By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Shawnee Heights, which posted a 13-5-0 overall record, including a 9-1-0 mark in conference play, put four players on the All-United Kansas Conference girls soccer first team.
Shawnee Heights senior goalkeeper Tatum Hoge (0) was one of four T-Birds to earn first-team spots on the All-United Kansas Conference girls soccer team. [Photo by Kirk Hockman]
The T-Birds are represented on the All-UKC first team by senior goalkeeper Tatum Hoge, junior forward Emily Loy, freshman defender Lailah Benz and freshman midfielder Isabell Van Fleet.
Heights senior Katie Mulligan and juniors Abby Fleischer, Lily Martin and Kalyn Walter all earned berths on the all-conference second team.
De Soto junior midfielder Chloe Collins was named the UKC player of the year while Wildcat coach Jesse Smith was named the conference coach of the year.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE SOCCER
First team
Taylor Graf, so. defender, Basehor-Linwood; Teigan Capper, sr. forward, Basehor-Linwood; Audrey McCarty, so. midfielder, Basehor-Linwood; Avery Crabtree, jr. defender, De Soto; Emily Heffernan, sr. defender, De Soto; Paige Hennager, jr. defender, De Soto; Isabelle Jones, so. forward, De Soto; Chloe Collins, jr. midfielder, De Soto; Sydney Coffman, fr. midfielder, De Soto; Brooke Collins, sr. midielder, Leavenworth; Lailah Benz, fr. defender, Shawnee Heights; Emily Loy, jr. forward, Shawnee Heights; Tatum Hoge, sr. goalkeeper, Shawnee Heights; Isabell Van Fleet, fr. midfielder, Shawnee Heights.
Second team
Emma Rothwell, so. defender, Basehor-Linwood; Audrey Smith, jr. forward, Basehor-Linwood; Kylie Albright, so. defender, De Soto; Gracie Smith, jr. forward, De Soto; Sophie Landrum, jr. forward, De Soto; Kennedy Tilley, so. goalkeeper, De Soto; Sadie Carver, sr. midfielder, De Soto; Carsen Phillips, so. defender, Lansing; Addison Manley, so. midfielder, Leavenworth; Abby Fleischer, jr. defender, Shawnee Heights; Katie Mulligan, sr. defender, Shawnee Heights; Lilly Martin, jr. midfielder, Shawnee Heights; Kalyn Walter, jr. forward, Shawnee Heights; Adriana Loya-Loredo, jr. midfielder, Turner.
Honorable mention
Basehor-Linwood: Hannah Miller, so. Lansing: Kamryn Farris, sr. Leavenworth: Alice Maddox, so.; Avi Garret, fr.; Emily Singletary, fr. Shawnee Heights: Bradley Van Veldhuizen, fr. Turner: Arlyne Carrillo, jr.; Melia Dew, fr.
Player of the year -- Chloe Collins, De Soto.
Coach of the year -- Jesse Smith, De Soto.
