GREENVILLE, S.C. – The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) announced its Division I Women's Soccer All-America Teams on Thursday morning as the MACU Women's Soccer team had three selected for the esteemed honor. Graduate student midfielder Annika Gerdau garnered First Team nods while both senior defender Asley Baker and sophomore forward Brae Baker were selected to the Second Team.
In her third year with the Evangels, Gerdau continued to be one of the consistent driving forces behind the MACU attack as she finished the season with three goals, all of which were game-winners and dished out five assists for 11 points through 19 games.
The Stelle, Germany product wrapped up an incredible Evangels career with 12 goals and 16 assists, ranking fourth in MACU's all-time career record book for assists while her five career game-winning goals is tied for the ninth-most on the list.
Coming to the MACU program with her sister from Oklahoma Baptist, Brae Baker's impact in the Evangels attack was unmatched. The NCCAA Central Region Player wrapped up her first season with the program with a team-leading 14 goals to go with seven assists for 35 points while attempting a team-high 91 shots and putting 50 of those tries on-goal to go with three-game winning goals.
Baker's offensive output set several marks in MACU's single season record books as her goals, assists and point totals were all tied for the ninth-most in one season. On-top of being named the region's top player, Baker was tabbed to the All-Sooner Athletic Conference First Team.
In her lone season with the program, Asley Baker was a key piece of MACU's stellar back row defense that allowed just 0.95 goals on 10.1 shots with only 4.1 shots on-goal per game. The El Reno, Oklahoma native also made her impact felt on the offensive end as well as the left-back also finished the season with three goals and four assists for 10 points. Baker was one of just four Evangels to start every single game while logging the third-most minutes on the squad with 1689.
On-top of being selected to the All-SAC First Team, Baker was also named the league's Newcomer of the Year.
Overall, Mid-America Christian closed out a historic season where the Evangels captured the a share of the program's first ever SAC regular season title after going 8-1 in conference play as well as made its first ever appearance in the NAIA Tournament before wrapping up the year with a 14-4-2 record.
