Introducing the 2024 News-Sun Girls Soccer All-Area Team

Deerfield’s Emily Fox leads the all-area team.

FIRST TEAM

Audrey Alberts, Highland Park, junior, defender: Defensive stalwart had seven goals and three assists. All-conference and all-sectional. Committed to Northwestern.

Lauren Bailey, Lake Zurich, senior, forward: Had 18 goals and 14 assists. All-conference and all-state.

Ellie Egeland, Stevenson, senior, forward: Had 28 goals and nine assists. Conference offensive player of the year and all-state. Committed to Maryland.

Emily Fox, Deerfield, senior, midfielder: Had 29 goals and nine assists. All-conference and all-state. Committed to Saint Louis.

Ari Gonzalez, Round Lake, senior, forward: Had 26 goals and 16 assists. All-conference and all-sectional. Committed to University of St. Francis.

Kate Hopma, Libertyville, senior, goalkeeper: Recorded 10 shutouts while allowing just eight goals. All-conference and all-sectional. Committed to Drake.

Erin Kelly, Libertyville, senior, defender: Defensive stalwart had two goals and two assists. Conference defensive player of the year.

Shea Krakowski, Libertyville, sophomore, midfielder: Had 21 goals and 10 assists. All-conference and all-sectional.

Ava Lukyan, Vernon Hills, senior, midfielder: Conference defensive player of the year and all-sectional. Committed to Kent State.

Mia Silber, Lakes, senior, midfielder: Had 18 goals and 18 assists. Conference MVP and all-state. Committed to Winthrop.

Addison Stanciak, Warren, junior, forward: Had 20 goals and 10 assists. All-conference and all-state. Committed to Saint Louis.

SECOND TEAM

Izzy Ceaser, Grayslake North, junior, midfielder: Had 13 goals and four assists. All-conference and all-sectional. Committed to West Virginia.

Anabelle Egeland, Stevenson, sophomore, defender: Defensive stalwart had one goal and four assists. All-conference.

Anna Hartman, Carmel, senior, forward: Had 12 goals and five assists. All-conference and all-sectional.

Molly Koch, Libertyville, senior, forward: Had 13 goals and six assists. All-conference and all-sectional honorable mention.

Jillian Miller, Carmel, senior, defender: Defensive stalwart had three goals and three assists. All-conference and all-sectional.

Lake Zurich’s Reilly Novak (6) is pressured by Warren’s Maya Martinek (18) during a Class 3A Huntley Sectional semifinal on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Brian O’Mahoney / News-Sun)

Reilly Novak, Lake Zurich, freshman, forward: Had 21 goals and 13 assists. All-conference.

Shannon Phillips, Libertyville, junior, defender: Defensive stalwart had two assists. All-conference. Committed to IUPUI.

Dahlia Rodriguez, Grayslake Central, junior, forward: Had 12 goals and 15 assists. All-conference and all-state.

Carly Sides, Vernon Hills, senior, goalkeeper: Recorded 102 saves. Conference goalkeeper of the year and all-sectional honorable mention. Committed to Northern Michigan.

Addison Soroka, Deerfield, senior, midfielder: Had three goals and six assists. All-conference and all-sectional. Committed to Washington University.

Ava Walsh, Lake Forest, junior, defender: Defensive stalwart had one goal and two assist. All-conference and all-sectional.

Grayslake Central's Madison Hoffmann (23), passing the ball, during the Class 2A Vernon Hills Regional semifinal, on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Mark Ukena for the Lake County News-Sun)
Grayslake Central’s Madison Hoffmann passes the ball during a Class 2A Vernon Hills Regional semifinal against the host Cougars on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Mark Ukena / News-Sun)

HONORABLE MENTION

Sophie Ackerman, Vernon Hills, junior, forward; Sydney Arendarczyk, Lake Zurich, sophomore, midfielder; Maddie Barrett, Antioch, senior, goalkeeper; Carlie Bestler, Mundelein, freshman, midfielder; Miah Bustamante, Grant, senior, defender; Mia Carias, Zion-Benton, senior, forward; Mallory Collins, Lake Zurich, senior, midfielder; Sarah Constantine, Lake Forest, senior, goalkeeper; Mia Evans, Highland Park, senior, forward; Grace Harper, Stevenson, sophomore, defender; Madison Hoffmann, Grayslake Central, junior, defender; Ava Hortillosa, Wauconda, junior, midfielder; Ashley Liang, Stevenson, senior, midfielder; Maya Martinek, Warren, junior, defender; Xiaoxu Mejia, Waukegan, sophomore, forward; Bella Perry, Round Lake, senior, midfielder; Frannie Poulos, Vernon Hills, junior, midfielder; Caitlin Pron, Lakes, senior, goalkeeper; Abigail Rounds, Mundelein, senior, goalkeeper; Tessa Smith, Lakes, senior, defender.

Bobby Narang is a freelance reporter.

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