By: Evan O'Kelly, Associate Commissioner for Communications

PORTLAND, Ore. – A historic season for Western Washington forward Morgan Manalili culminated in first-team All-America recognition as the final women’s soccer awards of the 2025 season were announced on Thursday.
 
Manalili earned first-team from the D2CCA and was a second-team All-American on the United Soccer Coaches list, giving the Great Northwest Athletic Conference its lone women’s soccer representative. She became the fifth player in league history to garner West Region Player of the Year, and the first since Seattle Pacific’s Makena Rietz in 2021. Manalili was also among 10 women’s soccer players from the conference to garner all-region recognition this season. All 10 players were consensus picks, being listed by both voting bodies.
 

GNAC Women’s Soccer 2025 All-American and All-Region Selections
Player	School	Year	Position	D2CCA	USC
Morgan Manalili	Western Washington	Sr.	F	1st Team All-America	2nd Team All-America
Morgan Manalili	Western Washington	Sr.	F	1st Team All-Region	1st Team All-Region
Claire Potter	Western Washington	Sr.	MF	1st Team All-Region	2nd Team All-Region
Asia Hardin	Western Washington	Sr.	D	1st Team All-Region	2nd Team All-Region
Mie Cairns	Western Washington	Jr.	MF	2nd Team All-Region	1st Team All-Region
Emily Rice	Western Washington	Sr.	D	2nd Team All-Region	2nd Team All-Region
Kiera Scott	Simon Fraser	Jr.	F	1st Team All-Region	1st Team All-Region
Sarah Loewen	Simon Fraser	Sr.	GK	1st Team All-Region	2nd Team All-Region
Jada Foster	Western Oregon	Sr.	D	1st Team All-Region	2nd Team All-Region
Kayla Wallace	Seattle Pacific	Sr.	F	2nd Team All-Region	3rd Team All-Region
Ashlyn Valdovinos	Seattle Pacific	Jr.	D	2nd Team All-Region	3rd Team All-Region

Manalili tied the GNAC single-season record with 17 goals scored in 2025, en route to being selected as the GNAC Player of the Year. Manalili’s 42 points scored this season, including her eight assists, were the second most in GNAC single-season history. It marked the third season of All-America honors for Manalili, who was a USC third-team selection in 2023 and a D2CCA third-team selection in 2022. Manalili finished her stellar career No. 11 on the GNAC all-time scoring list, with 35 goals, 24 assists and 94 points in 89 career matches played at WWU. She led the Vikings to their record 11th GNAC regular-season title, going 11-0-3 in conference play and 14-1-7 overall. An injury kept her out of both the GNAC Championships title match and the team’s NCAA West Region Championships opening round match, with the Vikings dropping both contests in penalty-kick shootouts to end their successful season.
 
The Vikings had a GNAC-high five all-region selections, with senior midfielder Claire Potter, senior defenders Asia Hardin and Emily Rice and junior midfielder Mie Cairns each being listed. Hardin broke the GNAC career record with 90 matches played and 8,124 minutes. Rice was equally impactful on the defensive unit, playing in 91 matches and starting 52 while scoring four goals across her career. Potter finished her tenure as a Viking with 17 goals and 11 assists across 89 matches including 86 starts, and saved her best season for last with eight goals and five assists this fall. Cairns earned all-region for the second season in a row, after starting 21 of 22 matches and contributing four goals and an assist out of the midfield.
 
GNAC Championships tournament winner Simon Fraser landed a pair of all-region selections in senior goalkeeper Sarah Loewen and junior forward Kiera Scott. Loewen finished her career third in GNAC history with 31 shutouts, including a dozen this season on her way to GNAC co-Defensive Player of the Year honors. Scott ranked second in the GNAC this season behind Manalili with 13 goals scored and 28 total points. The Red Leafs earned their second straight NCAA regional playoff berth and first-ever win, going 14-3-5 overall and finishing second in the GNAC standings with 30 points on a 9-2-3 league record.

Seattle Pacific’s roster featured two all-region players as well, with senior forward Kayla Wallace and junior defender Ashlyn Valdovinos earning spots. Wallace was third in the GNAC this fall with 10 goals scored, starting all 21 matches up top for the Falcons. Her total included four game-winners. Valdovinos was crucial on the SPU back line, helping direct a Falcon team that went 8-5-7 overall and earned a spot in the conference tournament with a fourth-place finish on 23 points (6-3-5 GNAC).
 
GNAC co-Defensive Player of the Year Jada Foster of Western Oregon was also a consensus all-region selection, as she capped a stellar career with the Wolves. Foster started 20 of 21 matches this season, leading the WOU back line with 1,767 minutes played and helping the team complete 10 shutouts. WOU placed third in the standings with 28 points on an 8-2-4 league record, and went 11-5-5 overall to advance to the NCAA West Region Championships.
 
The D2CCA awards are voted on by Division II sports information directors, and the USC awards are voted on by Division II men’s soccer head coaches.