Megan Wasiak could have been one of the top goal scorers in Southern Nevada this season.
But that’s not how Bishop Gorman’s girls soccer team used its star midfielder. Instead, the senior was asked to set up her teammates and be a facilitator for a talent-rich team featuring four Division I signees.
Wasiak flourished in the role and was recently rewarded by being voted Southwest League Player of the Year by league coaches.
“She had always been a player concerned with scoring,” Gaels coach Lora Feely said. “But then she realized, it’s not always about finishing what you’re doing with the ball.
“She was real good about laying it off to other players, attacking as a team and not an individual.”
Wasiak, who has signed with Stephen F. Austin, had eight goals and nine assists as a senior.
She helped the Gaels (14-2-1) win the Southwest title and reach the semifinals of the Sunset Region playoffs.
“I felt more that I should be the play-maker than the goal scorer,” Wasiak said of her senior season. “We have such young talent, and I wanted them to grow.”
Western’s Jorge Cobian was voted the Southwest’s Coach of the Year.
Southern Nevada champion Arbor View swept the top awards in the Northwest, with McKenzie Karas named Player of the Year and Jay Howard voted the Coach of the Year.
In the Northeast, Rancho’s Stephanie Apodaca was named Player of the Year and Sunrise Mountain’s Lyndsey Sobrero took Coach of the Year.
In the Southeast, Green Valley’s Kayla Varner shared Player of the Year with Tech’s Rachael Montoya. Silverado’s Jenna Carter took Coach of the Year.
Class 4A Girls Honors
All-Southern Nevada
Mia Moore, Gorman; Courtney Beckwith, Gorman; Megan Wasiak, Gorman; Haley Wingender, Gorman; Markie Henderson, Spring Valley; Megan Delaney, Spring Valley; Leslie Carroll, Spring Valley; Olivia Fiss, Bonanza; Amy Davis, Bonanza; Carmen Ramirez, Western; Samantha Burneo, Desert Oasis; McKenzie Karas, Arbor View; Dakota Olson, Arbor View; Alex Luevano-Harden, Arbor View; Bianca Norman, Arbor View; Tatiana Pagan, Palo Verde; Sila Tuiofea, Palo Verde; Lauren Kaskie, Palo Verde; Debbie McLaughlin, Centennial; Amanda Zahm, Centennial; Kelsey Priest, Shadow Ridge; Mackenzie Smith, Cheyenne; Stephanie Apodaca, Rancho; Megan Aoyama, Rancho; Rachel Wiltshire, Rancho; Jessica Godwin, Rancho; Chynna Hartmann, Eldorado; Katelyn Comeno, Eldorado; Sabrina Justice, Eldorado; Danica Pickett, Las Vegas; Wendy Martinez, Las Vegas; Breanna Gianopoulos, Chaparral; Kayla Varner, Green Valley; Kaylynn Burgess, Green Valley; Asli Kupoglu, Green Valley; Erika Hanuscin, Green Valley; Rachel Cooklin, Silverado; Syrina Lopez, Silverado; Samantha Lewis, Silverado; Sarah Pate, Coronado; Addison Guida, Coronado; Rachael Montoya, Tech; Kierra Phelps, Basic.
All-Sunset Region
Moore, Gorman; Beckwith, Gorman; Wasiak, Gorman; Wingender, Gorman; Alyssa Campagna, Gorman; Henderson, Spring Valley; Delaney, Spring Valley; Carroll, Spring Valley; Mahala Shumway, Spring Valley; Fiss, Bonanza; Davis, Bonanza; Kalyn Goffney, Bonanza; Ramirez, Western; Erika Reynada, Western; Burneo, Desert Oasis; Karas, Arbor View; Olson, Arbor View; Luevano-Harden, Arbor View; Norman, Arbor View; Falon Miller, Arbor View; Pagan, Palo Verde; Tuiofea, Palo Verde; Kaskie, Palo Verde; Alyssa Kleiner, Palo Verde; McLaughlin, Centennial;Zahm, Centennial; Sophie Krauza, Centennial; Priest, Shadow Ridge; Colleen Storm, Shadow Ridge; Smith, Cheyenne.
All-Sunrise Region
Apodaca, Rancho; Aoyama, Rancho; Wiltshire, Rancho; Godwin, Rancho; Wendoline Soriano, Rancho; Hartmann, Eldorado; Comeno, Eldorado; Justice, Eldorado; Alexis Sama, Eldorado; Pickett, Las Vegas; Martinez, Las Vegas; Sarah Cook, Las Vegas; Gianopoulos, Chaparral; Jessica Fadgen, Chaparral; Varner, Green Valley; Burgess, Green Valley; Kupoglu, Green Valley; Hanuscin, Green Valley; Alyssa Rodriguez, Green Valley; Cooklin, Silverado; Lopez, Silverado; Lewis, Silverado; Taylor Richard, Silverado; Pate, Coronado; Guida, Coronado; Melissa Subu, Coronado; Montoya, Tech; Kaila West, Tech; Phelps, Basic.
All-Northwest League
Karas, Arbor View; Olson, Arbor View; Luevano-Harden, Arbor View; Norman, Arbor View; Miller, Arbor View; Tori Rodriguez, Arbor View; Pagan, Palo Verde; Tuiofea, Palo Verde; Kaskie, Palo Verde; Kleiner, Palo Verde; Kori Jeffries, Palo Verde; McLaughlin, Centennial; Zahm, Centennial; Krauza, Centennial; Bethanie Skelton, Centennial; Priest, Shadow Ridge; Storm, Shadow Ridge; Erika Haddock, Shadow Ridge; Mariah Abeyta, Cimarron; Jennifer Ramirez, Cheyenne; Liliana Saucedo, Mojave; Smith, Cheyenne.
Player of the Year–McKenzie Karas, Arbor View.
Coach of the Year–Jay Howard, Arbor View.
All-Southwest League
Moore, Gorman; Beckwith, Gorman; Wasiak, Gorman; Wingender, Gorman; Campagna, Gorman; Meghan Brascia, Gorman; Henderson, Spring Valley; Delaney, Spring Valley; Carroll, Spring Valley; Shumway, Spring Valley; Bailey Boyack, Spring Valley; Fiss, Bonanza; Davis, Bonanza; Goffney, Bonanza; Bree Hammel, Bonanza; Ramirez, Western; Reynada, Western; Ana Karen Ramirez, Western; Azucena Bernal, Clark; Katrine Baker, Sierra Vista; Nicole Rancati, Durango; Burneo, Desert Oasis.
Player of the Year–Megan Wasiak, Bishop Gorman.
Coach of the Year–Jorge Cobian, Western.
All-Northeast League
Apodaca, Rancho; Aoyama, Rancho; Wiltshire, Rancho; Godwin, Rancho; Soriano, Rancho; Hartmann, Eldorado; Comeno, Eldorado; Justice, Eldorado; Sama, Eldorado; Chelsea Upshaw, Eldorado; Pickett, Las Vegas; Martinez, Las Vegas; Cook, Las Vegas; Mariel Hundley, Las Vegas; Gianopoulos, Chaparral; Fadgen, Chaparral; Chase Marchello, Chaparral; Ana Vides, Desert Pines; Elvia Castro, Desert Pines; Jessell Odell, Sunrise Mountain; Anne Underwood, Valley.
Player of the Year–Stephanie Apodaca, Rancho.
Coach of the Year–Lyndsey Sobrero, Sunrise Mountain.
All-Southeast League
Varner, Green Valley; Burgess, Green Valley; Kupoglu, Green Valley; Hanuscin, Green Valley; Rodriguez, Green Valley; Cassidy McLean, Green Valley; Cooklin, Silverado; Lopez, Silverado; Lewis, Silverado; Richard, Silverado; Alexa Garcia, Silverado; Pate, Coronado; Guida, Coronado; Subu, Coronado; Leticia Lopez, Coronado; Montoya, Tech; West, Tech; Makala Lemley, Tech; Sarah Hudson, Basic; Minerva Massis, Liberty; Senora Lankert, Del Sol; Dominique Clough, Foothill; Phelps, Basic.
Player of the Year–Kayla Varner, Green Valley; Rachael Montoya, Tech.
Coach of the Year–Jenna Carter, Silverado.
