EDISON, NJ - As a part of the annual academic awards, a total of 22 Manhattan University women's soccer student-athletes were recognized as members of the 2026 Metro Women's Soccer All-Academic Team, according to a release from the conference Friday afternoon.
Going in descending order alphabetically,
Eliana Abarca,
Lauren Ahearn,
Arancha Antunes,
Lily Bandel,
Marlene Berlinghoff,
Molly Brunk,
Emma Duffy,
Gianna Fucile,
Eline Haeberli,
Madison Heitman,
Julia Leonard,
Olivia McMaster,
Isabela Montesdeoca,
Juliana Mosca,
Eryn Primus,
Samantha Setteducato,
Logan Smith,
Scarlett Smith,
Kaylee Stowell,
Mary Trudeau,
Payton Wilkerson, and
Faith Zollo were each bestowed the honor.Â
To be eligible for the Metro All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must complete two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale.Â
Eight seniors joined the list on their way out in Ahearn (Marketing), Antunes (Electrical Engineering), Brunk (Physical Education), Fucile (Childhood Education), McMaster (Biology), Stowell (Psychology), Trudeau (Communications), and Wilkerson (Political Science).Â
Berlinghoff stands as the only graduate student amongst the Jaspers (Business), with
Lily Bandel (Physical Education),
Julia Leonard (Biochemistry), and
Faith Zollo (Marketing) hopping on as juniors.Â
Rounding out the crew were the biggest of the bunch in ten sophomores, as the band of Abarca (Digital Media Design), Duffy (Physical Education), Heitman (Biochemistry), Haeberli (Biochemistry), Montesdeoca (Physical Education), Mosca (Childhood Education), Primus (Undecided), Setteducato (Business), L. Smith (Marketing) and S. Smith (Finance).
For more information on the Metro All-Academic Team, click
here.
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