LANCASTER, PA – The Johns Hopkins women's soccer team, which won its 13
th Centennial Conference title last Sunday, dominated the 2022 All-Centennial Conference Team, which was announced today. The Blue Jays landed three players on the first team, three on the second and had two players received honorable mention. It is the second time in program history they had eight players earn All-Centennial honors, the other year was 2013. Johns Hopkins also produced the rookie and Coaching Staff of the year.
Isphording Joins Two Teammates as Rookie of the Year
Freshman
Annie Isphording was selected as the Centennial Rookie of the Year in a vote by the league head coaches. The Johns Hopkins center-back is the fifth player in team history to win the award and the Blue Jays have now rostered four of the last five rookie of the year award winners. Isphording joins current teammates
Katie Sullivan and
Rachel Jackson as Blue Jays who have won the award.
Weiler, Coaching Staff Honored
Head coach
Dan Weiler and assistant coaches
Greg Ridout and
Jennifer Nance were selected by their Centennial peers as the league's coaching staff of the year. This is the first year that the Centennial has named a staff of the year; previously, only a coach of the year was named. This is the first time Weiler has been honored by the conference in his second season at the helm of the Blue Jays.
Sullivan Makes Back-to-Back First Teams
This year due to ties in voting, 12 players made the All-Centennial first team and ten on the second team. Johns Hopkins had three players selected to the first team, which was the most in the conference.
Katie Sullivan was selected to the first team for the second straight season, with 12 goals and a team leading ten assists going into the NCAA tournament.
Rachel Jackson made her third All-Centennial team in her career, second time being on the first team. She is fifth all-time in career goals in program history with 38. Graduate Student defender
Laurel Buck rounded out the first team selections for Johns Hopkins with her first All-Centennial selection. She anchored a Blue Jay defense that has allowed only eight goals and have recorded 14 shut outs so far this season.
Three More Players Voted to Second Team
Isphording was joined by two Johns Hopkins grad students
Breukelen Woodard and
Emma Huntzinger on the All-Centennial second team. This is the second straight season the Blue Jays had at least three players make the second team, they had four in 2021. Woodard led the conference in goals with 14 in her first season with the team on a team that has scored 79 goals so far this season. Huntzinger has started 17 games in goal for the Blue Jays this season with .56 goals against average, adding 25 saves. She has allowed the second fewest goals in the conference this season (8).
Pair of Grad Students Receive Honorable Mention
Kacie Filian and
Rebecca Rosen rounded out the All-Centennial selections by getting honorable mention. Fillian has been strong in the midfield for the Blue Jays this year finding the back of the net seven times. Rosen's goal output has been impressive for Johns Hopkins this year as the forward is second in the conference in goals with 13.
Each team has one player selected to the Centennial All-Sportsmanship team and the player selected for the Blue Jays this year was senior defender
Caroline Bates.
Johns Hopkins begins their NCAA tournament campaign with a first-round matchup against Lesley in Hartford, CT on Nov. 12 (1 pm).
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