Sharp- Shooting Alhassan Rafiatu, and two other Navarro’s soccer team earned All-Region XIV honors

Sharp- Shooting  forward Alhassan Rafiatu, midfielder Minori Saze, and defender Kaede Yamaguchi were selected to the 10-member squad.

Alhassan, honored once during the regular season as an NJCAA Player Of The Week, finished her career as Navarro’s third-leading goal scorer (49) with 21 assists, 119 points, 11 game-winning goals and five hat tricks.

Saze, a freshman, scored seven goals and accounted for 18 points during Navarro’s 13-5 season.

Yamaguchi, a CO-VID super sophomore like Alhassan, was a key defender on a Navarro club that went 33-13-3 over the last three seasons with 29 shutouts. Yamaguchi totaled 11 goals, 25 assists and 50 points during her Navarro career.

National semifinalist Tyler (22-1) landed five players on the team, including Most Valuable Player Esalenna Galekhutle and goalkeeper Daniela Wilken.

ALL-REGION XIV WOMENS SOCCER
Listed alphabetically by position

FORWARDS
Selena Abe, Paris
Rafael Alhassan, Navarro
Lilianne Clase, Angelina
Riley Massey, Tyler

MIDFIELDERS
Osiris Duarte, Northeast Texas
Esalenna Galekhutle, Tyler
Camila Montero, Angelina
Minori Saze, Navarro

DEFENDERS
Hanna Masuko, Tyler
Mable Pruter, Angelina
Ally Stickney, Tyler
Kaede Yamaguchi, Navarro

GOALKEEPER
Daniela Wilken, Tyler

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Esalenna Galekhutle, Tyler.

Source: Navarro college soccer