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 For the second straight year, there's a consensus on the state's top prep girls soccer player.
Verona senior midfielder Alex Melin claimed the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year award on Wednesday, adding it to the Gatorade State Player of the Year honor she earned in May.
It capped an incredible comeback season for the Iowa recruit, who missed the 2009 season because of a torn ACL in her knee.
Melin, a second-team all-state selection as a sophomore, had 37 goals and 29 assists this spring as the Wildcats (23-3) won their first WIAA Division 1 state championship.
Verona coach Matt Heilman also was lauded by the WSCA, as he was voted the Large Schools Coach of the Year. The Wildcats' three losses all came by one goal, and the team wasn't shut out in any match.
Melin, who finished with 66 goals and 40 assists in her three-year varsity career, heads up the 11-player first team of the WSCA All-State team, which also includes Waunakee senior midfielder Taylor Madigan – last season's state player of the year.
Madigan, a Marquette recruit, and Waukesha Catholic Memorial junior Val Gonyo each were named to the top squad for the third consecutive year. Gonyo was honored as a defender this year after being a standout forward her first two prep seasons.
Six of the first-team selections also made the team in 2009: Madison Memorial senior defender Abby Beinlich, Catholic Memorial junior forward Nikki Condit and Milwaukee DSHA seniors Rachael Koontz and Kylie Nordness were repeat selections along with Madigan and Gonyo.
DSHA had three players on the top team, with senior defender Katie Klinger joining Koontz, a University of Wisconsin recruit, and DePaul recruit Nordness.
Madison Memorial junior Katy Pilarzyk, who has verbally committed to UW-Green Bay for 2011, was the first-team goalkeeper – Kenosha Bradford senior Kalli Schulz, a Navy recruit and last year's choice at the position, was one of four keepers named "Best of the Rest."
Neenah junior midfielder Vienna Behnke and Brookfield East senior midfielder Kate Reigle, a Marquette recruit, rounded out the top squad.
Nathan Laabs, who led New Holstein to the Division 3 state title in his first season, was the Small Schools Coach of the Year. John Burke of Division 2 champion Catholic Memorial earned the Private School coaching honor – he has a 342-34-25 record in 16 seasons with the Crusaders.
First team
Goalkeeper: Katy Pilarzyk, jr., Madison Memorial.
Defenders: Abby Beinlich, sr., Madison Memorial; Val Gonyo, jr., Waukesha Catholic Memorial; Katie Klinger, sr., Milwaukee DSHA.
Midfielders: Vienna Behnke, jr., Neenah; Taylor Madigan, sr., Waunakee; Kylie Nordness, sr., Milwaukee DSHA; Kate Reigle, sr., Brookfield East
Forwards: Nikki Condit, jr., Waukesha Catholic Memorial; Rachael Koontz, sr., Milwaukee DSHA; Alex Melin, sr., Verona.
Player of the Year: Alex Melin, Verona. Coaches of the Year: Large Schools – Matt Heilman, Verona. Small Schools – Nathan Laabs, New Holstein. Private Schools – John Burke, Waukesha Catholic Memorial.
Best of The Rest
Goalkeepers: Monica Gonyo, jr., Waukesha Catholic Memorial; Ashleigh Paul, sr., Green Bay Notre Dame; Mary Beth Spoehr, sr., Neenah; Kalli Schulz, sr., Kenosha Bradford.
Defenders: Trisha West, sr., Waupaca; Leah Seib, jr., Waukesha West; Abby Juzwik, jr., Verona; Dana Robertson, jr., Madison Memorial; Carly Falk, sr., Bay Port; Katelyn Kotek, sr., Brookfield East; Meghann Kuhns, sr., Racine St. Catherine's; Hanna Knauer, so., Grafton; Lindsay Jagla, jr., Mequon Homestead; Mariah Vichich, so., Whitefish Bay; Alyssa Hewes, sr., Cedarburg.
Midfielders: Hannah Elfman, jr., Madison Edgewood; McKenna Meuer, so., Madison Memorial; Rachel Cropp, jr., Verona; Jenn Flood, jr., Waukesha West; Erin Flynn, sr., Middleton; Amy Kauffung, sr., Hartland Arrowhead; Molly Sigler, sr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Meghan Pasineau, jr., New Holstein; Jenee Lange, sr., Green Bay Notre Dame; Alli Andreini, so., Oshkosh West; Gina Scaffidi, jr., Brookfield Central; Rebekkah Roller, sr., Brookfield East; Jacie Jermier, jr., McFarland; Lydia Kaminsky, jr., Whitefish Bay; Zoe Ziegler, so., Mequon Homestead; Josee Stiever, fr., Cedarburg; Emma Fajla, so., Grafton; Hannah Kernen, jr., Sugar River; Jesse Laurenzi, jr., Kenosha Tremper; Hannah Burt, jr., Muskego; Laura Petri, sr., Slinger; Jackie Glaser, sr., Wauwatosa West; Generve Charles, sr., Wausau East.
Forwards: Amber Davis, sr., Milton; Alyssa Hynnek, sr., Seymour; Morgan LaPlant, jr., Madison La Follette; Lindsey Holmes, so., Verona; Sarah Vitale, jr., River Falls; Megan Pawlak, jr., Appleton Xavier; Corey Frankenberg, sr., Appleton East; Taylor Zehren, jr., Neenah; Katie Boardman, sr., Fond du Lac; Alex Piercy, sr., Brookfield East; Kathy Luy, jr., Brookfield East; Jordan Spaciel, sr., Waterford; Annie Davidson, jr., Kenosha St. Joseph; Olivia Tehan, jr., Mequon Homestead; Abby Starker, so., Whitefish Bay; Ari Peterson, sr., Ashland; Ashley Nicholas, sr., Wrightstown; Sara Stern, sr., McFarland; Samantha Yasatan, so., Racine Case; Stephanie Barsuli, sr., Kenosha Bradford; Lauren Salisbury, sr., Kenosha Tremper; Brianna Murphy, sr., Platteville-Lancaster; Samantha Hoerchner, sr., Kettle Moraine Lutheran; Ashley Apazeller, sr., West Bend West; Hadley Bales, sr., New Berlin Eisenhower.
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