Contact: Brock Reisler, Assistant Executive Director, breisler@midwestconference.org
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – Midwest Conference regular season and tournament champion Lake Forest College earned three of the four major women’s soccer awards as the all-conference teams were announced on Friday morning.
The Foresters’ Izzy DeStefano was named the league’s Offensive Player of the Year, while her teammate Maddie Vasquez was honored as the Newcomer of the Year. Lake Forest’s coaching staff, led by T.R. Bell alongside assistants Hiwa Brown, Cassidy Price and Rob Samuels, was recognized as the MWC Coaching Staff of the Year. Monmouth College's Avery Parks was recognized as the Defensive Player of the Year.
The top offensive weapon on the only Division III women’s soccer team in the country without a loss or tie, DeStefano was at the top or near the top of nearly every offensive category in Midwest Conference play. Across eight MWC matches, she led the league in shots (36), shots on goal (23) and assists (7). She was also tied for third in points (15) and tied for seventh in goals (4).
Parks strengthened a Monmouth defense that just missed the MWC Tournament by a tiebreaker. She helped the Fighting Scots go unbeaten in their first three conference matches, totaling two shutouts across MWC play.
Vasquez was another focal point of the 20-0 Foresters’ offensive attack. Within Midwest Conference action, she finished inside the top 10 in every offensive category: game-winning goals (T-2nd, 2), assists (T-6th, 4), points (T-6th, 12), goals (T-7th, 4), shots (8th, 22) and shots on goal (T-8th, 12).
2025 Midwest Conference Women’s Soccer All-Conference
First Team Field Players
Izzy DeStefano, Lake Forest
Anna Gracia, Lake Forest
Anna Hoffman, Lake Forest
Maddie Vasquez, Lake Forest
Katy Adler, Illinois College
Aliza Rodriguez, Illinois College
Ava Elders, Lawrence
Kate Noonan, Lawrence
Hannah Kalt, Lawrence
Avery Parks, Monmouth
First Team Goalkeeper
Ella Lysne, Lawrence
Second Team Field Players
Caitlin Mulcahy, Lake Forest
Veronica Presberg, Lake Forest
Keiko Smith, Grinnell
Sarah Travis, Grinnell
Sarah Connors, Beloit
Martina Palazzolo, Ripon
Isabella Shubert, Knox
Morgan Kistler, Monmouth
Olivia Ralston, Illinois College
Amelia Duenas, Grinnell
Second Team Goalkeeper
Peyton Dixon, Grinnell
Offensive Player of the Year
Izzy DeStefano, Lake Forest
Defensive Player of the Year
Avery Parks, Monmouth
Newcomer of the Year
Maddie Vasquez, Lake Forest
Coaching Staff of the Year
Lake Forest - Head Coach: T.R. Bell