ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Four Lobos earned a spot on the Mountain West All-Conference Team, as announced by the conference on Wednesday.
As voted on by the MW coaches, forwards Nicole Anderson and Presley Devey were selected to the Mountain West All-Conference First Team and Fiona Jenkins and Alysa Whelchel were selected to the Mountain West All-Conference Second Team.
For both Devey and Anderson, it is their second postseason award with Anderson named to the second team last season and Devey named to the second team following the 2024 season. For Whelchel and Jenkins, it marks their first postseason accolade.
Anderson and Devey were reliable scorers for the Lobos against MW opponents, with Devey leading with six goals and Anderson finishing conference play with five goals. Devey also led the team with four assists and finished MW with a team-high 16 points.
Of Devey’s six goals, three were game winners with all three coming on penalty kicks. Devey went 4-4 in penalty kicks, with one against Nevada, one against UC Davis, one against UTEP and one against Air Force for the final goal of her collegiate career. The Lobo forward closed the season with three goals in the final three matches and a point in five of the last six matches. She recorded a point in seven of the 10 matches.
Devey led the Mountain West in shots (42), was tied for the conference lead in goals, was tied for second in points and tied for third in assists. Of her 42 shots, 18 were on goal.
The Utah native earned MW Offensive Player of the Week following the first week of the conference season, scoring two goals against Nevada and was credited with two assists against San José State for six points on the week. Her two assists tied for the most in a match by a player in the MW this season.
Anderson’s speed set up many of the penalty kick opportunities, including the game-winning goal against UC Davis within the final minute of play.
The California native started conference with two goals and an assist against San José State and finished with five goals and an assist for 11 points in conference. Her five points were tied for the fifth-most points in a conference match, tied with Jenkins’ match against Nevada.
She followed Devey in shots amongst MW players in second at 34 shots, tied for fourth in goals and was sixth in points. Of her 34 shots, 18 were on goal.
Jenkins finished the season with two goals and two assists with both goals coming in the win against Nevada, and one assist against Nevada and one assist against UNLV. The two goals were a career best for the defender and with the assist, the five points were also a career high. Starting in all 10 matches, Jenkins played 779 minutes and played the full 90 minutes five times.
Whelchel scored three goals with an assist, starting off the conference season with a goal and an assist in the win against San José State. The midfielder also scored against UNLV and at Hawai’i with her goal against San José State the game-winning goal. Starting every match, the California native has played over 60 minutes in all MW matches and played 90 minutes against Air Force on her Senior Night.