NIACC's Kaiser earns first-team all-region honors
MASON CITY - For the ninth straight season, the NIACC women's soccer team landed at least one player on the all-region first team.
NIACC sophomore keeper Nadia Kaiser earned first-team ICCAC Division II all-region honors. Kaiser was an honorable mention all-region selection as a freshman.
Kaiser, who is from Eagle Grove, had a .780 save percentage for the Trojans in goal in the 2025 campaign.
NIACC sophomore Emmalyse Bordignon earned second-team all-region honors. Freshman freshman Rikke Vestergaard and sophomore Aryana Rashidi earned honorable mention all-region honors.
Bordignon led the Trojans with seven goals and five assists. Vestergaard scored five goals with one assist and Rashidi scored five goals with two assists.
Rashidi was also an honorable mention all-region pick as a freshman.
Iowa Central's McKenna Hilton was the regional player of the year and Mukwa Ogitchida of Iowa Lakes was the regional coach of the year.
First-team all-region - Erin Harris (Central CC-Columbus), midfield; Jil Lehmann (Hawkeye CC), forward; Johanna Norrenbrock (Hawkeye CC), midfield; McKenna Hilton (Iowa Central), forward; Sydney Hagen (Iowa Central), forward; Amelie Prie (Iowa Lakes), defender; Ana Zamorano (Iowa Lakes), forward; forward; Holly Poole (Iowa Lakes), keeper; Stina Mathews (Iowa Lakes), midfield; Nadia Kaiser (NIACC), keeper; Addison Osilka (Northeast CC), midfield; Emma Brilleman (Northeast CC), forward; Malana Gurmendi (Northeast CC), midfield; Anggy Villena (Western Iowa Tech), midfield.
Second-team all-region - Lila Abbott (Central CC-Columbus), defender; Emilia Kristensen (Hawkeye CC), keeper; Grace Lea (Hawkeye CC), forward; Alexandrea Villaobos Van Slooten (Iowa Central), midfield; Alyssa Tucker (Iowa Central), keeper; Karma McMorris (Iowa Central), forward; Claudia Beaujon (Iowa Lakes), defender; Emma Fournie (Iowa Lakes), midfield; Ines Balaghni (Iowa Lakes), forward; Miu Kamei (Iowa Lakes), forward; Emmalyse Bordignon (NIACC), forward; Alia Gordon (Northeast CC), defender; Maria Gomez (Northeast CC), defender; Sarah Huckels (Northeast CC), Amayrani Contreras (Northwest Iowa), Anna Infantino (Southeastern CC), Alina Salome Bosemediano Pozo (Western Iowa Tech).
Honorable mention all-region - Fallyn Glomb (Central CC-Columbus), defender; Olivia Hind (Central CC-Columbus), defender/midfielder; Erin Todd (Hawkeye CC), midfield; Kenzie Synder (Hawkeye CC), defender; Gracie Lozenski (Iowa Central), midfield; Natalie Zimlich (Iowa Central), defender; Chenell Makusu (Iowa Lakes), defender; Mahee Montenegro (Iowa Lakes), midfield; Zoe Lawrence (Iowa Lakes), midfield; Aryana Rashidi (NIACC), Rikke Vestergaard (NIACC), midfield; Hailey Holbrook (Northeast CC), forward; Helena Chetchti (Northeast CC), defender; Bailey Koyle (Northwest Iowa), defender; Servane Veyrac (Southeastern CC), forward; Andrea Nicole Chiliquingan Haro (Western Iowa Tech), keeper; Noelle Fabri (Western Iowa Tech), forward.
