Women's Soccer Coaches Named South Region Staff of Year for Third Consecutive Season
Jan 03, 2025 | Women's Soccer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the third consecutive season, Memphis women's soccer head coach Brooks Monaghan and staff were named the South Region Coaching Staff of the Year by United Soccer Coaches.
The Tigers – coached by Monaghan, Jonny Walker, Jordan Darling and Ted Bartels — went 13-2-4 en route to a regular season AAC championship, the program's 15th title with all of them coming with Monaghan at the helm. They went unbeaten in conference play for a second consecutive season and were one of eight schools to spend the entire regular season in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25.
Drivers of individual recognition as well as team success, Memphis also saw sophomore Finley Lavin win AAC Defender of the Year, and Ai Kitagawa was named the conference's Freshman of the Year and Second Team Best XI by TopDrawerSoccer at the national level. Lavin and Momo Nakao were named to the All-Conference First Team, while Maddie Eskin, Anna Hauer, Ashley Henderson, Kitagawa and Anne-Valerie Seto also received All-Conference honors.
Founded in 1941 and based in Kansas City, Missouri, United Soccer Coaches is the world's largest soccer coaches' organization that serves members at every level of the game. Their Staff of the Year awards span eight regions, and the full list of Division-I recipients can be found below.
Atlantic: Robbie Church, Duke University
East: Margaret Rodriguez, University of Connecticut
Midwest: Nate Lie, University of Kansas
North: Jane Alukonis, University of Southern California
Pacific: Emanuel Martins, Utah State University
South: Brooks Monaghan, University of Memphis
Southeast: James Armstrong, Mississippi State University
West: Jerry Smith, Santa Clara University
How to follow the Tigers: For complete information on Memphis Tigers Soccer, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
The Tigers – coached by Monaghan, Jonny Walker, Jordan Darling and Ted Bartels — went 13-2-4 en route to a regular season AAC championship, the program's 15th title with all of them coming with Monaghan at the helm. They went unbeaten in conference play for a second consecutive season and were one of eight schools to spend the entire regular season in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25.
Drivers of individual recognition as well as team success, Memphis also saw sophomore Finley Lavin win AAC Defender of the Year, and Ai Kitagawa was named the conference's Freshman of the Year and Second Team Best XI by TopDrawerSoccer at the national level. Lavin and Momo Nakao were named to the All-Conference First Team, while Maddie Eskin, Anna Hauer, Ashley Henderson, Kitagawa and Anne-Valerie Seto also received All-Conference honors.
Founded in 1941 and based in Kansas City, Missouri, United Soccer Coaches is the world's largest soccer coaches' organization that serves members at every level of the game. Their Staff of the Year awards span eight regions, and the full list of Division-I recipients can be found below.
Atlantic: Robbie Church, Duke University
East: Margaret Rodriguez, University of Connecticut
Midwest: Nate Lie, University of Kansas
North: Jane Alukonis, University of Southern California
Pacific: Emanuel Martins, Utah State University
South: Brooks Monaghan, University of Memphis
Southeast: James Armstrong, Mississippi State University
West: Jerry Smith, Santa Clara University
How to follow the Tigers: For complete information on Memphis Tigers Soccer, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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