TicketsCINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati defender Ashley Barron was named First-Team All-South Region by the United Soccer Coaches.
Barron, the 2020 American Athletic Conference Defender of the Year, helped lead the Bearcats to the AAC Championship Game against South Florida where she earned a spot on the AAC All-Tournament Team.
Also tabbed for First-Team All-AAC honors, Barron led a back line which ranked in the top half of the league in goals against average (1.08), earned a pair of clean sheets and helped freshman goalkeeper Anna Rexford rank among the league leaders in GAA and saves during the regular season. Barron also scored a goal off a set piece in a road win against Tulsa.
She is the second player in program history to earn First-Team All-AAC accolades twice along with former standout defender Vanessa Gilles. Only six UC soccer players have earned multiple postseason first-team all-conference awards, including Barron (2019-20), Gilles (2016-17), Heather Herweh (2001-02), Tina Matlock (1997-98) and Paulette Angilecchia (1994-96).
Barron is the sixth defender to earn a postseason league defender of the year honor, joining Gilles (2017), Christy Hoffman (2001), Tracy Pohl (1997), Nicole Thorne (1996) and Julie McCaffrey (1995).
WHAT'S NEXT?
Looking ahead, UC brings back a good portion of its roster and recently celebrated a four-person senior class consisting of MF Sophie Gorman, D Riley Gruenbaum, GK Madison Less and D Karli Royer. Of the 10 players who scored goals in 2020, at least nine are set to return in the fall of 2021, including ar Barron, Second-Team All-AAC honorees Kendall Battle and Alli Pestaina and AAC All-Rookie Team member Lauren Bastian.
Bastian missed the AAC Tournament due to illness and UC played the spring season without five starters or projected contributors, including: MF Ellie Flower, GK Madison Less, F Sydney McMillin, MF Ally Sidloski, MF Julia Simer and MF Ying Zhan.
FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati soccer, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow the team (@GoBearcatsWSOC) and Head Coach Neil Stafford (@UCGaffer) on Twitter. You can also find the Bearcats on Instagram and Facebook.
Barron, the 2020 American Athletic Conference Defender of the Year, helped lead the Bearcats to the AAC Championship Game against South Florida where she earned a spot on the AAC All-Tournament Team.
Also tabbed for First-Team All-AAC honors, Barron led a back line which ranked in the top half of the league in goals against average (1.08), earned a pair of clean sheets and helped freshman goalkeeper Anna Rexford rank among the league leaders in GAA and saves during the regular season. Barron also scored a goal off a set piece in a road win against Tulsa.
She is the second player in program history to earn First-Team All-AAC accolades twice along with former standout defender Vanessa Gilles. Only six UC soccer players have earned multiple postseason first-team all-conference awards, including Barron (2019-20), Gilles (2016-17), Heather Herweh (2001-02), Tina Matlock (1997-98) and Paulette Angilecchia (1994-96).
Barron is the sixth defender to earn a postseason league defender of the year honor, joining Gilles (2017), Christy Hoffman (2001), Tracy Pohl (1997), Nicole Thorne (1996) and Julie McCaffrey (1995).
WHAT'S NEXT?
Looking ahead, UC brings back a good portion of its roster and recently celebrated a four-person senior class consisting of MF Sophie Gorman, D Riley Gruenbaum, GK Madison Less and D Karli Royer. Of the 10 players who scored goals in 2020, at least nine are set to return in the fall of 2021, including ar Barron, Second-Team All-AAC honorees Kendall Battle and Alli Pestaina and AAC All-Rookie Team member Lauren Bastian.
Bastian missed the AAC Tournament due to illness and UC played the spring season without five starters or projected contributors, including: MF Ellie Flower, GK Madison Less, F Sydney McMillin, MF Ally Sidloski, MF Julia Simer and MF Ying Zhan.
FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati soccer, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow the team (@GoBearcatsWSOC) and Head Coach Neil Stafford (@UCGaffer) on Twitter. You can also find the Bearcats on Instagram and Facebook.