – Ashley Amato, Akron
Goalkeeper – Tristin Stuteville, Ball State
All-MAC Second Team
Forward – Kennedy White, Bowling Green
Forward – Sam Kambol, Ball State
Forward – Cameron Shedenhelm, Kent State
Midfielder – Marcy Barberic, Buffalo
Midfielder – Bailey Korhorn, Western Michigan
Midfielder – Amanda Cripps, Eastern Michigan
Defender – Emily Simmons, Ball State
Defender – Lindsey Shira, Eastern Michigan
Defender – Savannah Bosworth, Western Michigan
Defender – Audrey Shea, Bowling Green
Defender -- Victoria Breeden, Ohio
Goalkeeper – Kathleen Duwve, Bowling Green
All-Freshman Team
Libby Harper, Akron
Bailee Bowers, Akron
Kennedy White, Bowling Green
Audrey Shea, Bowling Green
Leah Wengender, Buffalo
Lauren DeBeau, Central Michigan
Cami Taylor, Central Michigan
Amanda Cripps, Eastern Michigan
Grace Wolber, Kent State
Bronwen Sears, Miami
Kennedy Gray, Miami
Maddie Young, Ohio
Stephanie Currie, Toledo
CoSIDA All-District Teams
NCAA DIVISION I – DISTRICT 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH)
First Team
Name, School, GPA, Yr., Major
Hillary Beall, University of Michigan, 3.31, Jr., Communication & Media
Allison Jorden, Indiana University, 4.00, Sr., Accounting / Economics Consulting
Amanda Reed, Kent State University, 4.00, Sr. Biology
Annika Schmidt, Butler University, 3.98, Sr., Sports Media
Emily Valentine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 4.00, Sr., Statistics
Lydia Bajema, Western Michigan University, 3.94, Sr., Industrial & Entrepreneurial Engineering
Samantha Dewey, Xavier University, 3.34/3.67, Gr., Exercise Science (U) / Sport Administration (G)
Melanie Forbes, Indiana University, 3.99, Jr., Human Biology
Raleigh Loughman, University of Michigan, 3.49, So., Business Administration
Kate Del Fava, Illinois State University, 4.00, Sr., Pre-Veterinary Medicine / Animal Science
Eva Hurm, University of Notre Dame, 3.43, Jr., Psychology
Hannah Melchiorre, Purdue University, 4.00, Jr., Biochemistry
Katie Soderstrom, Butler University, 3.97, So., Elementary Education
Second Team
Brooke Littman, University of Notre Dame, 3.64, Sr., Film, Television & Theatre
Alia Frederick, Eastern Michigan University, 4.00, Jr., Biology
Shannon Hendricks, University of Notre Dame, 3.61, Gr., Business Analytics / Catholic Social Traditions
Maureen Kennedy, Bowling Green State University, 3.95, Sr., Psychology
Alia Martin University of Michigan, 3.40, Jr., Cognitive Science / Psychology
Ashton Cassel, University of Toledo, 4.00, So., Nursing
Vital Kats, Kent State University, 3.88, Jr., Business Management
Caroline Mink, University of Dayton, 3.82, Sr., Pre-Physical Therapy
Morgan Turner, DePaul University, 3.90, Jr., Political Science
