FARMINGTON, Utah – The Eastern Washington University soccer team placed six players on All-Big Sky Conference teams, as announced by the league office Tuesday afternoon (April 13). The Eagles had two first team selections in McKaley Goffard and Madison Kem, while Colby Wilson, Taylor Matheny and Sariah Keister represented EWU on the second team. Jordyn King rounded out the selections with an honorable mention nod.
 
Goffard is a senior out of Kennewick, Wash., who primarily played in the midfield this season. This is the second Big Sky honor of her career after being named to the second team as a junior. Goffard tied for the team lead in goals this season with three, including one game-winner. She also dished two assists for a total of eight points on the season which was tied for seventh in the conference.
 
Goffard earned her first career Big Sky Player of the Week honor on March 1 after scoring a goal plus tallying an assist in a 5-0 shutout over the College of Idaho. She also recorded a goal and an assist in a 2-0 shutout over Idaho on Senior Day, and scored in a 3-2 overtime victory over Montana to spoil the Griz's undefeated record. She started and played in all 11 matches this year, logging 963 minutes with 13 total shots and five on goal.
 
Kem, a sophomore that hails from Renton, Wash., earns All-Big Sky first team honors for the second time in her young career. She was the program's second-ever Newcomer of the Year selection last year and also earned a spot on the first team as a freshman. She notched a penalty kick goal in the season opener at Washington State and started and played in all 11 matches, logging 963 minutes.
 
Keister is a senior out of Lakewood, Wash., that plans on returning to the team next year. She earns the second All-Big Sky honor of her career after being named to the first team last season as a junior. This year, she scored two goals for the Eagles to total four points. She recorded 21 shots, which was fifth in the conference, nine of which were on goal.
 
Matheny is also a senior that plans on returning to the squad next season, and hails from Kennewick, Wash. Last year she was the Big Sky Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year and also earned a spot on the first team. This season, she led the team with three goals and three assists to total nine points, which was the sixth-most in the Big Sky. She scored one game-winner, an overtime golden goal at Montana on April 9 to hand the Grizzlies their first loss of the season. She took 16 shots, six of which were on goal, while appearing in all 11 matches with 731 total minutes.
 
Wilson, a junior out of Redondo Beach, Calif., earns the first Big Sky honor of her career. She anchored a backline that earned shutouts in four matches this season, appearing and starting in all 11 games and logged 1,036 minutes. Wilson was also key on set pieces, logging one game-winning goal plus tallying an assist for three points. She also took 12 total shots, four of which were on target.
 
Rounding out the selections is King, who joined the Eagles as a junior after transferring in from Grambling State. King was instrumental on Eastern's defense, helping record four shutouts. She started and played in all 11 matches, recording 1,036 minutes which was tied for first on the team. She recorded five shots, two of which were on goal.
 
The Eagles wrapped up the season on Sunday, April 11, after a loss to Montana, narrowly missing the Big Sky Conference tournament for the first time in six seasons. They finished with an overall winning record of 5-4-2, including a 4-2-2 mark in conference action.