ATHENS' ROE NAMED 'PLAYER OF YEAR' — THREE LADY WILDCATS NAMED TO FIRST TEAM

By: Tim Birney  /  November 10, 2020  /  Photo: Tim Birney

Athens senior Emma Roe was named the NTL girls soccer “Player of the Year,” two of her teammates were named to the first team, and one to the second team in recent voting by the league’s coaches.

Roe, who scored 19 goals and doled out eight assists, was a non-stop dynamo from one end of the field to the other for the Lady Wildcats.

Wellsboro senior Kerrah Clymer scored 35 goals and dished out 16 assists to earn “Offensive Player of the Year” honors for the league champion Lady Green Hornets. (She was one of only two Wellsboro players chosen to the two teams.)

Troy’s Emmi Ward was named the “Defensive Player of the Year,” and Wyalusing’s Gary Haley was voted “Coach of the Year.”

Roe and Ward were named to the all-state team.

FIRST TEAM
Goalkeeper
Erin Barrett, Towanda.

Defenders
Hannah Walker, Athens;
Emmi Ward, Troy;
Laci Hitman, Troy;
Porsche Bennett, Towanda.

Midfield
Hannah Blackman, Athens;
Camilla McRoberts, Troy;
Chelsea Hungerford, Williamson;
Olivia Sparbanie, Towanda.

Forward / Striker
Emma Roe, Athens;
Kerrah Clymer, Wellsboro;
Nicole McClelland, Troy;
Haley Jayne, Wyalusing.

SECOND TEAM
Goalkeeper
Peal O’Connor, Wyalusing.

Defender
Sage Greenland, Towanda;
Kenzie Miller, Wyalusing;
Charlie Slusser, Williamson;
Scout Abel, Williamson;
Kali Thoman, NEB.

Midfield
Alli Thoman, Athens;
Layla Botts, Wyalusing;
Taylor Williams, Troy;
Kelsey Cowles, NEB;
Jacklyn Neilson, NP-M.

Forward / Striker
Kerrah Thoman, NEB;
Jenna Boyce, Wellsboro;
Addison Parker, Troy;
Mura Nelson, NP-M;
Olivia Haley, Wyalusing.