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Ana Paula Santos of William Carey Spotlights CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Women's Soccer Team
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Ana Paula Santos
AUSTIN, Texas – William Carey University midfielder and graduate student
Ana Paula Santos was selected as the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for NAIA women's soccer to lead the 2021 Academic All-America teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Santos, who was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team in 2019, led the William Carey to the No. 1 ranking in the final regular season NAIA Top 25 Poll. She helped the Crusaders (22-0-1) to the title game in the NAIA National Championship where they lost in penalty kicks to the University of Tennessee Southern. In 23 matches, she accumulated 25 goals and 13 assists for 63 points to be named the Southern States Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
The health, recreation and physical education major tallied more than one goal in eight different matches this season and posted a pair of hat tricks. Santos ranks seventh in the NAIA with 25 goals and 63 points this season.
Ten of the 11 members of the CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA women’s soccer team have at least a 3.80 grade-point average and the 11 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.89.
Nine different student athletes were repeat selections, including seven from a year ago.
Abigail Meyer (Columbia (Mo.) College) and
Laura Navajas Marin (University of the Cumberlands) were selected to the first team again.
Becca Mindling (Spring Arbor University) and
Addie Adame (Georgia Gwinnett College) moved from the second team to the top team. Earning second team honors in 2021 after being named to the first team last season were
Samantha Tracey and
Mackenzie Selvius (Spring Arbor) as well as
Miagh Downey (Middle Georgia State University). Repeat selections from the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team were
Riley Massey (Taylor University) and Meyer.
2021 Academic All-America® Women's Soccer Teams – NAIA
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| GK |
Mackenzie Osther |
Embry-Riddle University (Ariz.) |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Aerospace Engineering |
| D |
Maja Henriksson |
Keiser University |
Jr. |
3.85 |
Business Administration Intl. Business |
| D |
Riley Massey (#) |
Taylor University |
Sr. |
3.96 |
Exercise Science |
| D |
Abigail Meyer (1) (#) |
Columbia College (Mo.) |
Gr. |
3.95 |
Nursing |
| D |
Becca Mindling (2) |
Spring Arbor University |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Nursing |
| D |
Jenna Rockwell |
University of the Cumberlands |
Sr. |
3.85 |
Exercise & Sports Science / Public Health |
| M |
Addie Adame (2) |
Georgia Gwinnett College |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Psychology |
| M |
Laura Navajas Marin (1) |
University of the Cumberlands |
Sr. |
3.97 |
Psychology / Human Services |
| M |
Ana Paula Santos (#) |
William Carey University |
Gr. |
3.81 |
Health, Recreation, Physical Education |
| F |
Hannah Crum |
Aquinas College |
Sr. |
3.78 |
Business & Sports |
| F |
Kelsey Henry |
Mid-America Christian University |
Sr. |
3.88 |
Biology |
| F |
Callie Wright |
Northwest University |
Jr. |
3.85 |
Business Administration |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| GK |
Samantha Tracey (1) |
Spring Arbor University |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Math / Secondary Education |
| D |
Lena Balck |
Georgia Gwinnett College |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Business |
| D |
Natalie Ford |
Tabor College |
Jr. |
3.99 |
Social Work & Criminal Justice |
| D |
Bianca Roman |
Wayland Baptist University |
Sr. |
3.82 |
Exercise Sport Science |
| M |
Kyoka Koshijima |
Keiser University |
Jr. |
3.68 |
Business Administration Marketing |
| M |
Maddie Miller |
Oregon Institute of Technology |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Diagnostic Medical Sonography |
| M |
Mackenzie Selvius (1) |
Spring Arbor University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Finance / Management |
| F |
Adisa Amang |
UT Southern |
Sr. |
3.30 |
Nursing |
| F |
Montse Caparros |
Culver-Stockton College |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Business Administration |
| F |
Miagh Downey (1) |
Middle Georgia State University |
Sr. |
3.90 |
Business Administration |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Ana Paula Santos, William Carey University
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2020-21
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2020-21
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2019-20
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College | Academic All-America® Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu | (706) 379-5106
Aaron Sagraves, Cornerstone University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
aaron.sagraves@cornerstone.edu | (616) 977-5415