Justin Ferrari

Zandonella-Arasa's Regional Player of the Year award headlines 9 CCAA All-West selections

Nov 16, 2022

Nine CCAA women's soccer student-athletes earned D2CCA All-West Region honors for the 2022 season.
 
Sonoma State's Lexi Zandonella-Arasa was voted the D2CCA West Region Player of the Year. She was joined on the D2CCA all-region first team by Stanislaus State's Alexis Brewah (F) and her Seawolves teammate Julia Pritchard (D).
 
Cal State Monterey Bay's Amelia McManus (F), Stanislaus State's Sabrina Cabrera (MF), and Sonoma State's Annette Sotelo (MF) earned second-team honors along with a trio of sophomores from Cal State LA. Areli Reyes was named the second team all-region at goalkeeper, and Jaclyn Orozco as a defender. Liliana Gonzalez collected all-region honors as a midfielder.
 
Lexi Zandonella-Arasa helped guide Sonoma State to its third consecutive CCAA regular-season title and seventh straight appearance in the NCAA West Regional. The sophomore midfielder led the west region in goals (14) and points (37) and tied for the lead in assists (9). She scored in a CCAA-record six straight matches and capped it off with a two-goal performance against Stanislaus State. Zandonella-Arasa recorded her first career hat-trick earlier this season against Academy of Art and led SSU to a top 25 national rankings.
 
Pritchard and Zandonella-Arasa were both repeat all-region selections. Pritchard earned first-team honors in 2021, and Zandonella-Arasa was on the second team.
 
Cal State LA and Sonoma State each had three all-region selections. Only Western Washington (5) and Hawaii Hilo (4) had more. Click here to see the complete 2022 D2CCA All-West Region Team
 
The D2 CCA encourages and promotes Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of high education. The D2 CCA is a key communications link among the conferences as they discuss views, policies and regulations that impact NCAA Division II athletics and works closely with the NCAA as a communications channel to NCAA Division II member colleges and universities.
 
The 13 members of the All-West Region first team will now be placed on the national ballot for All-America consideration. The All-America teams will be released Wednesday, November 30.