Morgas became the third woman to win multiple Offensive Player of the Year awards. She led the conference with 11 goals, four more than any other GAC player. Her 24 points also paced the conference. Vana, the second Tiger recognized as Midfielder of the Year. She tied for the team lead in both goals, six, and points, 13. Hourigan, the third Bulldog lauded as Newcomer of the Year, finished second to Morgas within the GAC in both goals and points. Three of her seven goals became game winners. Citty led a Harding defense that registered six shutouts. She added five goals. Harris won his fourth Coach of the Year accolade after he guided the Lady Bisons to their second regular-season title.
Morgas, Vana, Hourigan and Citty added spots on the All-GAC First Team to their postseason honors. In addition to Citty, the champion Lady Bisons saw a league-high four named to the First Team in forward Kloey Fullerton, midfielder Whitney Thomas Harding and goalkeeper Maysa Willis. Fullerton led the conference with seven assists. She added three goals. Thomas tallied five goals and 10 points. Willis produced a GAC-leading 0.64 goals-against average in league play with five shutouts in 11 games. She added an .857 save percentage.
Ouachita Baptist, Southern Nazarene and SWOSU each added a second player to the first Team in Crimson Storm midfielder Gabriella Ponce, Tiger defender Isabella Savattere, and Bulldog defender Julie Andersen. Ponce tallied 10 of her 11 points in league play. Savattere started all 18 games and her five assists ranked second in the league. Andersen, a two-time First-Team selection, led a Bulldog defense that gave up just eight goals in league play.
Northwestern Oklahoma State also garnered two First-Team slots in defender Kamalei Kealoha and forward Luana San Miguel. Oklahoma Baptist midfielder Lex Williamson rounded out the team. San Miguel scored six goals, good to rank fourth in the GAC. Kealoha and the Ranger defense led the conference with eight shutouts.
SWOSU produced a league-high four players on the All-GAC Second Team in forwards Braelee Epp and Ruth Vasquez plus midfielders Elise LaForge and Ashlyn Stigall. Harding, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Ouachita Baptist and Southern Nazarene each placed two on the team. Skylar Henley and Regan Thompson represented the Lady Bisons. Elie Dang and Christi-Anne Mills made the team for the Rangers. Ouachita Baptist’s Reese Brown and Taylor Hapgood claimed spots in addition to Southern Nazarene’s Adison Johnson and Sam Most plus East Central’s Ximena Resendiz.
The Honorable Mention Team consisted of Ouachita Baptist’s Sahara Adams, Brookelyn Babb, Ava Dunagan, Olivia Erskine and McKenna Wright; Southern Nazarene’s Ella Adams, Gianna Bonnett, JQ Molgaard and Sam Smith; Southwestern Oklahoma State’s Brekyn Cope, Philippine DeSancy, Riley Massey and Emma Young; Northwestern Oklahoma State’s Taylor Annen and Jenna MIlls; Oklahoma Baptist’s Annabelle Joski and Sam Sheffield; East Central’s Emily Cavazos and Harding’s Mykala Ulrich.
A total of 65 student-athletes placed on the GAC Academic Honor Roll – East Central’s Addisyn Brown, Makaiah Carlson, Brooklyn Ellis, Melieah Hinnant and Lauren Mora; Harding’s Parker Barrow, Sami Berry, Lacie Cabana, Campbell Cox, Gabie Eddins, Eve Garrett, Skylar Henley, Kalyn Holeyfield, Kendall Jerkins, Norah Neely, Whitney Thomas, Regan Thompson and Maysa Willis; Northwestern Oklahoma State’s Taylor Annen, Elizabeth Dang, Cassidy Fitzgerald, Emma Gott, Christi-Anne Mills, Jenna Mills, Luana San Miguel, Braxtyn Turner, Reese Welch and Kathlyn Werner; Oklahoma Baptist’s Ashley Bell, Ajae Belliston, Macie Brannum, Lauren Hanley, Taire Hermosilla, Samantha Sheffield, Lani Waddle, Hali White and Alexis Williamson; Ouachita Baptist’s Brookelyn Babb, Ava Dunagan, Olivia Erskine, Karlie Kizer and Allison Reece; Southern Nazarene’s Ariella Adams, Mallory Bennett, Kaira Boah, Gianna Bonnett, Madaline Bullard, Millicent Butler, Quinnlan Edens, Jerhyn Lewis, Bella Morgas, Samantha Most, Hailey Najera, Natalie Nolen, Samantha Smith and Grace Tomlinson; Southwestern Oklahoma State’s Julie Andersen, Brekyn Cope, Laia Costa Bohils, Elise LaForge, Chloe Jackson ,Bentlee Lindsey, Mikaela Scholl, Ashlyn Stigall and Ruth Vasquez.
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