2025 All-ACC Women’s Soccer Awards Introduced

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Notre Dame sophomore Izzy Engle and Stanford senior Elise Evans have been voted the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively, by the convention’s head coaches, the league workplace introduced at present. Virginia senior Lia Godfrey was voted the ACC Midfielder of the Year, whereas Stanford freshman Caroline Birkel earned ACC Goalkeeper of the Year honors. Wake Forest ahead Kylie Maxwell was chosen the ACC Freshman of the Year and Stanford’s Paul Ratcliffe was voted the ACC Coach of the Year.

Engle turns into the primary Notre Dame striker to win ACC Offensive Player of the Year and simply the fifth participant in convention historical past to earn Freshman of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year in consecutive seasons. Despite lacking the regular-season finale, the Edina, Minnesota, native led the ACC in complete objectives with 17, 4 greater than the next-highest complete, and added six assists for a league-best 40 factors. In convention play, Engle scored 11 objectives and was one in every of solely two gamers to report double-figure objectives in ACC matches this season. She was the one participant to register a hat trick in league play, scoring thrice in Notre Dame’s 5-0 win at Virginia Tech on October 23. Engle discovered the again of the online in 12 of her 15 appearances this season, together with 4 multi-goal performances.

Evans anchored a Stanford backline that posted seven shutouts on the season. The Redwood City, California, native began in all 17 matches this season and helped the Cardinal to a nation-best +55 purpose differential. In addition to her defensive prowess, Evans was a pressure in set items, scoring 5 objectives and handing out 4 assists. Her season was highlighted by main the Cardinal to 4 straight clear sheets following a 2-2 draw at Clemson within the convention opener. Evans turns into the primary Stanford participant to be named ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

Godfrey began 16 regular-season matches and completed with a team-high 10 objectives and 4 assists, main Virginia to its first look within the Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship since 2022. The Fleming Island, Florida, native is the one participant within the nation to play in over 100 collegiate matches, coming into Thursday’s semifinal matchup with 103. Godfrey scored seven objectives throughout ACC play, headlined by a brace in a 2-0 win over Pitt on October 26. Her 10 objectives mark the primary double-figure purpose complete of her profession and the primary by a UVA participant since Haley Hopkins in 2022. Godfrey turns into the primary Cavalier since Danielle Colaprico in 2014 to be named ACC Midfielder of the Year.

Birkel began between the posts in all 17 of Stanford’s matches this season, permitting simply 10 objectives, the fewest allowed amongst ACC goalkeepers with 10 or extra appearances on the season. Recording 21 saves, the St. Louis, Missouri, native was credited with 15 victories and guided the Cardinal to their first-ever ACC regular-season title and the No. 1 seed within the 2025 Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship. Her season was highlighted by a four-save efficiency in a key 2-1 victory at No. 7 Florida State on October 16. Birkel is the primary freshman to win ACC Goalkeeper of the Year honors because the award’s inception in 2022.

Maxwell tallied a team-high 5 objectives and 5 assists in her first collegiate season, beginning 17 of the staff’s 18 matches. Two of her 5 objectives had been game-winners, together with the deciding tally in a 2-1 victory over Virginia Tech on September 18. The Langhorne, Pennsylvania, native tallied three objectives and a pair of assists in ACC play, together with a three-point effort in a key 3-2 win at Duke on September 25. Maxwell turns into the primary Demon Deacon to win ACC Freshman of the Year honors since Katie Stengel in 2010.

Ratcliffe guided Stanford to fifteen victories on the season, tying for the second-most within the nation, and this system’s first ACC regular-season title. The Cardinal accomplished convention play because the league’s lone unbeaten staff with a 9-0-1 report, securing the No. 1 seed within the 2025 Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship. Stanford at present leads the nation in complete objectives (69), complete assists (66) and purpose differential (+55). The Cardinal enter the postseason on a nine-match profitable streak, outscoring opponents 37-7 throughout that stretch. Ratcliffe turns into the primary Stanford coach to earn ACC Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year honors.

The league additionally introduced the 2025 All-ACC Teams on Wednesday, as voted on by the convention’s 17 head coaches.

The 2025 Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship continues Thursday, November 6, with semifinal motion from First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. Second-seeded Notre Dame takes on third-seeded Duke at 5:30 p.m. ET, whereas top-seeded Stanford squares off with fifth-seeded Virginia at 8 p.m. ET. Both matches will air on ACC Network.

Thursday’s winners will meet within the championship match on Sunday, November 9, at midday ET on ESPNU.

2025 All-ACC Women’s Soccer Team

Offensive Player of the Year: Izzy Engle, So., F, Notre Dame

Defensive Player of the Year: Elise Evans, Sr., D, Stanford

Midfielder of the Year: Lia Godfrey, Sr., M, Virginia

Goalkeeper of the Year: Caroline Birkel, Fr., GK, Stanford

Freshman of the Year: Kylie Maxwell, F, Wake Forest

Coach of the Year: Paul Ratcliffe, Stanford

First-Team All-ACC

Mia Minestrella, Jr., F, Duke

Jordynn Dudley, Jr., F, Florida State

Olivia Thomas, Jr., F, North Carolina

Annabelle Chukwu, So., F, Notre Dame

Izzy Engle, So., F, Notre Dame

Leah Klenke Sr., D, Notre Dame

Jasmine Aikey, Sr., F, Stanford

Caroline Birkel, Fr., GK, Stanford

Elise Evans, Sr., D, Stanford

Andrea Kitahata, R-Sr., F, Stanford

Lia Godfrey Gr., M, Virginia

Second-Team All-ACC

Kat Rader, R-Jr., M, Duke

Wrianna Hudson, So., F, Florida State

Taylor Suarez, So., M, Florida State

Karsyn Cherry, Sr., D, Louisville

Amelia Swinarski, So., M, Louisville

Jade Bordeleau, Jr., F, NC State

Shae Harvey, Jr., M, Stanford

Charlotte Kohler, So., M, Stanford

Maggie Cagle, Sr., F, Virginia

Laney Rouse, Gr., D, Virginia

Victoria Safradin, Jr., GK, Virginia

Third-Team All-ACC

Juju Harris, Fr., F, Clemson

Carina Lageyre, Sr., M, Duke

Cameron Roller, Jr., D, Duke

Heather Gilchrist, Sr., D, Florida State

Mimi Van Zanten, Jr., D, Florida State

Emersen Jennings, Jr., F Louisville

Kate Faasse, Sr., F, North Carolina

Linda Ullmark, So., M, North Carolina

Grace Restovich, So., M, Notre Dame

Valentina Amaral, R-So., GK, Wake Forest

Kylie Maxwell, Fr., F, Wake Forest

All-Freshman Team

Juju Harris, F, Clemson

Daya King, D, Duke

Avery Oder, F, Duke

Hope Munson, D, North Carolina

Tessa Knapp, F, Notre Dame

Caroline Birkel, GK, Stanford

Y-Lan Nguyen, M, Stanford

Addison Halpern, F, Virginia

Liv Rademaker, D, Virginia

Allie Flanagan, F, Wake Forest

Kylie Maxwell, F, Wake Forest