Introducing the 2024 Naperville Sun Girls Soccer All-Area Team

Naperville North’s Claire DeCook leads the all-area team.

FIRST TEAM

Bailey Abbott, Benet, senior, defender: Had three goals and led defense that had nine shutouts. Conference defender of the year and all-state.

Taylor Ahmadian, Waubonsie Valley, senior, midfielder: Had 14 goals and six assists. All-conference and all-sectional.

Bella Brozek, Naperville Central, junior, forward: Had 14 goals and 10 assists for sectional champion. All-conference and all-state. Committed to Green Bay.

Emily Buescher, Naperville North, junior, defender: Anchored back line that had eight shutouts. All-conference and all-sectional. Committed to Minnesota.

Lucy Burk, Metea Valley, senior, forward: Had 10 goals and nine assists. All-conference and all-state. Committed to Northern Michigan.

Claire DeCook, Naperville North, sophomore, forward: Had 14 goals and 10 assists. All-conference and all-state.

Kate Grubish, Benet, senior, goalkeeper: Posted 0.74 goals-against average and eight shutouts. Conference goalkeeper of the year and all-sectional.

Annie Fitzgerald, Benet, sophomore, midfielder: Had 11 goals and seven assists. All-conference and all-sectional.

Metea Valley’s Olivia Hernandez, front, tries to control the ball against Neuqua Valley’s Victoria Jaimes during a DuPage Valley Conference game in Aurora on Thursday, April 11, 2024. (Steve Johnston / Naperville Sun)

Olivia Hernandez, Metea Valley, junior, midfielder: Had six goals and six assists. All-conference and all-sectional. Committed to Marquette.

Eleanor Kane, Naperville Central, freshman, defender: Scored game-winning overtime goal against Neuqua Valley and led defense for sectional champion. All-conference and all-sectional.

Lily Senese, Metea Valley, junior, forward: Led all area players with 19 goals and had five assists. All-conference and all-sectional. Committed to Northern Michigan.

HONORABLE MENTION

Emerson Burke, Naperville Central, freshman, forward; Katie Chapman, Waubonsie Valley, junior defender; Rania Fikri, Benet, senior, midfielder; Cecilia Galarza, Waubonsie Valley, senior, forward; Alyssa Gluting, Metea Valley, senior, goalkeeper; Reagan O’Malley, Naperville North, senior, defender; Rebecca Ruggiero, Naperville Central, junior, midfielder; Allessandra Russo, Neuqua Valley, sophomore, midfielder; Gabe Smith, Neuqua Valley, freshman, midfielder; Jessica Terada, Metea Valley, freshman, defender; Ivana Vukas, Benet, sophomore, forward.

Matt Le Cren is a freelance reporter.

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