Top NCAA Women’s Soccer Defenders to Watch ahead of the 2024 season

KANSAS CITY, MO – United Soccer Coaches has announced the Defenders on its NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Players to Watch lists for the 2024 intercollegiate season.

The lists are compiled and released by the Division I All-America Committees to promote college soccer leading up to the official start date for the regular season later this month. The lists include United Soccer Coaches All-Americans and first or second-team All-Region players from 2023, who are scheduled to return for the 2024 season.

See below for the list of NCAA Defenders to Watch for 2024. To view the women’s Goalkeepers to Watch, click here.

2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Players to Watch – Defenders

Name	Class	School	Hometown
Camile Ashe	GR-5	Florida State	Arlington, Va.
Natale Bain	Jr.	Xavier	Alexandria, Ky.
Mae Blackburn	Jr.	Texas Tech	Keller, Texas
Clarae Broecker	Sr.	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Afton, Minn.
Emma Brown	Sr.	Cal Poly	Clovis, Calif.
Lauren Bruno	GR-5	Monmouth	Manalapan, N.J.
Elise Evans	Jr.	Stanford	Redwood City, Calif.
Gracie Falla	Jr.	South Carolina	Hattiesburg, Miss.
Jazmin Ferguson	Jr.	LSU	Conyers, Ga.
Lyndsey Heckel	Sr.	Saint Louis	St.Louis, Mo.
Sydney Jones	Jr.	Ohio State	Cincinnati, Ohio
Alivia Kelly	GR-5	North Carolina State	Pembroke, Mass.
Emily Mason	Sr.	Rutgers	Flemington, N.J.
Quincy McMahon	Sr.	UCLA	Carmel, Ind.
Reese Mendenhall	Sr.	Florida Gulf Coast	Phoenix, Ariz.
Kelsey Oyler	Sr.	Arkansas	Meridian, Idaho
Alyssa Peters	GR-5	Idaho	Bremerton, Wash.
Ellie Podojil	Sr.	Arkansas	Cincinnati, Ohio
Carly Raunig	GR-5	Missouri State	Olathe, Kan.
Lilly Reale	Sr	UCLA	Hingham, Mass.
Jade Rose	Sr.	Harvard	Markham, Ont.
Kelsey Salopek	Jr.	Kent State	Munhall, Pa.
Myla Schneider	Sr.	Maine	Calgary, Alb.
Lydia Self	Sr.	Northern Kentucky	Noblesville, Ind.
Taylor Summit	Sr.	California Baptist	San Diego, Calif.
Daviana Vaka	Sr.	Florida	Sandy, Utah