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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two SWOSU Soccer sophomores have been named to the United Soccer Coaches (USC) All-Central Region Teams that were released Tuesday afternoon. Alimata Rabo received first team honors while Sandra Nabweteme was named to the second team.
 
Rabo, a First Team All-USC selection, improves her status after being named to the second team a year ago. The sophomore from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso previously picked up her second consecutive D2CCA Central Region and GAC Offensive Player of the Year honors following the 2017 regular season. Rabo ended the 2017 season tied for the NCAA Division II lead in goals scored with 28, but was finally passed by Grand Valley State's Gabriella Mencotti who played an extra game in the NCAA Tournament. Rabo now has scored a record breaking 50 goals for the Bulldogs in two years, while also assisting on 21 other goals.
 
Nabweteme, a Second Team All-USC selection, also improves her status after picking up third team recognition as a freshman. The sophomore from Kampala, Uganda has already been named a Second Team D2CCA All-Region selection in 2017, while also earning First Team All-GAC honors for the second consecutive season. Nabweteme netted 13 goals for SWOSU this year, finishing ranked second on the team behind Rabo and tied for third in the GAC. She also assisted on four other goals, slating her second on the team in that category as well.
 
SWOSU ended its historic 2017 season 13-4-5 after falling to nationally No. 1-ranked Central Missouri in the Central Region Championship match, three rounds into the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs were crowned GAC Tournament Champions after claiming wins over Harding and Oklahoma Baptist in the conference tournament, and advanced past Missouri Western and Minnesota State in the NCAA bracket before finally having their playoff run cut down by the Jennies.
 
Both Rabo and Nabweteme will return to the field for the Bulldogs in 2018 as upperclassmen, entering their junior years of competition.   
   

First Team
Pos.	Player	Class	School	Hometown
K	Ana Dilkes	Sr.	Central Missouri	Wichita, Kan.
D	Kayla Hamner	Sr.	Central Missouri	Shawnee, Kan.
D	Miranda Famestad	Sr.	Bemidji State	Sioux Falls, S.D.
D	Abby Nordeen	Sr.	Minnesota State	Cherry Valley, Ill.
M	Emmily Infante	Jr.	Oklahoma Baptist	Mexico City, Mexico
M	Alesha Duccini	So.	Minnesota State	Dubuque, Iowa
M	Baylie Edwards	Sr.	Central Missouri	Lee's Summit, Mo.
M	Madeline Cowell	Jr.	Missouri Western	Bridgeton, Mo.
F	Alimata Rabo	So.	SWOSU	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
F	Jada Scott	Jr.	Central Missouri	Wichita, Kan.
F	Rachael Norton	Jr.	Bemidji State	Mounds View, Minn.
F	Abby Rhodes	Sr.	Central Missouri	Olathe, Kan.
Second Team
Pos.	Player	Class	School	Hometown
K	Catherine Arneson	Sr.	Bemidji State	Fort Collins, Colo.
D	Rebekah Thoresen	Jr.	Augustana	Minnetonka, Minn.
D	Bridget Blessie	Sr.	Missouri Western	Papillion, Neb.
D	Rebecca Gleason	Sr.	Northeastern State	Lucas, Texas
D	Jennifer Goethe	Jr.	Oklahoma Baptist	Shawnee, Okla.
M	Bethany Sutherland	Jr.	Harding	Orange, Calif.
M	Skye Finley	Sr.	Minnesota-Duluth	Forest Lake, Minn.
M	Dani Nelson	Jr.	Bemidji State	Woodbury, Minn.
F	Samantha Tymkowicz	Sr.	Augustana	Sioux City, Iowa
F	Cassidy Menke	Jr.	Missouri Western	O'Fallon, Mo.
F	Ruth King	So.	Oklahoma Baptist	Shawnee, Okla.
F	Sandra Nabweteme	So.	SWOSU	Kampala, Uganda
F	Paulina Chavez	Fr.	Northeastern State	Broken Arrow, Okla.
Third Team
Pos.	Player	Class	School	Hometown
K	Taylor Machacek	Sr.	Augustana	Sioux Falls, S.D.
D	Kelli Creese	Sr.	Minot State	La Verne, Calif.
D	Alyssa Butler	So.	East Central	Wylie, Texas
D	Sierra Phillips	Jr.	Harding	Warrensburg, Mo.
D	Ronise Miller	Sr.	Missouri Southern	Cedar Hill, Texas
M	Hannah White	Fr.	Oklahoma Baptist	Norman, Okla.
M	Eden Stoddard	Sr.	Fort Hays State	Young, Australia
M	Melissa Giles	Sr.	Northeastern State	Broken Arrow, Okla.
M	Megan Lowery	Jr.	University of Mary	Hayden, Idaho
M	Caitlin Dooley	Jr.	University of Mary	Pontefract, England
F	Allyson Smith	Fr.	Bemidji State	Brainerd, Minn.
F	Jenny Hoerter	Sr.	Minnesota State	Stevens Point, Wis.
F	Haley Berryman	Jr.	Minot State	Ephrata, Wash.