Westwood, Mass. – The NEWMAC has released its Women's Soccer postseason awards, as announced by the conference on Thursday morning. The awards are determined by the conference's twelve coaches following the conclusion of regular season play.

Midfielder Natalie Barnouw (Los Angeles, Calif.) of MIT was voted NEWMAC Athlete of the Year, while her teammate Lauren Davis (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) earned Defensive Athlete of the Year honors. Springfield College's Mia Salmon (Arlington, Va.) was voted Rookie of the Year. The MIT coaching staff was selected as Coaching Staff of the Year by their peers.

Barnouw headlines the first team selections at the midfielder position, and is joined by teammate Ashley English (Sheboygan, Wis.).  Emerson College's Yoshiko Slater (Laurel, Md.) and Smith College's Una Keller (Davis, Calif.) complete the midfielder quartet. MIT leads the way with two forward honorees in Meagan Rowlett (Dana Point, Calif.) and Sean Luk (Bel Air. Md.). They are joined by Babson College's Elisa Diletizia (Canton, Mass.) and Springfield College's Meredith Healy (Niantic, Conn.). Davis earned first team honors in the defender slot and is joined by teammate Madeline Seebeck (San Antonio, Texas), Anna Swisher (Los Angeles, Calif.) of Emerson, Gabby Scott (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) of Springfield, Laura Lukowicz (Coventry, R.I) of Babson and Jess English (Ledyard, Conn.) of WPI. Smith's Skylar Smith (Carlisle, Mass.) and Wheaton College's Patricia Bandrup (Poway, Calif.) round out the first team selections in the goalkeeper position.

Salmon is featured at the second team forward slot, alongside her teammate Jen Walker (Webster, Mass.). Clark University is represented by Georgia Louis (West Hartford, Conn.), while Emerson's Linae Bezdek (Frisco, Texas) was also honored. Five midfielders garnered second team accolades in Babson's Priscilla-Rose Men-Martin (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.), Emerson's Maddie Khaw (Portland, Ore.), MIT's Leena Mehendale (Dallas, Texas), Springfield's Molly Baxter (Pleasantville, N.Y.) and WPI's Olivia Toolin (Bedford, N.H.). Babson leads the way with two second team defender selections, as both Jadyn Mapura (East Hanover, N.J.) and Caroline Sutherland (Millville, Mass.) garnered the accolade. Clark's Ashlee Samuel (Elmont, N.Y.), Smith's Morgan Watson (Piedmont, Okla.), Wellesley College's Michelle Lim (Saratoga, Calif.) and Wheaton's Maya Thomas (Goffstown, N.H.) also received the nod. Goalkeeper Evie Krieg (Frisco, Texas) wraps up the second team.  

Athlete of the Year- Natalie Barnouw (Sr., M), MIT

A center midfielder, Barnouw is a true box-to-box player in defending and attacking. In attack, she leads the conference with 11 goals, seven of which came in league play, and points with 26 (17 in league play).  She also has two game-winning goals in league play, tops in the NEWMAC, and four in overall play, which puts her in a tie for the league lead. She helped MIT to an undefeated conference run, and their second-straight NEWMAC title.

Defensive Player of the Year – Lauren Davis (Sr., D), MIT

Davis was the leader of the best defensive team in the conference, which has as shutout in over 60 percent of its games overall and only given up more than one goal twice all season – both to nationally ranked teams. The Engineers gave up only four goals in conference play, at 0.36 goals per game. Davis has also scored four times on corner kicks on headers – all in conference games – two of which were game-winning goals in NEWMAC play.

Rookie of the Year- Mia Salmon (Fr., F), Springfield

Salmon leads all rookies in goals with eight, five of which came in conference play, points with 19, 11 in NEWMAC play, and game winning goals with two. She finished third overall in the league in goals, and fourth in points. Salmon registered at least one point in six out of eleven conference games.

Coaching Staff of the Year – MIT

MIT, led by Martin Desmarais, went undefeated in conference play at 11-0-0, and has lost only one match this season, sitting at 20-1-1, currently ranked No. 3 in the nation by United Soccer Coaches (USC). MIT won the NEWMAC Championship for the second-straight season, earning a berth to the NCAA Tournament. The MIT coaching staff includes Desmarais, and assistant coaches Jeff Katz and KD Dolan.
 

Team	Name	Position	Institution
First Team All-Conference	Laura Lukowicz	D	Babson College
First Team All-Conference	Anna Swisher	D	Emerson College
First Team All-Conference	Lauren Davis	D	MIT
First Team All-Conference	Madeline Seebeck	D	MIT
First Team All-Conference	Gabby Scott	D	Springfield College
First Team All-Conference	Jess English	D	WPI
First Team All-Conference	Elisa Diletizia	F	Babson College
First Team All-Conference	Sean Luk	F	MIT
First Team All-Conference	Meagan Rowlett	F	MIT
First Team All-Conference	Meredith Healy	F	Springfield College
First Team All-Conference	Yoshiko Slater	M	Emerson College
First Team All-Conference	Natalie Barnouw	M	MIT
First Team All-Conference	Ashley English	M	MIT
First Team All-Conference	Una Keller	M	Smith College
First Team All-Conference	Skylar Smith	GK	Smith College
First Team All-Conference	Patricia Bandrup	GK	Wheaton College
Second Team All-Conference	Jadyn Mapura	D	Babson College
Second Team All-Conference	Caroline Sutherland	D	Babson College
Second Team All-Conference	Ashlee Samuel	D	Clark University
Second Team All-Conference	Morgan Watson	D	Smith College
Second Team All-Conference	Michelle Lim	D	Wellesley College
Second Team All-Conference	Maya Thomas	D	Wheaton College
Second Team All-Conference	Georgia Louis	F	Clark University
Second Team All-Conference	Linae Bezdek	F	Emerson College
Second Team All-Conference	Mia Salmon	F	Springfield College
Second Team All-Conference	Jen Walker	F	Springfield College
Second Team All-Conference	Priscilla-Rose Men-Martin	M	Babson College
Second Team All-Conference	Maddie Khaw	M	Emerson College
Second Team All-Conference	Leena Mehendale	M	MIT
Second Team All-Conference	Molly Baxter	M	Springfield College
Second Team All-Conference	Olivia Toolin	M	WPI
Second Team All-Conference	Evie Krieg	GK	Mount Holyoke College

About the NEWMAC

The NEWMAC is an association of 12 selective academic institutions: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Salve Regina University, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, that are committed to providing high quality competitive athletic opportunities for student-athletes within an educational and respectful environment that embodies the NCAA Division III Philosophy. The conference also partners with four Associate Members: Norwich University (Football), Simmons College (Rowing), SUNY Maritime College (Football), and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Football), while sponsoring 20 sports.