Waterville, Maine - Senior McKenna Brodeur of UMaine-Farmington is the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Women's Soccer Player of the Year, and Maine Maritime Academy's Margot Simeon is the Defensive Player of the Year for the second time. SUNY Poly's Sarah George is the 2021 Senior Scholar Athlete and Husson University first-year Natalie Aviolla is the Rookie of the Year. UMaine-Farmington's head coach Molly Wilkie claimed her second NAC Coach of the Year award.

In addition to the major conference awards, 34 student athletes were named to the All-Conference First, Second, and Honorable Mention Teams, and 11 women were named to the NAC Women's Soccer Sportsmanship Team. The Sportsmanship Team is reserved for those who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior. The honorees have positively affected the sport culture and game environment by clearly demonstrating sportsmanship and integrity beyond playing rules and etiquette.

Maine Maritime will host Cazenovia College for the conference championship in the first NAC Women's Soccer East-West title match. The game is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 6th. The conference champion will represent the NAC in the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer national championship tournament beginning next weekend. 

Player of the Year

McKenna Brodeur, UMaine-Farmington
Senior / Oakland, Maine

The Women's Soccer 2021 Player of the Year is McKenna Brodeur from the University of Maine at Farmington. Brodeur led the league with six assists (.75 per game) in eight NAC games this fall. An aggressive player and offensive powerhouse, she scored nine goals (1.13 gpg) and tallied 24 points, averaging 3.0 points per NAC game. Across all 17 regular season games, the forward put 14 balls in the cage and divvied out eight assists for 36 points this season. She took 75 shots; 34 were on goal (.453), making her feared by league goaltenders. The First Team All-Conference player nailed the only penalty kick she took this fall and snagged three NAC Player of the Week nods during her incredible 2021 season. 

Defensive Player of the Year

Margot Simeon, Maine Maritime Academy
Senior / Findlay, Ohio

For the second time in her career, Margot Simeon of Maine Maritime Academy is the NAC Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year. Simeon led a defensive line that tallied four NAC shutouts and required her goalkeeper to make only 19 saves in eight conference games. The Mariners allowed only six goals (.75 per game) in NAC contests. On the season, the Mariners' defense logged five shutouts and 27 goals-against (1.69 GAA), thanks to Simeon's heads-up play. Twice named NAC Defensive Player of the Week this fall, the All-Conference First Team player also tallied two assists and two goals for six points this fall. Both goals were game-winners in conference matchups for the defender with a smart touch.

Rookie of the Year

Natalie Aviolla, Husson University
First-Year / Hudson, Florida

Natalie Aviolla of Husson University is the 2021 NAC Women's Soccer Rookie of the Year. The first-year phenom made a fast impression in the conference as an offensive menace. In nine conference games, Aviolla notched 11 goals (1.57 gpg) and four assists for 26 points (3.71 ppg), leading the league in each category other than assists. In total for the season, the forward led the conference with 18 goals and 42 points, and also tallied six assists and two game-winning goals. Aviolla racked up four hat tricks this season with a hot foot that took 85 shots, 47 of which were on target, for .553 shooting. She claimed NAC Rookie of the Week honors four times, including one week in which she doubled up with a Player of the Week award, and is a member of the All-Conference First Team.

Senior Scholar Athlete

Sarah George, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Graduate Student / Dolgeville, New York

Sarah George of SUNY Polytechnic Institute is the 2021 NAC Women's Soccer Senior Scholar Athlete. George has maintained a perfect 4.0 through five years of higher education and will complete her MBA in Business and Accounting in December 2021. She had 15 starts on the pitch this fall, including all eight conference games. She scored four goals and handed out four assists for 12 points on the season. Two goals and one assist (five points) came in NAC contests. Prior to the Wildcats playing in the NAC, George picked up NJCAA Academic All-American and NEAC All-Academic honors.

Coach of the Year

Molly Wilkie, UMaine-Farmington

Beavers' head coach Molly Wilkie is the 2021 NAC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year. Wilkie led her squad to a 7-11 record, 5-3 in the NAC, and 3-2 within the East Division. The team had two NAC shutouts (three total) and a well-defended goal that averaged 1.38 goals-against. The team racked up 20 goals in conference games off 142 shots, scoring 45 goals on the season and averaging 2.5 goals per game. Impressively, one yellow card and no red cards were issued to the Beavers throughout the entire season. Coach Wilkie developed Player of the Year McKenna Brodeur and placed midfielder Audrey Fletcher on the Second Team and defender Emily Larochelle on the Honorable Mention squad. This is Wilkie's second NAC Coach of the Year award, first earning one in 2010.

All-Conference Team

First Team

• F- McKenna Brodeur, UMaine-Farmington - Senior, Oakland, Maine
• F- Natalie Aviolla, Husson University - First-Year, Hudson, Florida
• F- Kelsey Innes, SUNY Delhi - Senior, North Babylon, New York
• M- MacKenzie Carter, Maine Maritime Academy - Senior, Ashland, Maine
• M- Alexa DuBois, SUNY Delhi - Senior, Hobart, New York
• M- Hannah Rossignol, UMaine-Presque Isle - Senior, Madawaska, Maine
• M- Charlotte Messer, Husson University - Senior, Rockport, Maine
• D- Megan Buddemeyer, Husson University - First-Year, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
• D- Margot Simeon, Maine Maritime Academy - Senior, Findlay, Ohio
• D- Elena Guarino, UMaine-Farmington - Senior, Belgrade, Maine
• G- Savannah Rodriquez, UMaine-Presque Isle - Sophomore, Vassalboro, Maine

Second Team

• F- Dimetria McIntyre, Cazenovia College - Senior, Clifton Park, New York
• F- Kelsey Bern, Maine Maritime Academy - Junior, Castle Rock, Washington
• F- Zhoreen Malik, UMaine-Presque Isle - Junior, Nairobi, Kenya
• F - Alexis Ireland, UMaine-Presque Isle - Sophomore, Howland, Maine
• M- Audrey Fletcher, UMaine-Farmington - Sophomore, Monmouth, Maine
• M- Bri Saulter, Husson University - Senior, Hermon, Maine
• M- Sophia Mullins, Husson University - First-Year, Orono, Maine
• D- Monica McLaughlin, UMaine-Presque Isle - Junior, Caribou, Maine
• D- Kirra Magaña, Maine Maritime Academy - First-Year, Miami, Florida
• D- Reanen Goodspeed, SUNY Delhi - Junior, Morris, New York
• G- Rachael Scoones, SUNY Delhi - Senior, Waterville, New York

Honorable Mention

• F- Kaitlyn Daley, SUNY Poly - Junior, new Hartford, New York
• F- Dulce Nino, NVU-Johnson - First-Year, Van Nuys, California
• F- Riann Fortin, NVU-Lyndon - First-Year, Derby, Vermont
• M- Alanna Ruchar, SUNY Delhi - Sophomore, Delhi, New York
• M- Jenicah Brown, Cazenovia College - Sophomore, Cortland, New York
• M- Logan Lund, Cazenovia College - First-year, Edmeston, New York
• M- Denyce Ruiz, NVU-Johnson - Sophomore, Yonkers, New York
• D- Sarah Penny, Cazenovia College - Sophomore, Bay Shore, New York
• D- Olivia Curry, SUNY Delhi - Senior, Farmingdale, New York
• D- Emily Larochelle, UMaine-Farmington - Junior, Durham, Maine
• D- Meghan Greenway, SUNY Poly - Sophomore, Holland Patent, New York
• G- Bess MacArthur, Maine Maritime Academy - Junior, Castine, Maine

Sportsmanship Team

• Mackenzie St. Pierre, Husson University - Senior, Waterville, Maine
• Tiesha Mayfield, SUNY Delhi - Senior, Bronx, New York
• Rachel Merica, SUNY Canton - Senior, Chili, New York
• Kate Donnelly, SUNY Poly - Sophomore, Cooperstown, New York
• Madison Bugbee, Cazenovia College - Senior, Geneseo, New York
• Lily Souza, UMaine-Farmington - Sophomore, Wiscasset, Maine
• Monica McLaughlin, UMaine-Presque Isle - Junior, Caribou, Maine
• Katriana Pratt, Thomas College - Senior, Poland, Maine
• Jillian Holden, Maine Maritime Academy - Senior, Madison, Maine
• Samantha Martin, NVU-Johnson - Sophomore, Brattleboro, Vermont
• Riann Fortin, NVU-Lyndon - First-Year, Derby, Vermont