Nesic was selected the 2010 PacWest Player of the Year in a vote by the league’s coaches on Tuesday, Nov. 9. The announcement of the award and the rest of the All-PacWest Team came during the PacWest Magazine, The Radio Show broadcast on Tuesday from Honolulu.
The Serbian native is currently tied for the PacWest lead in scoring and in goals after tallying with 23 points on 10 goals and three assists. She also had three game-winning goals and is tied for fourth in the league.
However, in an interesting statistical anomaly, Nesic is not ranked among the per-game leaders in the PacWest or the NCAA because athletes must compete in 75% of their team’s games. She racked up her 23 points in just eight games this season.
Nesic was one of 35 All-PacWest selections after earning First Team honors and claimed one of the five top awards presented by the conference.
Her teammate, junior goalkeeper Stephanie Phillips (Tempe, AZ/Coronoa del Sol), was named the 2010 PacWest Newcomer of the Year and All-PacWest Honorable Mention. She posted a 0.83 goals against average and an .818 save percentage while recording 54 saves (3.38 per game). She is ranked third in save percentage, stands second in goals against average, tied for fourth in shutouts (3), and completed her season with a 9-5-1 record.
PacWest Champion and playoff-bound BYU-Hawaii grabbed the remaining three awards in the PacWest thanks to freshman netminder Megan McCain (Northglenn, CO/Broomfield) who was named the PacWest Goalkeeper of the Year, rookie forward Kim Micheletti (Redding, CA/University Preparatory) who was tabbed as the Freshman of the Year, and Seasider mentor Carolyn Theurer who was selected the PacWest Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year.
McCain has unleashed a 14-1-2 record this season and leads the league in goals against average (0.44), save percentage (.905) and shutouts (9). She also was named All-PacWest First Team for her outstanding year to date.
Micheletti earned First Team honors at forward and has totaled 19 points on eight goals and three assists in just eight games. She is tied for third in scoring in the PacWest, ranks fifth in total goals, and tied for fifth in assists. She has had the greatest impact in deciding games, recording five game-winning goals in her eight cotests to top the league.
Theurer will bring the first NCAA II West Region Playoff game to Hawai‘i and to a PacWest school later this week when the Seasiders host the opening rounds of the national tournament. She has guided the Seasiders to a 14-1-2 overall record and a league championship.
BYU-Hawaii also boasts senior Emily Mearns (San Ramon, CA/California) as an All-PacWest First Team member. This marks the fourth time in her career that Mearns – one of the premier players in the young history of PacWest women’s soccer – has claimed the honor. She was named to the top squad in 2006, 2008 and 2009.
Mearns is presently tied for fifth in total points (18), ranks fifth in points per game (1.06), and is tied for ninth in goals (6), eighth in goals per game (0.35), and second in assists (6). She is ranked second in assists per game (0.35) and tied for fourth in game-winning goals (3).
Seasider senior Natasha Aiono (South Jordan, UT/Bingham), and juniors Brenna Rhoades (Modesto, CA/Johansen) and Lauran (McCullough) Wang earned All-PacWest accolades at the midfield position. Aiono was named All-PacWest First Team, while Rhoades and Wang claimed Honorable Mention.
Aiono is currently tied for the PacWest lead in total points (23) and goals (10), tied for fifth in assists (3), and ranks second in points (1.35) and goals (0.59) per game. She now owns four All-PacWest honors for her career – three first team selections (2008-10) and one Honorable Mention (2007). She was named the 2008 PacWest Player of the Year.
Rhoades has an assist in 16 games and 13 starts for the Seasiders. She earns her first All-PacWest honor this year.
In 17 starts, Wang totaled eight points on three goals and two assists. She had one game-winner.
Junior Kami Strait (Colorado Spring, CO/Rampart) returned to the All-PacWest Team this year after earning Second Team honors in 2008. She jumped to the First Team Defense this season.
Strait produced three assists this year in 17 starts and is part of a stellar defense that has allowed just seven goals in 17 games (0.46 GAA).
Along with Phillips and Nesic, Grand Canyon University totaled five All-PacWest selections. Sophomore Sasha Scott (West Hills, CA/El Camino Real) was named All-PacWest Honorable Mention as a midfielder for the second straight year, while sophomore Milica Mihajlovic (Novi Sad, Serbia) and senior Janelle Salazar (Fontana, CA/Etiwanda) claimed First Team and Honorable Mention at defense, respectively.
Scott and Mihajlovic each had a goal and two assists for four points in 16 starts this season, while Salazar registered an assist in 17 starts. Mihajlovic’s goal came on a penalty kick and was a game-winner. Defensively, the Antelopes permitted just a 0.83 goals against average.
Hawai‘i Pacific produced six All-PacWest selections after ending its season with a five-game winning streak. Sophomore forward Meghan Fuller (Pearl City, HI/Pearl City) repeated as All-PacWest First Team forward, while her sister, sophomore Amber Fuller (Pearl City, HI/Kamehameha-Oahu) also repeated as a First Team midfielder.
Meghan Fuller, the 2009 Freshman and Newcomer of the Year, amassed 18 points on nine goals this season and is tied for fifth in total points and ranked third in points per game (1.12). She also is tied for second in goals scored and ranks third in goals per game (0.56). Her four game-winning goals deadlocks her for second in the league.
Amber Fuller completed her 2010 campaign with 13 points on five goals and three assists, including a trio of game-winners. She is tied for fourth in the league in game-winning goals and is 10th in points per game (0.81), while she also is tied for fifth in assists and in assists per contest (0.19).
HPU sophomore forward Yasmina Taketa (Honolulu, HI/Kalani) and sophomore defender Liana Gualdarama (Kapolei, HI/Kamehameha-Oahu) were selected for the All-PacWest Second Team, while sophomore middie Sanoe Souza (Honolulu, HI/Kamehameha-Oahu) was chosen as an Honorable Mention.
Taketa finished the season with nine points on four goals and one assist with one game-winner, while Souza posted eight points on three goals and two assists. Gualdarama, who was a big reason for the late-season surge by the Sea Warriors, had 17 starts and repeated as an All-PacWest player after being named Honorable Mention last year.
HPU junior goalkeeper Carianne Makino (Honolulu, HI/Kaiser) earned her second straight All-PacWest selection after posting a solid season in net. Last year she was the PacWest Goalkeeper of the Year and a member of the First Team, while this year she picked up Second Team accolades.
Makino produced an 8-8 record with two shutouts and a goals against average of 1.11. She is currently fifth in goals against average, fourth in save percentage (.807), tied for fifth in total saves (71), and ranked sixth in saves per game (4.44).
Dominican (CA) sophomore Julianna Bratsberg (Santa Rosa, CA/Maria Carrillo) earned All-PacWest First Team honors after totaling 17 points on seven goals and three assists in 2010. She is currently seventh in total points and in points per game (0.94), tied for sixth in total goals and in goals per game (0.39), and tied for fifth in assists. She had one game-winning goal and converted her lone penalty kick attempt.
Like HPU, Dixie State closed out the season with five straight victories to end the year 9-5 in the PacWest and 12-6 overall. The Red Storm picked up seven All-PacWest selections for the strong finish, including a First Team selection at forward for the third straight year in senior Wendy Stratford (Layton, UT/Layton).
The veteran forward finished her season with 15 points on seven goals and one assists. She is tied for eighth in total points, ranked sixth in points per game (1.00), tied for sixth in goals, and stands fifth in goals per game (0.47). She produced two game-winning goals this year.
Red Storm freshman forward Mindy Beckstrom (Nibley, UT/Mountain Crest) earned Second Team honors for her stellar rookie campaign. She also amassed 15 points, is tied for eighth in scoring, and ranks eighth in points per game (0.88). She scored six goals this season and added a trio of helpers, presently tying her for ninth in total goals scored and deadlocking her for eighth in goals per game (0.35).
Beckstrom also is tied for fifth in the league in assists and tied for eighth in assists per game (0.18). She has produced three game-winning goals this year to lead the Dixie State club.
The Red Storm claimed a trio of All-PacWest Second Team middies in senior Erin Beeston (Edmond, OK/Edmond North), junior Kalehua Harward (St. George, UT/Dixie) and junior Camille Peterson-Jensen (North Logan, UT/Sky View). Peterson-Jensen was a First Team selection in 2009.
Beeston finished the year with 13 points on five goals and two assists, while she also was responsible for two game-winners. Harward totaled nine points on three goals and three assists.
Peterson-Jensen is tied for second in the league in total assists with six and is third in assists per game with a 0.33 mark. She totaled eight points on the year after adding a goal to her repertoire.
Dixie State also made an impact on defense with sophomore Kelsey Tesoro (Torrance, CA/Shadow Ridge) and senior Rebecca D’Occhio (Las Vegas, Centennial). Tesoro earned All-PacWest First Team honors after picking up an Honorable Mention last season, while D’Occhio was named Honorable Mention this year.
Tesoro contributed 10 points on four goals and two assists in 2010, including a game-winner, while D’Occhio scored one goal.
Notre Dame de Namur picked up four All-PacWest selections this season, including junior forward Sarah Biser (Newark, CA/Newark Memorial) - the 2008 Newcomer of the Year – who was named All-PacWest Second Team.
She finished her campaign with 15 points on seven goals and one assist and currently is tied for eighth in the PacWest in total points. She ranks ninth in points per game (0.83), is tied for sixth in total goals, and is tied for sixth in goals per game (0.39). She also is tied for second in game-winning goals with four.
Argonaut sophomore forward Alexis Tershay (Sunnyvale, CA/Fremont) claimed her second straight All-PacWest Honorable Mention as a forward this year. She accounted for nine points on three goals and three assists in 18 games for NDNU.
Junior Samantha Paetz (San Pedro, CA/San Pedro) earned Second Team honors at the midfield position for the Argonauts following a solid season that produced eight points on two goals and four assists. She also had one game-winning goal.
Sophomore defender Kimberly Wilhite (Castro Valley, CA/Castro Valley) earned All-PacWest Second Team for the Argos following a First Team choice in 2009. She had two assists this season.
Academy of Art earned two All-PacWest Honorable Mentions at forward behind freshman Hannah Emmett (Halifax, NS, Canada/Citadel) and junior Emi Sullivan (Palo Alta, CA/Gunn). Sullivan produced four points on a pair of goals – including one game-winner - while Emmett amassed 12 points on five goals and two assists.
Hawai‘i Hilo picked up two All-PacWest awards this year. Freshman forward Lindsey Poulsen (Los Gatos, CA/Archbishop Mitty) and senior defender Jessica Snell (Arroyo Grande, CA/Nipomo) each were named to the Second Team. Snell was a Second Team pick in 2009 and an Honorable Mention in 2008.
Snell contributed three points on a goal and an assist, while Poulsen led the Vulcans in scoring with a dozen points on six goals. She is tied for ninth in the PacWest in goals scored and ranked 10th in goals per game (0.33).
Chaminade junior defender Whitney Williams (Pukalani, HI/St. Anthony’s) was the lone representative for the Silverswords. She scored two goals and finished with four points to lead the club in both categories.
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