Kylie Zeller Earns Honorable-Mention All-Louisiana Honors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 18, 2025
By Kemmler Chapple, Written for the LSWA

LSWA Announces 2024 All-Louisiana Collegiate Soccer Team

HAMMOND – Junior D/MF Kylie Zeller (Denham Springs, La.) was named to the 2024 All-Louisiana Collegiate Soccer Team, earning Honorable-Mention honors, the organization announced.

Zeller started all 18 matches for the Ladies this past season, scoring a team-high three goals and adding one assist for a total of eight points. She was named to the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Women's Soccer Team in November and selected as the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Character & Community Female Student-Athlete of the Week in December.

Zeller is also a two-time member of the SCAC Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll and becomes the first centenary women's soccer player to nab All-Louisiana honors since Gabby McDonald earned Honorable-Mention honors in 2022.

Xavier of Louisiana midfielder Luci Schroeder repeated as the state's Player of the Year to lead the 2024 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Collegiate Women's Soccer Team, the LSWA announced Saturday.

Schroeder was one of two members of the XULA program to repeat as one of the individual superlative winners, as Ashley Cordeiro was tabbed the state's Coach of the Year for the second straight season.

In addition, Xavier's Samira Roper was one of three honorees sharing Newcomer of the Year honors, along with Sydney Cheesman of LSU and Kendall Curran of Southeastern. ULM goalkeeper Jennifer Handy was selected as the Freshman of the Year.

Schroeder was an overwhelming choice as the state's top player after finishing with 14 goals and 17 assists. Named an NAIA All-American for the second straight season, the Samtens, Germany native was selected as the Red River Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight fall.

Her teammate, Roper, led the RRAC with 19 goals and was second to Schroeder with 44 points on the year. The Red River Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year helped Xavier to the conference tournament title.

Roper was one of two conference Newcomers of the Year to share the state's Newcomer of the Year honor. Curran was named Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year last November after posting a 1.37 goals against average in her debut season with the Lady Lions.

Cheesman shared Newcomer of the Year honors with Roper and Curran. The Lafayette, Colorado native was a third team All-SEC choice in her opening campaign with the Tigers. In addition to playing a key role in the LSU backfield, she also paced her squad with four assists in 2024.

Handy made an immediate impact in net for the Warhawks. The Rotherham, England product tied a single-season school record with seven shutouts, finishing with a 1.34 goals against average for ULM.

Cordeiro led Xavier to a 14-6-2 overall record and its second straight trip to the NAIA National Tournament in the program's second season. Under Cordeiro's direction, the Gold Nuggets advanced to the second round of the national tournament for the second straight year.

Schroeder and Roper were among a state-high three first team selections for Xavier. Goalkeeper Theresa Wiesiolek (1.00 GAA, six shutouts) rounded out XULA's contingent. Xavier was one of three schools with multiple first team selections, as Northwestern State (Taylor Spitzer and Emily Senatore) and LSU Shreveport (Dawniella Torres and Diana Godines) each had two representatives.

Grambling's Jayla Gage, LSU's Ida Hermannsdóttir, Maria Alonso of Louisiana Christian and Mara Grutkamp of ULM rounded out the first team.

An additional 19 student-athletes earned honorable mention recognition, as 13 different institutions were represented on the All-Louisiana team. The team was selected by the state's soccer media relations directors.

2024 LSWA Collegiate Women's Soccer All-Louisiana Team

Player of the Year: Luci Schroeder, Xavier
Newcomer of the Year (tie): Sydney Cheesman, LSU; Kendall Curran, Southeastern; Samira Roper, Xavier
Freshman of the Year: Jennifer Handy, ULM
Coach of the Year: Ashley Cordeiro, Xavier

First Team
Name | School | Pos. | Cl. | Hometown
Luci Schroeder | Xavier | MF | Sr. | Samtens, Germany
Jayla Gage | Grambling | F | Jr. | Norwalk, Calif.
Taylor Spitzer | Northwestern State | F | Jr. | Allen, Texas
Ida Hermannsdóttir | LSU | F | Jr. | Reykjavik, Iceland
Dawniella Torres | LSU Shreveport | MF | Sr. | Cali, Colombia
Samira Roper | Xavier | F | Jr. | Heredia, Costa Rica
Diana Godines | LSU Shreveport | MF | Jr. | Houston, Texas
Maria Alonso | Louisiana Christian | MF | Sr. | Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain
Emily Senatore | Northwestern State | MF | So. | Oxford, Conn.
Mara Grutkamp | ULM | MF | Sr. | Mülheim an de Ruhr, Germany
Theresa Wiesiolek | Xavier | GK | Sr. | Karlsruhe, Germany

Honorable Mention: Juliana Anchondo, LSU Shreveport; Hannah McCord, Southeastern; Julia de Souza, Xavier; Sydney Cheesman, LSU; Skylar Blaise, ULM; Emma Monnet, Louisiana Christian; Hille Baumfalk, LSU Alexandria; Lucy Ortiz, Louisiana; Lauren Bennett, Louisiana; Kalli Matlock, Louisiana Tech; Kyra Taylor, Louisiana Tech; Khori Banks, Grambling; Allie Kyle, Louisiana Christian; Fenja Leibner, LSU Alexandria; Kylie Zeller, Centenary; Jennifer Handy, ULM; Kendall Curran, Southeastern; Natalie Mayes, Louisiana; Jackie Kelly, McNeese.