Complete List of 2025 All-Americans
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Putting a fitting punctuation mark on her illustrious career as a Captain, senior midfielder
Hanna Heaton was named a First Team All-American by the United Soccer Coaches on Thursday afternoon. It marks her second career selection as an All-American with both coming as part of the first team.
Continuously making history for the nationally-ranked CNU women's soccer program, Heaton becomes just the third player ever to earn first team All-American honors more than once in her career. She joins the elite club started by Gabby Gillis (2017, 2018) and joined by Riley Cook (2018, 2019, 2021).
Across the whole of the Christopher Newport Athletics Department, Heaton becomes just the 14th CNU student-athlete in any sport to garner first team All-American honors multiple times in her career. In addition to Gillis and Cook, the complete list includes Chelsie Schweers (Women's Basketball), Abby Asuncion and Brooke Billhimer (Field Hockey), Alex Price (Men's Golf), Andrew Cook and Ryan Young (Men's Lacrosse), Kelsey Winters (Women's Lacrosse), Jimmy Grace (Men's Soccer), Jessie Atkinson, Patty Maye Ohanian, and Kaitlyn Hasty (Softball).
Despite just three years as a Captain, Heaton has put together one of the finest careers in program history as she concluded her tenure with 86 career points, ranking sixth all-time at CNU, with 29 goals (T9th) and 28 assists (3rd). In her two All-American campaigns, Heaton factored into over 44 percent of the Captains' goal production by either scoring or assisting on 44 of the 99 goals scored by CNU in the last two years.
That includes another dominant season in 2025 that saw Heaton register team-high totals in every offensive category. She scored 21 points on eight goals and five assists while logging four game-winning goals. She took 57 total shots and put 29 of those attempts on target for a .509 SOG%. She scored a point in 11 of CNU's 19 games played and caught fire at the end of the season with at least one point in five of the last seven games including two of three postseason games.
Showing up under the brightest lights, Heaton assisted on a pivotal game-tying goal in the 83rd minute against nationally-ranked Case Western Reserve in an early season top-ten battle. Then, she powered CNU to victory in another bout against a nationally-ranked team when she scored a memorable winner against No. 12 Swarthmore on October 18. In the C2C Tournament, as she helped lift the Captains to a fourth conference title in five years, she scored the game-winning goal in the conference semifinals against Salisbury and then set up the title-clinching goal in overtime against UC Santa Cruz.
For the second straight year, Heaton was named the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year and was a first team All-C2C pick. She garnered first team USC All-Region honors for the third year in a row and was also a back-to-back-to-back Academic All-District selection by the College Sports Communicators. She is only the fifth player in program history to garner Conference Player of the Year honors more than once in her career and will cap her career as one of the most decorated CNU women's soccer players in the first 30 years of the program.
The Gloucester, Va. native helped lead CNU to a 14-2-3 overall record in 2025 while reaching the NCAA Tournament for a ninth consecutive season. In her career, Heaton and the Captains have posted an impressive 52-4-8 overall record for a winning percentage of 87.5 percent while outscoring opponents by a count of 147-25.
Among the 52 All-Americans selected by the United Soccer Coaches, Heaton was one of just 11 repeat honorees. This year's All-Americans will be recognized for their accomplishments at the United Soccer Coaches All-America Ceremony on Saturday, January 17, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pa., in conjunction with the United Soccer Coaches Convention.
2025 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Women's All-Americans
| First Team |
| Pos |
Name |
Class |
School |
Hometown |
| K |
Molly Brumbach* |
Sr. |
Wesleyan University |
Montclair, N.J. |
| D |
Michelle Davidson |
Sr. |
Emory University |
Austin, Texas |
| D |
Julianna Giordano |
Sr. |
Rowan University |
Millville, N.J. |
| D |
Annie Isphording*** |
Sr. |
Johns Hopkins University |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| D |
Vivian Rojas Collins |
Jr. |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
| M |
Natalie Barnouw* |
Sr. |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
| M |
Hanna Heaton* |
Sr. |
Christopher Newport University |
Gloucester, Va. |
| M |
Sarah Zimmerman* |
Sr. |
Washington & Lee University |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| F |
Elsi Aires** |
Sr. |
Tufts University |
Westborough, Mass. |
| F |
Aubree Caya |
Jr. |
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Oregon, Wis. |
| F |
Olivia Clemons |
So. |
Washington University (Mo.) |
Kansas City, Mo. |
| F |
Hannah Hong* |
Sr. |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
Irvine, Calif. |
| F |
Kaitlyn Nimmer |
Jr. |
Emory University |
Ashburn, Va. |
|
Second Team
|
| Pos |
Name |
Class |
School |
Hometown |
| K |
Hadley Johnson |
Sr. |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
Stillwater, Minn. |
| K |
Avery Trapp |
Jr. |
Carleton College |
Barrington, Ill. |
| D |
Lila Brown |
Sr. |
Dickinson College |
Washington, D.C. |
| D |
Ella Johnson |
Sr. |
Amherst College |
Seattle, Wash. |
| D |
Ilsa Newland |
Sr. |
Trinity University (Texas) |
St. Louis, Mo. |
| M |
Reese Birch |
Jr. |
Tufts University |
Mission Hills, Kan. |
| M |
Tahlia Lloyd |
Sr. |
Messiah University |
Durham, N.C. |
| M |
Jamie Nguyen |
So. |
University of Chicago |
Sunnyvale, Calif. |
| M |
Megha Salvi |
Sr. |
Johns Hopkins University |
Sunnyvale, Calif. |
| M |
Olivia Suarez |
Sr. |
California Lutheran University |
Stevenson Ranch, Calif. |
| F |
Ava Gizzie |
Jr. |
Swarthmore College |
New Canaan, Conn. |
| F |
Mary Stuart Kerrigan |
Sr. |
University of Chicago |
Mount Pleasant, S.C. |
|
Third Team |
| Pos |
Name |
Class |
School |
Hometown |
| K |
Sophia Garcia |
Sr. |
Emory University |
Miami Springs, Fla. |
| D |
Bryn Bissinger* |
Sr. |
Washington & Lee University |
Greenville, S.C. |
| D |
Aileen Carr |
So. |
University of Scranton |
Wall, N.J. |
| D |
Kassandra Salviola |
Sr. |
North Central College |
Naperville, Ill. |
| M |
Ceci Dapino |
Sr. |
Case Western Reserve University |
Columbus, Ohio |
| M |
Izzy DeStefano |
Sr. |
Lake Forest College |
Creve Coeur, Mo. |
| M |
Ruth Hotaling* |
Sr. |
William Smith College |
Delmar, N.Y. |
| M |
Gianna Panarelli |
Jr. |
Vassar College |
Jensen Beach, Fla. |
| M |
Diana Pon |
Sr. |
Penn State University-Harrisburg |
Miami, Fla. |
| F |
Grace Ehlert* |
Sr. |
Washington University (Mo.) |
Wilmette, Ill. |
| F |
Anna Evenson |
Sr. |
California Lutheran University |
San Diego, Calif. |
| F |
Olivia Giordano |
Sr. |
Rowan University |
Millville, N.J. |
| F |
Jordan Lange |
Jr. |
North Central College |
Aurora, Ill. |
|
Fourth Team |
| Pos |
Name |
Class |
School |
Hometown |
| K |
Riley Morningstar |
Sr. |
Penn State University-Behrend |
North Huntingdon, Pa. |
| D |
Brenna Field |
Sr. |
Misericordia University |
Burlington, N.J. |
| D |
Kyra Hacker |
Sr. |
Bowdoin College |
Natick, Mass. |
| D |
Eileen Harvey |
Sr. |
University of Rochester |
Vienna, Va. |
| D |
Sierra Morgano |
Sr. |
Loras College |
Sussex, Wis. |
| D |
Maddie Seebeck |
Jr. |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Cibolo, Texas |
| M |
Jamie Goldfarb |
Sr. |
Case Western Reserve University |
Whitehouse Station, N.J. |
| M |
Mia Libby |
Jr. |
Messiah University |
Greencastle, Pa. |
| M |
Sophie Viscovich |
Jr. |
Washington University (Mo.) |
Oakton, Va. |
| F |
Lyric Birkley |
Sr. |
Bridgewater College |
Milford, Ohio |
| F |
Rebecca Opdenbrouw |
Sr. |
University of Hartford |
West Hartford, Conn. |
| F |
Elizabeth Stophel |
So. |
Williams College |
Chattanooga, Tenn. |
| F |
Alyssa Tranchita |
Sr. |
University of Dubuque |
Greenfield, Wis. |
|
* - Denotes previous selection
