Babb, Garthwaite make All-WAC

Two Grand Canyon women's soccer players earned All-WAC honors with freshman goalkeeper Lauren Garthwaite making the All-WAC First Team and joining redshirt freshman teammate Dani Babb on the All-WAC Freshman Team.

Garthwaite had a historic freshman campaign for the Lopes and became the first GCU freshman goalie to make the All-WAC First Team. The Riverside, California, native made 89 saves in the regular season, the most saves by a freshman goalie in GCU's Division I history. Garthwaite also set a GCU DI single-game record with 16 saves at California Baptist.

Among freshman goalkeepers, Garthwaite ranked eighth in the country in saves (89) and 11th in minutes played (1,611).

Garthwaite ranked fifth in the WAC with a .748 save percentage with three shutout wins and was named WAC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 14.

Babb came on strong in the second half of the season, scoring all four of her goals in conference play on just 18 shots. The Centennial, Colorado, native scored her first collegiate goal against Kansas City on Oct. 10 and followed up that performance with a hat trick against Chicago Stateo on Oct. 24. Babb's hat trick was the first for GCU since 2015.

The sixth-seeded Lopes will face third-seeded Kansas City at 8 p.m. (Phoenix time) on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament, which is hosted by Seattle U.

Offensive Player of the Year: Jessie Ray, Sr., F, Seattle U
Defensive Player of the Year: Rachel Bowler, Sr., D, Seattle U
Freshman of the Year: Lindsey Prokop, F, Kansas City
Coach of the Year: Julie Woodward, Seattle U

All-WAC First Team
Rola Badawiya, Jr., F, California Baptist
Leahi Manthei, Jr., F, Seattle U
Jessie Ray, Sr., F, Seattle U
Amber Tripp, R-Jr., F, Utah Valley
Rylan Childers, So., MF Kansas City
Breanna DeWaal, Jr., MF, Utah Valley
Karley Weeks, So., MF, California Baptist
Rachel Bowler, Sr., D, Seattle U
Hannah Bruce, Sr., D, Utah Valley
Abby Small, Sr., D, Kansas City
Lauren Garthwaite, Fr., GK, Grand Canyon

All-WAC Second Team
Sarah Bonney, Sr., F, UT Rio Grande Valley
Aryana Harvey, R-Sr., F, CSU Bakersfield
Emily Zapata, So., F, UT Rio Grande Valley
Kelsey Crosby, Fr., MF, Seattle U
Corey Kizer, So., MF, NM State
Holly Rothering, Sr., MF Seattle U
Gina Steiner, Jr., MF UT Rio Grande Valley
Maddi Cipolla, Jr., D Kansas City
Jenna Shepherd, R-Fr., D, Utah Valley
Kelsey Vogel, Sr., D, Seattle U
Kinga Szemik, Sr., GK, UT Rio Grande Valley

All-WAC Freshman Team
Michele Adam, D, Seattle U
Dani Babb, F, Grand Canyon
Jasmine Bowman, D, CSU Bakersfield
Jocelyn Bybee, F, Utah Valley
Kelsey Crosby, MF, Seatlle U
Chelsea Duran, MF, CSU Bakersfield
Lauren Garthwaite, GK, Grand Canyon
Tiana Hill, MF, California Baptist
Lindsey Prokop, F, Kansas City
Jenna Shepherd, D, Utah Valley
Heather Stainbrook, MF, Utah Valley

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