FRISCO – Three Texas A&M University-Commerce soccer student-athletes earned Southland Conference All-Academic recognition on Thursday.
 
Nya Mitchell (Dallas – Mesquite Horn) is named to the first team, while both Hailey Griffin (Trophy Club – Byron Nelson) and Melissa Storey (Tyne and Wear, England) are named to the second team.
 
Mitchell was named to First Team All-SLC, while being a Dean's List scholar and Commissioner's List honoree. She has been named to the all-conference teams in each of the last two seasons and played all but three minutes in conference play with the Lions recording three shutouts in conference play and four overall. Playing in the backline, she was a part of the defensive unit that was fourth in the SLC in goals against and was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Week once.
 
Griffin is named to the Academic SLC team for the second straight season. She was also named to the Dean's List and SLC Commissioner's Honor Roll. She was a part of the Lions recording three shutouts in conference play and four overall. Playing in the backline, she was also a part of the defensive unit that was fourth in the SLC in goals against.
 
Storey was named to Second Team All-SLC, named SLC Offensive Player of the Week once. She finished conference play being ranked seventh in assists, match-winning goals, and points. Storey is also a Dean's List scholar and named to Commissioner's Honor Roll in every semester.
 
It is the second straight season that the Lions had three honorees on the all-academic teams. The Lions went 9-7-3 last season, finishing second in the Southland Conference with a record of 7-1-2.

Southland Conference All-Academic Teams are voted upon by the head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each school. Student-Athletes of the Year are voted upon by an awards committee which consists of one administrator from each member school. Voting for one's own athletes is not permitted.
 
To be eligible for all-academic distinction, an athlete must hold a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average through the semester prior to the sport's championship, completed at least one full academic year at the nominating school prior to the current season, and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's competitions during the most recently completed season. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have held at least a 3.50 GPA and have completed at least two years of athletic competition at the nominating school, including the current season.
 
First Team All-Conference athletes who meet all-academic nomination criteria are automatically named all-academic.

Women's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Year: Arely Alaniz, Lamar

Women's Soccer All-Academic First Team

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Hometown	Major
D	Arely Alaniz *2	Lamar	Sr.	Deer Park, Texas	Exercise Science
D	Kaisa Juvonen *	Lamar	Gr.	Tampere, Finland	Master's of Business Administration
D	Kat Lazor *2	HCU	Sr.	Missouri City, Texas	Political Science
D	Nya Mitchell *	A&M-Commerce	Jr.	Dallas, Texas	Business Administration
M	Kaile Kukaua *	McNeese	Jr.	Valencia, Calif.	Biology
M	Hollie Massey *	Lamar	Gr.	Cheshire, England	Master's of Business Administration
M	Mya Guillory 4	Southeastern	Sr.	Prairieville, La.	Health Science
M	Alexa Huerta	HCU	Jr.	Austin, Texas	Kinesiology
F	Magalie Depot	McNeese	Gr.	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Environmental & Chemical Studies
F	Emmé Fernandez	Northwestern State	Gr.	Van Alstyne, Texas	Homeland Security
F	Megan Guy	A&M-Corpus Christi	Jr.	Roanoke, Texas	Psychology
F	Taylor Spitzer	Northwestern State	So.	Allen, Texas	Communications
GK	Nicole Panis *	Lamar	Gr.	Opmeer, The Netherlands	Exercise Scince

 
Women's Soccer All-Academic Second Team

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Hometown	Major
D	Jessica Spitzer	Northwestern State	So.	Allen, Texas	Biology
D	Hailey Griffin2	A&M-Commerce	Jr.	Trophy Club, Texas	General Business
D	Mia Salas3	HCU	Sr.	San Antonio, Texas	Kinesiology
D	Martine Ellefsen	McNeese	Gr.	Oslo, Norway	Master's of Business Administration
D	Morgan Schooley	McNeese	Sr.	St. Augustine, Fla.	Health & Human Performance
D	Ellie Mai Sanford	UIW	Sr.	Pontypool, Wales	Rehabilitative Sciences
M	Mai-Lisa Atis	A&M-Corpus Christi	So.	Miami, Fla.	Computer Science
M	Trinity Clark	Lamar	Sr.	Austin, Texas	niversity Studies
M	Melissa Storey	A&M-Commerce	Sr.	Tyne and Wear, England	Business Administration
M	Emily Mougia	Northwestern State	Jr.	Sasche, Texas	Health & Exercise Science
M	Kiana Kukaua	McNeese	Sr.	Valencia, Calif.	Engineering
M	Katie Marker	HCU	Sr.	Friendswood, Texas	Biology
GK	Jackie Kelly	McNeese	Jr.	Benicia, Calif.	Criminal Justice

* Automatic selection; 2023 First Team All-Conference