HS: TeamSnap Girls All-America update

by Sheldon Shealer

January 5, 2017

More than 500 fall- and winter-playing high school girls players will make the cut for the Fall TeamSnap All-America Watch List and Winter TeamSnap All-America Watch List.

Players, through coaches recommendations and TopDrawerSoccer staff observations, will be added each week to the list as performances warrant. The only players that will be removed from the list will be athletes who are no longer playing high school soccer or sustain a season-ending injury that will take them out of all-state consideration.

Complete list of TeamSnap All-America Update articles.

Here are recent performances and updates from players on the TeamSnap All-America Watch Lists:

GIRLS

* Lily Arbabaraghi, Monte Vista (Calif.), So., F: Arbabaraghi scored six goals as Monte Vista went 3-0 at the Tri-Valley Classic, which included a 2-0 win over former SIMA FAB 50 Top 5-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.). Arbabaraghi scored one of the goals against Aquinas. She plays club for the ECNL Mustang SC.

* Molly Feighan, Arlington (N.Y.), Jr., F: After leading Arlington to a state title, dethroning perennial power Massapequa, Feighan picked up Poughkeepsie Journal Offensive Player of the Year, Section 1 Class AA Player of the Year and Class AA first-team all-state honors. The Notre Dame commit finished the year with 29 goals and 14 assists. Her final goal, coming with 7:18 left in overtime, gave Arlington the title.

* Eve Hewins and Caroline Harkins, Hingham (Mass.), F: It’s hard to mention one Hingham forward without the other for their accomplishments this past fall. Hewins, a senior and Princeton commit, was selected as the Boston Globe Division 2 Player of the Year after scoring 38 goals. Harkins, a junior, had 25 goals and 19 assists and made the Boston Globe All-Scholastic team.

* Juliana Lynch, Sparrows Point (Md.), So., F: Lynch plays for a small school with big-time success. She had 18 goals and 12 assists this past season, helping the Pointers to a fourth straight state title where she scored both goals in a 2-1 victory. Lynch has committed to national power West Virginia. She was a Baltimore Sun All-Metro first team pick, and has 30 goals and 20 assists in 34 career matches.

* Ya'Nique Van Ness, Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Sr., F: Van Ness scored a team-high 14 goals to lead Saratoga Springs to a section semifinal appearance. The recent region ODP performer was named the Saratogian Times Girls Soccer Player of the Year. She has committed to Boston College.

NOTE: The fall All-America watch list includes only players from high school teams that compete during the fall season. The Winter All-America watch list was released in November and includes players from the seven winter-playing states, and the Spring All-America watch list will follow in February.

Related Topics: SIMA FAB 50 / Event, Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Ivy League