Big Ten Conference Announces 2024 Women’s Soccer Postseason Honors

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference has announced the 2024 Women’s Soccer All-Big Ten Teams and individual honors, according to a vote of the conference’s 18 head coaches. USC’s Jane Alukonis was named Coach of the Year after leading USC to its first outright Big Ten Championship as part of an undefeated conference season (10-0-1). USC’s Helena Sampaio was named Midfielder of the Year, while teammate Laurence Gladu was named Goalkeeper of the Year. Minnesota’s Khyah Harper was named Forward of the Year, UCLA’s Lilly Reale was named Defender of the Year and the Bruins’ Nicki Fraser was named Freshman of the Year. 

Gladu and Sampaio are the first pair of Trojans to earn a Big Ten women’s soccer individual honor and Alukonis earns her first-ever Coach of the Year nod. Sampaio’s 12 points so far this season are tied for second for the Trojans. Sampaio tallied three goals and a team-leading six assists throughout USC’s first regular season in the Big Ten.  

Gladu was the only Trojan to play all 1,530 minutes throughout the regular season. Gladu’s nine shutouts on the year are the second most in the Big Ten and 15^th most in the NCAA.  

Harper collects Minnesota’s fourth Forward of the Year honor and the first since 2018. The senior leads the country in total points (40) and points per game (2.22 average). She is second in goals per game (0.94 average) and total goals (17).  

Reale and Fraser earned the first two individual Big Ten women’s soccer awards for UCLA. Reale led UCLA’s defense to 13 shutouts throughout the regular season and allowed just seven goals. Reale has also scored one goal and recorded two assists on game-winners against Santa Clara and BYU.  

Fraser was honored as the Big Ten Freshman of the Year after starting in 15 matches for the Bruins. Fraser helped UCLA to a No. 2 seed in this year’s Big Ten Tournament with an 8-1-2 conference record. The freshman defender has helped UCLA to sixth nationally with 13 shutouts and a .684 shutout percentage.  

Sampaio, Gladu, Harper and Reale each earned a spot on the All-Big Ten First Team, and Fraser was recognized on the Third Team and the All-Freshman Team.   

The Big Ten also recognized 18 Sportsmanship Award honorees. The student-athletes chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. These student-athletes must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. 

The complete list of 2024 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Postseason honorees can be found below.  

2024 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Postseason Honors 
Coach of the Year: Jane Alukonis, USC 
Forward of the Year: Khyah Harper, Sr., Minnesota 
Midfielder of the Year: Helena Sampaio, Sr., USC 
Defender of the Year: Lilly Reale, Sr., UCLA 
Goalkeeper of the Year: Laurence Gladu, Gr., USC 
Freshman of the Year: Nicki Fraser, UCLA 

First Team All-Big Ten  
FORWARD 
Khyah Harper, Sr., Minnesota 
SARAH WEBER, Sr., Nebraska 
KAILYN DUDUKOVICH, Sr., Ohio State  
Kaitlyn MacBean, RS-Sr., Penn State 
Maile Hayes, Sr., USC 
Ioanna Papatheodorou, Sr., Washington 

MIDFIELD 
Justina Gaynor, Gr., Michigan State 
Sophia Boman, Gr., Minnesota 
Amanda Schlueter, So., Ohio State 
Sofia Cook, Jr., UCLA 
Helena Sampaio, Sr., USC 

DEFENSE 
Emily Mason, Sr., Rutgers 
LILLY REALE, Sr., UCLA 
BROOKLYN COURTNALL, Sr., USC 
 
GOALKEEPER 
Laurence Gladu, Gr., USC 

Second Team All-Big Ten* 
FORWARD 
Sarah Foley, Jr., Illinois 
Meg Hughes, Gr., Michigan State 
Riley Tiernan, Sr.,  Rutgers 
Quincy McMahon, Sr., UCLA 

MIDFIELD 
Maggie Johnston, Gr., Iowa 
Paige Kalal, So., Minnesota 
Jordan Fusco, Sr., Penn State 
Maria Alagoa, Sr., USC 

DEFENSE 
Millie Greer, So., Iowa 
Maggie Illig, Jr., Michigan State 
Ava Bramblett, So., Ohio State 
Mieke Schiemann, Sr., Penn State 
Jayden Perry, Sr., UCLA 
Kolo Suliafu, Jr., Washington 
Hailey Baumann, So., Wisconsin 

GOALKEEPER 
Ryan Campbell, Gr., UCLA 

Third Team All-Big Ten 
FORWARD 
Aryssa Mahrt, Gr., Wisconsin 
Kayla Colbert, Sr., USC 
Simone Jackson, Sr., USC 

MIDFIELD 
Sofia Bush, So., Iowa 
Bella Najera, So., Michigan State 
Val Vargas, So., UCLA 
Ashley Martinez, Sr., Wisconsin 

DEFENSE 
Emma Phillips, Sr., Northwestern 
Sydney Jones, Sr., Ohio State 
Nicki Fraser, Fr., UCLA 

GOALKEEPER 
Kaitlyn Parks, Gr., Michigan State 

All-Freshman Team 
FORWARD 
Berit Parten, Iowa 
Jadin Bonham, Ohio State 
Jordan Geis, UCLA 
Faith George, USC 

MIDFIELD 
Kaleigh McPherson, Michigan State 
Ava Greco, Ohio State 
Shaela Bradley, Rutgers 
Ines Derrien, USC 

DEFENSE 
JULIA BELLI, Michigan State 
Ashley Thurk, Minnesota 
Nicki Fraser, UCLA 

Sportsmanship Award Honorees 
Abby Lynch, Sr., Illinois 
Olivia Smith, Jr., Indiana 
Miah Schueller, Sr., Iowa 
Hannah Schapiro, So., Maryland 
Stephanie Sparkowski, Gr., Michigan 
Gabby Mueller, Gr., Michigan State 
Elizabeth Overberg, Sr., Minnesota 
Nicola Hauk, Sr., Nebraska   
Ingrid Falls, Gr., Northwestern 
Sydney Jones, Sr., Ohio State 
Makoto Nezu, Gr., Oregon 
Devon Olive, Sr., Penn State 
Abigail Roy, Sr., Purdue 
Kassidy Banks, Sr., Rutgers 
Quincy McMahon, Sr., UCLA 
Brooklyn Courtnall, Sr., USC 
Lucy Newlin, Jr., Washington 
Riley Philbin, Sr., Wisconsin                                                 

*Additional player due to tie in voting 
ALL CAPS denotes unanimous selection