Wisconsin Soccer Central

Taylor Madigan is the consensus state player of the year in girls soccer.

The Waunakee junior midfielder added the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association award to the Gatorade State Player of the Year honor she claimed last month.

Madigan, who has verbally committed to play at Marquette starting in 2010, had 28 goals (seven game-winners) and 20 assists for 76 points for the Warriors (21-5-1) this season. For her career, Madigan has totals of 56-36-148 with 17 game-winning goals, and Waunakee is 62-14-3 in those three years.

She is the second straight player from the Madison area to be named the WSCA Player of the Year, following Middleton goalkeeper Lauren Gunderson. They're the only local players to claim the award in its nine-year history.

Madigan and Waukesha Catholic Memorial sophomore forward Val Gonyo were the only repeat selections on the 11-member WSCA all-state first team. Gonyo had totals of 24-4-55 with eight game-winners for the Crusaders, who lost to Madison Edgewood in the Division 2 state final.

Junior defender Abby Beinlich, who helped lead Madison Memorial (20-3-4) to the Big Eight Conference title and the WIAA Division 1 state semifinals, also made the top team. Beinlich anchored a defense that allowed 0.54 goals per game with 16 shutouts and scored one goal.

Two University of Wisconsin recruits, Kenosha Bradford's Alyssa Scalzo and Germantown's Alyssa Vogel, joined Beinlich as first-team defenders. Bradford, Catholic Memorial and Milwaukee DSHA each had two players on the top squad.

Twelve local players were named "Best of the Rest," essentially the WSCA's version of honorable mention: Oregon goalkeeper Laura Atkinson; defenders junior Bethany Annen of Waunakee, Beth Schramka of Division 2 state champion Madison Edgewood, Abby Juzwik of Verona, Dana Robertson of Memorial and Ashley Alonso of McFarland; midfielders Erin Bork of Monona Grove, Erin Flynn of Middleton, Kaylee Heller of Madison West and Hannah Kernen of Sugar River; and forwards Sara Stern of McFarland and Morgan LaPlant of Madison La Follette.

Stern and Kernen earned the accolade for the second straight year.

First team

Goalkeeper: Kalli Schulz, jr., Kenosha Bradford.
Defenders: Alyssa Scalzo, sr., Kenosha Bradford; Abby Beinlich, jr., Madison Memorial; Alyssa Vogel, sr., Germantown.
Midfielders: Taylor Madigan, jr., Waunakee; Nikki Condit, so., Waukesha Catholic Memorial; Kylie Nordness, jr., Milwaukee DSHA; Rebekah Roller, jr., Brookfield East.
Forwards: Val Gonyo, so., Waukesha Catholic Memorial; Katie Richter, sr., Waukesha West; Rachael Koontz, jr., Milwaukee DHSA.

Best of the Rest