Ambere Barnett, Katie Erwin and Lyric Schmidt were all voted to the preseason team.
Barnett won C-USA Player and Midfielder of the Year in the 2021 spring season. She has been an All-Conference member all three seasons she has played on The Hill. Barnett was also a United Soccer Coaches All-American Third Team pick in 2021, the program's first ever All-American.
Erwin was a third team All-Conference selection in fall of 2021. She was also a United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team honoree last season.
Schmidt was also named to the United Soccer Coaches Third team last season and earned the honor in the spring as well. She was an All-Conference Second Team pick in the spring of 2021.
WKU finished last season 10-5-1 overall and 5-2-1 in C-USA, finishing in second place in the East division. The Lady Toppers were the only team in the conference to place three on the preseason team with Rice, Florida Atlantic and North Texas each with two and UAB and UTSA with one each.
C-USA Predicted Order of Finish (First Place Votes)
- Rice (7)
- WKU (3)
- Florida Atlantic (1)
- North Texas
- UAB
- UTSA
- Middle Tennessee
- Charlotte
- Louisiana Tech
- FIU
- UTEP
Preseason All-Conference Team
GK – Bella Kilgore, Rice
D – Lyric Schmidt, WKU
D – Asha Zuniga, UAB
D – Amanda Martin, Florida Atlantic
MF – Delaney Schultz, Rice
MF – Ambere Barnett, WKU
MF – Maddison Krstec, Florida Atlantic
MF – Taylor Tufts, North Texas
F – Anna Sutter, UTSA
F – Allie Byrd, North Texas
F – Katie Erwin, WKU
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