The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) announced its women's soccer awards for the 2025 season, as voted on by the conference coaches.
Cal Poly Pomona earned three of the four position player of the year awards.
Vanessa Cruz was named the CCAA Forward of the Year and CCAA Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Liberty Ortiz collected CCAA Defensive Player of the Year honors, and
Jenna Tetrault was voted the CCAA Goalkeeper of the Year.
Midfielder of the Year honors went to Cal State East Bay's
Mika Sayfurahman for the second time in her career. Cal State San Bernardino's
Raylene Alcaraz was selected as the CCAA Newcomer of the Year, and Stanislaus State's
Olivia Maragos grabbed CCAA Freshman of the Year honors. Chico State's
Kim Sutton was voted CCAA Coach of the Year in her final season of leading the Wildcats.
For the second consecutive season,
Vanessa Cruz was the top offensive player in the CCAA. Her 11 goals are four more than any student-athlete in the conference, and she also added two assists. Cruz scored in each of the first three matches of the year after CPP came into the season ranked No. 1 nationally and stayed in the top 5 all year. She would score six of her 11 goals in conference play to help guide Cal Poly Pomona to its third consecutive regular-season championship. Five of Cruz's goals were game-winners, and she ranks 15th in NCAA Div. II in that category. The Oceanside native continues to lead the CCAA in points (22), and the Broncos pace the conference with 33 goals.
While Cruz was out front leading the offense, it was
Liberty Ortiz anchoring the backline for the Broncos. Ortiz started all 18 matches and played a team-leading 1460 field minutes. She helped CPP lead the conference and rank 21st in NCAA Div. II with a goals-against average of .556, as it yielded only 10 goals in 18 matches. Ortiz was a two-time FloCollege/CCAA Defensive Player of the Week. The Chino Hills native also added two goals, including a game-winner.
Cal State East Bay's
Mika Sayfurahman was named the CCAA Midfielder of the Year for the second time in her career. After winning the award first as a sophomore, Sayfurahman closed out her senior year by again being voted by the coaches as the best midfielder in the conference. She ranked second in the CCAA with 1.06 points per game, scoring seven goals (second in CCAA) and registering four assists (fourth). The Livermore native recorded a hat-trick against San Francisco State and closed the regular season by scoring in each of the final three matches.
Jenna Tetrault became the youngest student-athlete ever to earn CCAA Goalkeeper of the Year. The redshirt freshman helped lead Cal Poly Pomona (14-1-3) to its third consecutive CCAA regular-season championship by pacing the conference in save percentage (.815) and goals against average (.563). She was also second in shutouts (8) and minutes played (1599:48). Tetrault began conference play by posting three consecutive shutouts, which helped extend her season-best shutout streak to 379 minutes. She is the first Bronco ever to be named CCAA Goalkeeper of the Year.
Raylene Alcaraz is the first Cal State San Bernardino student-athlete to earn CCAA Newcomer of the Year since Kelly Kevershan in 2018. The junior from Riverside scored two goals and dished out four assists after transferring in from Montevallo. She helped lead CSUSB (8-6-5, 6-3-2 CCAA) into the CCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016, and the Coyotes were 4-0-1 in matches in which Alcaraz registered a goal or an assist.
Olivia Maragos made an immediate impact on Stanislaus State as a true freshman. She tied for second in the CCAA with seven goals and was third with 15 total points. The Warriors were unbeaten in matches where the Ripon native scored (3-0-3), and she had the game-winning goal against Cal State LA. Maragos' efforts helped Stanislaus State finish third in the CCAA standings.
Kim Sutton earned CCAA Coach of the Year honors for the fourth time in her historic career. She guided the Wildcats to a 9-5-4 regular season and to the No. 2 seed in the CCAA Women's Soccer Tournament, with a 7-2-2 mark in conference play. Chico State was picked to finish 10th in the CCAA preseason coaches poll. It improved by four wins in conference play from 2024 for its best CCAA finish since 2021. Sutton has previously been named the CCAA Coach of the Year in 2004, 2007, and 2018.
Ortiz, Tetrault, and Cruz were joined on the all-conference first team by midfielder Marisa Salazar as Cal Poly Pomona led the conference with four first-team All-CCAA selections. Cal State San Bernardino also had a pair of first-team selections in Sakiah Williams (D) and Bella Cervantes (F).
The other first team selections included UC Merced's
Trinidad Quiroz (F), Stanislaus State's
Aliah Avila (MF), Chico State's
Hannah Pieri (MF), Cal State East Bay's
Mika Sayfurahman, and Cal State San Marcos'
Natalie Paulson.
The all-conference awards are announced on the brink of the CCAA Women's Soccer Tournament semifinals presented by FloCollege. The first round was held last Sunday, and the winners advanced to the final site in Seaside. The semifinal games will start Friday, Nov. 14, at 4:30 p.m. Follow along with the competition at
GoCCAA.org/FloCollege.
| 2025 CCAA Women's Soccer All-Conference Team [PDF] |
| Player of the Year: Vanessa Cruz, Cal Poly Pomona |
| Forward of the Year: Vanessa Cruz, Cal Poly Pomona |
| Midfielder of the Year: Mika Sayfurahman, Cal State East Bay |
| Defender of the Year: Liberty Ortiz, Cal Poly Pomona |
| Goalkeeper of the Year: Jenna Tetrault, Cal Poly Pomona |
| Newcomer of the Year: Raylene Alcaraz, Cal State San Bernardino |
| Freshman of the Year: Olivia Maragos, Stanislaus State |
| Coach of the Year: Kim Sutton, Chico State |
| All-CCAA First Team |
| Name |
Yr. |
Pos. |
School |
Hometown |
| Jenna Tetrault |
Fr. |
GK |
Cal Poly Pomona |
Redlands |
| Bella Cervantes-* |
Sr. |
F |
Cal State San Bernardino |
Anaheim |
| Vanessa Cruz-* |
Sr. |
F |
Cal Poly Pomona |
Oceanside |
| Trinidad Quiroz |
Sr. |
F |
UC Merced |
San Jose |
| Aliah Avila-*# |
Jr. |
MF |
Stanislaus State |
Madera |
| Hannah Pieri-^ |
Sr. |
MF |
Chico State |
Orangevale |
| Marisa Salazar-*#^ |
Sr. |
MF |
Cal Poly Pomona |
Long Beach |
| Mika Sayfurahman-** |
Sr. |
MF |
Cal State East Bay |
Livermore |
| Liberty Ortiz-**# |
Sr. |
D |
Cal Poly Pomona |
Chino Hills |
| Natalie Paulson-*^ |
Sr. |
D |
Cal State San Marcos |
Long Beach |
| Sakiah Williams |
So. |
D |
Cal State San Bernardino |
San Bernardino |
|
| All-CCAA Second Team |
| Name |
Yr. |
Pos. |
School |
Hometown |
| Emma Calvillo |
Fr. |
GK |
Cal State San Marcos |
Chino Hills |
| Olivia Maragos |
Fr. |
F |
Stanislaus State |
Ripon |
| Taylor McMahon |
Sr |
F |
Chico State |
Manteca |
| Morgan Pearson |
Sr. |
F |
Cal State East Bay |
San Ramon |
| Raylene Alcaraz |
Jr. |
MF |
Cal State San Bernardino |
Riverside |
| Makayla Cruz-Martinez |
Fr. |
MF |
Chico State |
Sacramento |
| Jackeline Fuentes |
So. |
MF |
Cal State San Bernardino |
San Bernardino |
| Karsyn Ross |
Fr. |
MF |
Cal Poly Humboldt |
Kelso, Wash. |
| Celine Gehrig |
Jr. |
D |
Cal State LA |
Redondo Beach |
| Abigail Kern-# |
Sr. |
D |
Cal State East Bay |
Stockton |
| Gabby Starr |
So. |
D |
Chico State |
Rocklin |
|
| Honorable Mentions |
| GK: Audrey Haman (CSUDH), Alicia Lepe (UCM), Ashley Levi-^ (CSUEB), Zara Mujica (STAN), Carson Thomson-Terrel (HUM), Rihanna Tryels (CSLA); F: Delia Bocanegra (CSLA), Heidie Munoz (HUM), Angelyn Pena (CSUSB), Emilee Perez (CSUSB), Angelina Rivas-^ (CPP); MF: Leslie Aldape (CSUSB), Kiarra D’Arcangelo (CPP), Natalia Huntington-^ (CSUSM), Lizzie Ledesma (UCM), Danielle Paulson-+ (CSUSM), Itzel Ramirez (CSLA), Jackie Tamayo (UCM); D: Mitzali Macias (CSUSB), Kyla Okamoto (HUM), Josie Wolitzky (HUM), Makeila Yancey-^^ (STAN). |
| * - previous All-CCAA first team selection; # - previous All-CCAA second team selection; ^ - previous honorable mention. |