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AWARDS: WEST REGION BEST XI

Published Jul 30, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY ( JULY 30, 2025 ) - The Women's Premier Soccer League has unveiled its West Region BEST XI from the 2025 WPSL Season. Forty-Four players were named to the first team selection across the Desert, NorCal, Pac Northwest, and SoCal conferences while 22 earned Honorable Mention recognition.

The full BEST XI First Team and Honorable Mention recipients are listed below.

2025 All-Desert Team

GK	Ivy Nystrom	SC del Sol	Utah State	2nd
D	Grace Gillard	SC del Sol	Arizona State
D	Lauren Kirberg	SC del Sol	Arizona State	2nd
D	Shania Walters	FC Tucson	Southern	2nd
MF	Grace Bartlett	Desert Dreams F.C.	Grand Canyon
MF	Londyn Lovell	SC del Sol	Utah	2nd
MF	Ashley Nguyen	Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club	Western Washington
MF	Kiki Turner	Royals AZ	Notre Dame
F	Ellie Johannes	Royals AZ	Grand Canyon
F	Anaiya Miyazato	Desert Dreams F.C.	Millennium H.S.
F	Larkin Thomason	Royals AZ	Alabama

	HONORABLE MENTION: Taylor Prigge, GK, Royals AZ; Zoe Ballard, D, Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club; Janae Shaklee, D, FC Tucson; Taytum Thomason, MF, SC del Sol; Farrah Walters, F, SC del Sol.

2025 All-NorCal Team

GK	Abbie Faingold	California Storm	Portland State	4th
D	Paloma Daubert	California Storm	UCLA
D	Amelia Villa	California Storm	Westmont	2nd
D	Ciara Wilson	Fresno Freeze FC	Fresno State
MF	Alex Klos	California Storm	California	2nd
MF	Honoka Nohara	San Francisco Nighthawks	Iowa Western
MF	Paige Thompson	California Storm	Alabama
F	Grace Charles	Lamorinda United	Campolindo H.S.
F	Lauren Kenny	California Storm	Oregon
F	Olivia Loomis	FC Davis	Nevada
F	Tiffany Miras	FC Davis	Sacramento State

	HONORABLE MENTION: Alyssa Savig, GK, FC Davis; Anna Solomon, GK, Lamorinda United; Jasmine Leshnick, D, San Francisco Elite Soccer Club; Viet-Thy Tran,MF, FC Davis; Sam Fenske, F, Napa Valley 1839 FC

2025 All-PacNorthwest Team

GK	Nyamma Nelson	Portland Thorns FC II	Northwestern
D	Ella Callanan	Portland Thorns FC II	San Diego	2nd
D	Becca Gaido	Spokane SC Shadow	Eastern Washington
D	Ellie Gusman	Spokane SC Shadow	South Dakota State
MF	Kyah Le	Spokane SC Shadow	Utah Tech	2nd
MF	Katie Lozano	Portland Thorns FC II	Clark College
MF	Emelia Warta	Portland Thorns FC II	California	2nd
F	Teaghan Irvin	Vancouver Victory FC	Mountain View H.S.
F	Bre Koscielski	Spokane SC Shadow	Utah Tech
F	Delani Walker	Spokane SC Shadow	Eastern Washington
F	Kenley Whittaker	Portland Thorns FC II	California

	HONORABLE MENTION: Kennedy Fletcher, D, Portland Thorns FC II; Alana Harry, F, Portland Thorns FC II; Kendel Johnson, F, Westside Metros FC.

2025 All-SoCal Team

GK	Ellie Ludwig	So Cal Union FC	Westmont
D	Madison Ford	So Cal Union FC	Westmont
D	Sarah Melcher	Rebels Soccer Club	Loyola Marymount	3rd
D	Kelsey Oen	San Diego Dons	Santa Clara
D	Lauren Stevens	San Diego Dons	Penn
MF	Kelsey Branson	San Diego Dons	Washington
MF	Isabella Coronado	San Diego Parceiro	Saint Katherine
MF	Julia Quinonez	Beach Futbol Club	Pepperdine
F	Cherrie Cox	FC Premier	Long Beach State	3rd
F	Brooke Holden	San Diego Dons	Stanford
F	Mia Minestrella	Beach Futbol Club	Duke

	HONORABLE MENTION: Julia Pinnell, GK, Rebels Soccer Club; Paula Flores, GK, San Diego Dons; Lily Stewart, D, Rebels Soccer Club; Sierra Sythe, D, Beach Futbol Club; Shauna Gamble, MF, So Cal Union FC; Casie Callahan, MF, San Diego Strkers; Mia Lane, F, Rebels Soccer Club.