2019 MIAC WOMEN'S SOCCER AWARDS

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg University goalkeeper Emily Chapman (SR, Elburn, Ill./Kaneland HS) was named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year, leading a group of seven Auggies to receive conference postseason honors, it was announced on Wednesday.

Chapman was named to the 23-player All-MIAC squad, along with forward Ashley St. Aubin (SR, Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville HS), forward Gabriela Encarnacion (SR, Bel Air, Md./Bel Air HS) and defender Molly Conners (SO, Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS). St. Aubin became one of just 17 players in conference women's soccer history to earn All-MIAC honors all four years of their careers, while Encarnacion earned all-conference honors after being named an All-MIAC Honorable Mention honoree last year. The conference honor is the first for Conners.

Defender Jada Olson (SR, Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) was named as an All-MIAC Honorable Mention honoree this year, after earning All-MIAC honors last year and All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors in 2017. Defender Jen Masello (SO, Darien, Ill./Downers Grove South HS) was named All-MIAC Honorable Mention for the first time, and forward/midfielder Olivia House (SR, Richfield, Minn./Richfield HS) was named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team, her first conference honor.

The seven were key players in the continuation of Augsburg's success over the past decade. Under 21st-year head coach Mike Navarre, the Auggies are returning to the NCAA Division III national tournament for the third time in a six-year span, after winning a share of the MIAC regular-season title and reaching the conference playoff title game for the fifth time in the last eight seasons. Augsburg enters its NCAA run with a 14-3-2 overall record and 9-1-1 mark in MIAC play, marking the eighth straight year of double-digit victories and the sixth straight year earning eight or more conference wins.  Augsburg will play Rose-Hulman (Ind.) in a first-round NCAA tournament game on Saturday (11/16) at 1:30 p.m. at the University of Chicago (Ill.).

Chapman's honor is the sixth individual conference postseason award for an Augsburg women's soccer player in program history. St. Aubin was named MIAC Offensive Player of the Year in 2017 and MIAC Rookie of the Year in 2016, while Marie Fitzgerald was named MIAC Offensive Player of the Year in 2015, Oliva Muyres was named MIAC Player of the Year in 2014 and Astrid Larssen was named MIAC Player of the Year in 1996.

Augsburg's primary goalkeeper the last two seasons, Chapman has put together some incredible numbers. Playing in all but 34:04 of Augsburg's minutes in goal this season, she has recorded a 14-3-2 record with seven individual shutouts, a 0.89 goals against-average and .848 save percentage, with 95 saves in 1,719 minutes in goal. Among MIAC goalkeepers in overall statistics, Chapman's seven shutouts are a league-high and her 14 wins are tied for the league-high, while she ranks third in save percentage and fifth in GAA.

A United Soccer Coaches All-North Region first-team selection last season, Chapman has appeared in 68 career games in goal, with a 38-14-2 record, 0.84 GAA and an .851 save percentage, with 269 saves in 5,058 minutes in goal and 21 shutouts. Her 38 wins are second-most in school history, her .722 career winning percentage is third-best, her 0.84 GAA is fifth-best and her 21 shutouts are fifth-best. A chemistry major with a 3.87 grade-point average, Chapman earned College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District honors earlier this month.

St. Aubin made conference history in the MIAC playoff final last Saturday, breaking the conference's 25-year-old record with her 70th career goal. The old mark of 69 goals was set in 1994 by Macalester's Jenny Scanlon (1991-94). She now has 170 career points (70 goals, 30 assists), tied with Scanlon for second-most in conference history, just three points shy of the league's points record of 173 (62 goals, 49 assists), held by Heidi Campbell of Saint Mary's (1984-87). Both her 70 goals and 170 points are school records, while her 30 assists are second-most in school history.

For the fourth straight season, St. Aubin leads the MIAC's overall statistics in total points with 42 (17 goals, eight assists), her fourth straight season with 36 or more points. Her 17 goals are second-most among league players, while her eight assists are tied for fourth-most. She recorded a goal or assist in 16 of Augsburg's 19 games this season. St. Aubin has scored at least one goal in 54 games in her 81-game career, and the Auggies are 48-5-1 when she scores a goal.

The first player in Augsburg women's soccer history to earn All-America honors in back-to-back seasons, St. Aubin was named a Division III All-American by the United Soccer Coaches (third team) and D3soccer.com (second team) in 2018, and by the United Soccer Coaches (second team) in 2017. She has earned United Soccer Coaches All-North Region honors three times (first team in 2018 and 2017, second team in 2016). A mathematics major with a 3.82 GPA, St. Aubin earned CoSIDA Academic All-America second-team honors last season, CoSIDA Academic All-District honors each of the last three seasons, and United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America second-team and Scholar All-North/Central Region first-team honors last year. She's also a two-time Academic All-MIAC honoree.

Encarnacion had another spectacular season as dynamic playmaker on an Augsburg offense that has scored 46 goals (2.42 per-game) so far this season, tied for second-most among MIAC teams in overall statistics. She set individual career bests in every offensive category, scoring 11 goals with six assists for 28 points, tied for sixth among MIAC players in goals and points, and tied for 10th in assists. She had a goal or assist in 12 of her 19 games, including her first collegiate hat trick in a 3-0 win at Concordia-Moorhead on Oct. 30, and a pair of two-goal efforts -- in a 5-0 win over Northwestern-St. Paul on Sept. 20 and in a 5-1 MIAC playoff semifinal win over Saint Benedict on Nov. 6.

Encarnacion, who transferred to Augsburg playing her first season at St. Mary's (Maryland), has played in 58 career games in three seasons as an Auggie, with 20 goals and 10 assists for 50 goals. She ranks 10th in school history in goals and 14th in points. In her overall collegiate career (76 games), she now has 24 goals and 13 assists for 61 points.

Conners, Olson and Masello were mainstays on an Augsburg defense that continued its reputation as one of the best in the conference. Augsburg has allowed just 17 goals this season, third-fewest among MIAC teams, with its 0.87 team GAA also third-best in the conference. Augsburg has recorded 10 team shutouts, tied for second-most among league teams.

Conners transferred to Augsburg after playing her first season at Division I Northern Iowa and made an immediate impact on the Auggie defense, playing in 1,588 of the team's 1,753 minutes (90.6 percent), the second-most minutes of any non-goalie this season. Augsburg's primary taker of corner kicks, she tied for the team high with eight assists, tied for fourth-most among MIAC players.

A four-year starter on defense, Olson has started all 19 games and has played in 1,573 minutes (89.7 percent). In her 73-game collegiate career, she has five goals and one assist for 11 points, including two game-winning goals in 5,082 minutes played. A biology major with a 3.88 GPA, Chapman earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors earlier this month.

Masello shined in her first season as a starter on the defense, playing in 1,325 minutes (75.6 percent), gaining more time on the field as the season moved along. She scored two goals with two assists for six points on the season. She has now played in 32 games in her collegiate career, with three goals and two assists for eight points.

House was named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team, as part of the conference's sportsmanship initiative. Members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition.

A reserve forward, House has appeared in 14 games this season, with one assist to her credit. She has played in 68 games in her four seasons as an Auggie, with three goals and five assists for 11 points in her career.