The Foothill League boys and girls soccer all-league selections and player of the year honors were announced this week, and Hart seniors Alyssa Irwin and Nicholas Woll brought home the girls and boys player of the year award, respectively.
The Hart girls program has proven itself to be the class of the Foothill League, as they claimed their seventh consecutive league title this season, and Irwin proved integral to that success.
In addition to Irwin’s player of the year award, this year’s Hart roster boasted six selections among the All-Foothill League first-team, second-team and honorable mentions, tied with Valencia for the most in the league.
Irwin’s player of the year selection marked the second occasion she has been recognized with the award, as she had previously been honored with it after her junior year campaign last year.
While Hart’s second-round exit against Centennial marked the end of Irwin’s high school soccer career, her playing years are still ahead of her, as she’s expected to head for the coast next year to join the UC Santa Barbara Gaucho women’s soccer program next season.
Hart High School picked up both the boys and girls player of the year award, and senior forward Nicholas Woll was a worthy recipient.
The senior forward was one of the primary engines that drove a Hart offense that averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
The Indians were able to find a winning formula of consistent offense and tough defense with this year’s mix of athletes as they dropped only three games all season and claimed a Foothill League title along the way.
In a mirror of the girls selections, the 2020 boys team had six selections among the All-Foothill League first-team, second-team and honorable mentions, also tied with Valencia for the most in the league.
That group was able to advance to the semifinal of the Division 3 CIF-SS playoffs, but fell in a close one to North High School 4-3.
The full roster of 2020 all-league selections is available below:
Girls Soccer:
1st Team
- Aubrey McKessy – Sr., Canyon
- Sara Johnston – Sr., Canyon
- Mariah Garcia – Jr., Golden Valley
- Stefanie Woll – Sr., Hart
- Megan Sheehe – Sr., Hart
- Julia Melchiorre – Sr., Hart
- Grace Seitz – Sr., Saugus
- Shaina Berdin- Sr., Saugus
- Isabelle Goralsky – Sr., Valencia
- Cassidy Imperial Pham – So., West Ranch
- Yumary Rubio – Sr., West Ranch
- Leanna Kane – Jr., West Ranch
2nd Team
- Emily Guluzza – So., Canyon
- Analise Rappe – Sr., Canyon
- Eziekella Okereke – Jr., Golden Valley
- Kayla De La Merced – Jr., Golden Valley
- Jessica Deegan – Sr., Hart
- Jensen Shrout – Jr., Hart
- Alyssa Edward – So., Saugus
- Presley Williams – Jr., Saugus
- Cory Greer – Sr., Valencia
- Quinnlan Reynolds – Jr., Valencia
- Summer Hahn – So., West Ranch
- Natalie Link – Jr., West Ranch
Honorable Mentions
- Jacqueline Morrison – Canyon, Sr.
- Natalia Zuluaga – Golden Valley, So.
- Sarah Melvin – Hart, Sr.
- Katie Russell – Saugus, Sr.
- Jessica Victorio – Valencia, Sr.
- Amanda Baumgartner – West Ranch, Sr.
Boys Soccer
1st Team
- Ivan Ledesma – Sr., Canyon
- Ronny Morales – Sr., Golden Valley
- Brian Romo – Sr., Golden Valley
- Lawrence Luna – Sr., Hart
- Joseph Ochoa – Sr., Hart
- Nathaniel Bello – Sr., Hart
- Connor Claborn – So., Saugus
- Alec Fryer – So., Saugus
- Alexe DeVita – Sr., Valencia
- Ty Morrison – Jr., Valencia
- JP Zuluaga – Jr., Valencia
- Ryan Verbeck – Sr., West Ranch
2nd Team
- Samuel Roque – Sr., Canyon
- Jarrett Reeser – Jr., Canyon
- Julian Villafan – Sr., Golden Valley
- Cesar Perez – Jr., Golden Valley
- Lucas Enrique – Sr., Hart
- Cameron Casteñeda – Sr., Hart
- Mark Beale – Jr., Saugus
- John Kleinfeld – Sr., Saugus
- Aaron Cardenas – So., Valencia
- Noah Yohannes – Sr., Valencia
- Nico Marquez – Jr., West Ranch
- Jacob Gendein – Sr., West Ranch
Honorable Mentions
- Edward Quijano – Canyon, Sr.
- Jesse Valerio – Golden Valley, Sr.
- Jesus Alfonso – Hart, Sr.
- John Garcia DeLaRosa – Saugus, Sr.
- Maxon LaVallee – Valencia, So.
- Ethan Bolita – West Ranch, Jr.
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