ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita women's soccer team has earned seven All-Great American Conference selections, three GAC Elite Scholar Athlete awards, and an additional seven selections to the GAC Academic Honor Roll, announced Thursday on the eve of the league's championship tournament to be played at Kluck Field in Arkadelphia.
Highlighting Ouachita's honorees is sophomore midfielder
Teagan Jaussi, who is one of three unanimous selections to the 2024 All-GAC First Team. She is joined by sophomore forward
Reese Brown and senior defender
Sophia Valencia on the first team.
Sophomore forward
Hattie Gardner and sophomore midfielder
Allison Reece each earned All-GAC Second Team honors. Senior defender
Abbey Moore and senior goalkeeper
Carina Chavarria made the All-GAC honorable mention team.
The league also announced its academic awards on Thursday night. Ouachita's
Ava Dunagan,
Abbey Moore, and
Ashlyn Vana all earned the GAC Elite Scholar Athlete award, which is presented to those with the highest cumulative GPA in the league with at least 70 hours completed. All three of Ouachita's honorees carry a 4.0 GPA.
Additionally, Ouachita's selections to the GAC Academic Honor Roll include
Abbey Cowgill,
Hattie Gardner,
Ashton Inman,
Allison Reece,
Isabella Savattere,
Brooke Steinman, and
Madi Vana. All seven carry at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA in at least their sophomore season.
Moore, Valencia, Brown, Reece, and Gardner are all earning repeat selections to the All-GAC teams. Moore is now a three-time All-GAC honoree and a two-time recipient of the GAC Elite Scholar Athlete award. Valencia, Reece, Gardner, and Jaussi are now two-time All-GAC honorees.
Ouachita was also recognized during Thursday night's awards ceremony as the GAC regular season champion. The Tigers are the No. 1 seed and host for this weekend's tournament. The Tigers take on Southern Nazarene on Friday at 11 a.m. Harding and Oklahoma Baptist play Friday at 2 p.m. The winners meet in the finals on Sunday at 1 p.m.