(KJCCC) November 11, 2022 -- All-KJCCC Women's D1 West Soccer Selections

2022 ALL-KJCCC WOMEN'S D1 WEST SOCCER SELECTIONS

Hutchinson Community College sweeps the 2022 KJCCC West Division I post-season special awards, led by seven-time Coach of the Year Sammy Lane and his pair of outstanding performers in two-time Player of the Year Hadlie Lowe and lockdown defender Lexi Jack earning the program's fifth Defensive Player of the Year award.

Division I West Awards

Coach of the Year – Sammy Lane (Hutchinson)
This is the eighth time that Hutchinson head coach Sammy Lane was named the league's Coach of the Year, the first since 2016.  Picked to finish third in the Jayhawk West this season, Lane's 2022 Blue Dragons finished 2nd in the West at 10-3.

The Blue Dragaons got on an early roll and jumped out to a 7-0 start, ranked for the first time since 2017. After suffering their first loss of the season, the Blue Dragons entered a four-game stretch against nationally ranked opponents and went 3-1 in that span including a 2-1 overtime win over then-15th ranked Coffeyville and a 2-0 shutout of then-19th ranked Barton.  Lane's Blue Dragons had the season come to an end 1-0 in the Region VI semifinals, completing the year at 14-4 19th in the final NJCAA poll.

Player of the Year – Hadlie Lowe (Hutchinson)
Blue Dragon sophomore Hadlie Lowe is just the second Blue Dragon ever to earn Offensive Player of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons, joining Alicia Robinson (2010, 2011). This is the eighth time a Blue Dragon player has been named Offensive player of the Year. 

Lowe posted career highs in 2022 with 20 goals, six of which were game winning net shakers, seven assists and 47 points. Recording a trio of hat tricks during the year, Lowe opened the season with her first, then had a personal best four goals of her seven-goal, two-game stretch as the next time on the pitch netted all the goals of a 3-1 victory. Lowe capped her scoring career with the game winner in the Region VI opening round before the Blue Dragons fell 1-0 in the semifinal round.

Defensive Player of the Year – Lexi Jack (Hutchinson)
Lexi Jack is the fifth Blue Dragon to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors, the first since goalkeeper Chiara Soergel in 2019. Jack is the first defender to win the honor for the Blue Dragons since Madison Pollack in 2016.

Jack was one of the physical back-line defenders for the Blue Dragons, which had six shutout this season and held opponents to one or no goals 12 times.  Jack was a big part of keeping two of the league's top scorers off the sheet in four matchups this season, Barton's Nina Norshee and Butler's Kenzee Godwin, who had just one assist in two matchups.