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AUSTIN, Texas – Texas women’s soccer student-athletes Arianna Brothers, Carly Montgomery, Jilly Simkin and Holly Ward have all been named to the College Sports Communicators’ 2024 Division I Academic All-District Women’s Soccer Team. The organization made the announcement on Tuesday. This honor is a first for the brothers and Montgomery, with both Simkin and Ward selected for 2023-24.
On the field, Ward (eight goals) and Simkin (four goals) have scored 12 goals with 23 points and 13 rebounds, respectively, and have started all 22 games this season for head coach Angela Kelly. Most recently, Ward became the first student-athlete in program history to score four goals in a single NCAA Tournament game, a feat the senior forward accomplished just four days ago against Boston College. Simkin was credited with assisting on one of Ward’s four goals, which moved the New York native to sole fifth place on the program’s career assist list.
Montgomery and Brothers are both sophomores who played key roles for the Longhorns during the program’s postseason success. Montgomery, a defender, scored the winning goal off a Lexi Missimo corner in the 80th minute of Texas’ 1-0 win over South Carolina, winning the 2024 SEC Soccer Tournament. Since Texas-Oklahoma on Oct. 10, Brothers has played at least 67 minutes in the midfield nine times, including at every position in the game in eight different games. There is. The Longhorns are 8-1 in nine games.
The 2024-25 All-District Women’s Soccer Team, selected by University Sports Communicators, recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their overall performance on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America program individually recognizes honorees in four divisions: NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.
Academic All-District winners will advance to the CSC Academic All-America voting. The women’s first, second and third team Academic All-America honorees will be announced on Dec. 11.
To be eligible for nomination, student-athletes must appear in 90 percent of their institution’s games or start at least 66 percent of their games. Additionally, each student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.50.
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Texas (17-3-2) will host North Carolina State for a second-round game against No. 5 seed Michigan State (13-2-5) on Friday, Nov. 22 at 3:00 p.m. CT. Move to Durham.
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