Playoff Teams dominate All-Central Region squad
Colorado Mines' Mitchell named Player of the Year
ALAMOSA, Colo.- Led by region player of the year Kayla Mitchell of the Colorado School of Mines, a total of 11 players from the six teams from the region that qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament have been named to the 13-player First Team Daktronics All-Central Region Women's Soccer squad that was announced Tuesday. The qualifying teams also combined for six second team picks.
No. 1 seed Metro State, which will host the regional championship game on Friday against Mitchell's Orediggers, seeded third, had a region-high six overall picks including first team selections Becca Mays, Kathryn Gosztyla and Courtney Ryan.
Mitchell, a senior forward who hails from Ontario, Ore., has scored an impressive 30 goals this season, just one short of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference single-season record, and was earlier named as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
She and Mays were also first team selections in 2008 as was Bemidji State's Ashlee Ellefsen, a second team pick this year.
A total of 12 different institutions had at least one honoree.
The first team selections, made up of four forwards, four midfielders, four defenders and a goalkeepers will now be placed on the national ballot for Daktronics All-America honors that will be announced Dec. 1.
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2009 Daktronics All-Central Region Women's Soccer Team
First Team
Pos.
Name
School
Yr.
Hometown
F
Kayla
Mitchell
Colorado
Mines
Sr.
Ontario,
Ore.
F Becca
Mays
Metro
State
Sr.
San Antonio, Texas
F Lauren
Sturdivant Winona
State
Jr.
Eagan, Minn.
F Laura
Leber
Minnesota
State-Mankato
Jr.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
MF Clare
Dahmen
Minnesota-Duluth
Sr.
Hopkins, Minn.
MF Marissa
Davis
Regis
Fr.
Golden, Colo.
MF Jaime
MacArthur Fort
Lewis
Sr.
Albuquerque, N.M.
MF Gina
Paletta
Minnesota
State-Mankato
Sr.
Omaha, Neb.
D Joanna
Drennen
Mary
(N.D.)
Sr.
Burnsville, Minn.
D Kathryn
Gosztyla Metro
State
Sr.
Orangevale, Calif.
D Courtney
Ryan
Metro
State
So.
Chula Vista, Calif.
D Nichole
Kluk
Fort
Lewis
Sr.
Los Alamos, N.M.
GK Hannah
Bengtson
Minnesota-Duluth
Jr.
Lino Lakes, Minn.
Second Team
Pos.
Name
School
Yr.
Hometown
F
Ashlee
Ellefsen
Bemidji
State
Jr.
Hugo, Minn.
F Jordan
Miller
Regis
So.
Santa Fe, N.M.
F Jen
Thomas
Metro
State
Sr.
Aurora, Colo.
F Daniela
Ramirez Mesa
State
Jr.
Rupert, Idaho
MF Megan
Woodworth Colorado
Mines
Fr.
Centennial, Colo.
MF Madison McQuilliams
Metro
State
Jr.
Bakersfield, Calif.
MF Melissa
Sellier
Winona
State
So.
Neenah, Wisc.
MF Katie
Johnson
Concordia-St. Paul
(Minn.)
Sr.
Anoka, Minn.
D Jessica
Stark
Colorado
Mines
Jr.
Abilene, Texas
D Lauren
Hall
UC-Colorado
Springs
Jr.
Fruita, Colo.
D Megan
Rowland
Winona
State
Jr.
Geneva, Ill.
D Alysha
Domiano
Bemidji
State
Jr.
Dayton, Minn.
GK Becca
Maloney
Metro
State
Sr.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Central Region Player of the Year: Kayla Mitchell, Colorado Mines
Note: Players are listed in the order of number of points received
