Contact: Brock Reisler, Assistant Executive Director, breisler@midwestconference.org
 
HILBERT, Wisconsin – Lake Forest College’s Annabelle Schroeder and Lawrence University’s Kate Noonan were honored as the Midwest Conference women’s soccer Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year respectively as the MWC released its all-conference teams and major award winners on Friday morning.
 
In addition to Schroeder and Noonan, Knox College’s Analeis Ming was named Newcomer of the Year while Luther College received Coaching Staff of the Year laurels.
 
Schroeder had a terrific year leading Lake Forest, one of the MWC’s most prolific offenses. She tied for the conference lead with 10 goals and 5 game-winning goals, was second with 7 assists and 27 points and finished fifth with 30 shots on goal and sixth with 50 total shots.
 
Noonan spearheaded a Lawrence defense that allowed just five goals in 12 total games against Midwest Conference opponents (regular and postseason). Prior to the NCAA Tournament, she also finished tied for fifth in the MWC with a trio of game-winning goals.
 
Ming was instrumental in helping Knox return to the MWC Tournament for the first time in five years. The freshman finished inside the top 10 in the league in four categories: goals (tied for sixth/7), points (seventh/17), shots on goal (tied for eighth/24) and overall shots (ninth/42).
 
Luther, led by Hollie Gray III and assistants Trent Mosey and Sarah Moen, won the Midwest Conference regular season title in its first season in the league. Finishing the year with an 8-3-5 record, the Norse were nearly perfect in MWC play (7-0-2) and came within one win of their second NCAA Tournament berth in school history.
 
The full list of honorees is below.
 
2026 Midwest Conference Women’s Soccer All-Conference
 
First Team Field Players
Sarah Travis, Grinnell
Katy Adler, Illinois College
Annabelle Schroeder, Lake Forest
Veronica Presberg, Lake Forest
Kate Noonan, Lawrence
Hannah Kalt, Lawrence
Ava Elders, Lawrence
Riley Anderson, Luther
Ava Stemler, Luther
Annabelle Pollock, Luther
 
First Team Goalkeeper
Rylie Bucklin, Luther
 
Second Team Field Players
Maggie Wood, Beloit
Teya Lochridge, Grinnell
Aniela Rossi, Knox
Analeis Ming, Knox
Lola Halsband, Lake Forest
Maggie Balas, Lake Forest
Gianna Logue, Lake Forest
Kylie Melonis, Lawrence
Morgan Kistler, Monmouth
Alyssa Klementzos, Ripon
 
Second Team Goalkeeper
Peyton Dixon, Grinnell
 
Offensive Player of the Year
Annabelle Schroeder, Lake Forest
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Kate Noonan, Lawrence
 
Newcomer of the Year
Analeis Ming, Knox
 
Coaching Staff of the Year
Luther - Head Coach: Hollie Gray III