Senior Stephanie Verdoia (Salt Lake City, Utah) earned her second consecutive WAC Offensive Player of the Year honor after leading the league in nearly every recordable offensive category including goals, points, shots, assists, and game-winning goals. On Senior Day, Verdoia moved into the top spot among Seattle U’s all-time career leaders in goals and points with her second career hat trick. On a national level, Verdoia was named Disney Soccer/NSCAA Women’s Soccer DI Player of the Week (Sept. 29-Oct. 5), was named a Senior CLASS Award Top 10 finalist, and most recently, was named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team.
Verdoia also represented the Redhawks with First Team All-WAC honors alongside Taylor Ritzman (Holladay, Utah) and Kiana Kraft (Kent, Wash.). Representing Seattle U with Second Team All-WAC honors are Natasha Howe (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Kelly Beck (Tacoma, Wash.), and Stephanie Spiekerman (Seattle, Wash.).
The WAC tournament, hosted by Seattle U at Championship Field, opens on Thursday, Nov. 6 with two quarterfinal matches and the Redhawks will open play on Friday, Nov. 7 at 4:30 p.m. vs. the winner of No. 4 Bakersfield/No. 5 New Mexico State. The championship game will take place on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m.
All-session passes are now on sale by calling the Redhawk ticket office at (206) 398-GOSU(4678) or visiting www.goseattleu.com/sutickets. Single game tickets can also be purchased at the Championship Field gate prior to each match (corner of 14th and E Cherry).
Stay tuned to GoSeattleU.com as well as Facebook (Seattle U Athletics; Seattle U Women’s Soccer; Western Athletic Conference), Twitter (@su_athletics; @seattleuwsoc; @WACsports), and Instagram (su_redhawks; seattleuwsoc; WACsports) throughout the tournament.
Fans are also encouraged to keep voting for Verdoia for the Senior CLASS Award, with fan voting to count for 1/3 of the final tally towards the winner. Fans can vote once per day per device until Nov. 24 at www.seniorCLASSaward.com.
The full list of honorees is as follows:
First Team All-WAC
Hedda Regefalk (Bakersfield)
Maria Monterroso (Grand Canyon)
Taylor Ritzman (Seattle U)
Kali Stubbs (Utah Valley)
Emily Herndon (UMKC)
Stephanie Verdoia (Seattle U)
Kimberly Stratford (Utah Valley)
Sarah Todd (UMKC)
Kiana Kraft (Seattle U)
Lexi Robison (Utah Valley)
Nina Tzianos (UMKC)
Second Team All-WAC
Jennae Cambra (New Mexico State)
Layla Todd (New Mexico State)
Natasha Howe (Seattle U)
Maja Green (Bakersfield)
Taylor Layton (Grand Canyon)
Kasandra Anderson (Utah Valley)
Jessica Valadez (Grand Canyon)
Kaely Tott (UMKC)
Kelly Beck (Seattle U)
Stephanie Spiekerman (Seattle U)
Blakely Fraasch (Grand Canyon)
Offensive Player of the Year: Stephanie Verdoia (Seattle U)
Defensive Player of the Year: Lexi Robison (Utah Valley)
Freshman of the Year: Blakely Fraasch (Grand Canyon)
Coach of the Year: Stevie Gill (Grand Canyon)