FRISCO, Texas – HCU saw seven student-athletes named all-Southland Conference on Monday afternoon in an announcement by the league office with Isabella Alamo and Gisele Kehres selected to the first team while Paisley Barela, Jasmine Diaz, Isabella Dillow, Olivia Rossman and Mikaela Valentine were all second team choices.
Alamo, a sophomore midfielder, finished the year with nine points (3 goals, 3 assists) to rank fifth on the team. All three of her goals came in SLC play, ranking eighth in the league in conference play. Two of her three assists this season set up game-winning goals. The sophomore appeared in 16 regular season games with 15 starts.
Kehres, meanwhile, also picked up first team honors as a defender who started all 19 matches for the Huskies. The sophomore's 1,652 minutes played rank first on the team among non-goalkeepers as she left the pitch just four times all season while playing every minute of SLC play. Kehres was a rock on a back line that allowed just seven goals in 10 SLC matches.
Barela, a sophomore forward, earns the first all-conference selection of her career after leading the Huskies with seven goals. Her seven goals tied for eighth-most in the league while her four goals in conference play rank fourth. Barela scored a team-high three game-winners against Prairie View A&M, UT Rio Grande Valley and UIW. She scored a pair of braces, netting multiple goals against both PVAMU and UTRGV. Barela also added three assists for HCU for a team-leading 17 points while starting 18 of 19 matches.
A second team sophomore midfielder, Diaz appeared in 17 matches with 16 starts. She ranked third among HCU's players in minutes played, behind a pair of defenders, and scored a trio of goals. Two of those goals came in SLC play with both proving to be game-winners.
Dillow, a senior midfielder, tied with Barela for the team-lead with 17 points (6 goals, 5 assists) en route to second team honors. She ranks third on the team with seven points in conference play, netting two goals with three assists. Dillow enjoyed a stretch of four-straight matches with a goal and a six-game run with at least one goal or assist. She was credited with the game-winning goals against Texas Southern and Southern.
Rossman, a senior forward, leads the league lead with nine assists while also scoring three goals for 15 points. She was involved in goals (goal or assist) in seven of the team's 10 SLC matches with one goal and a league-leading seven assists in conference play. She was credited with multiple assists twice this season, vs. Grambling and Northwestern State. Her nine assists this season are tied for third-most in a single season in program history. This marks Rossman's third time being a second team all-conference selection.
Valentine, a freshman defender, moved into a starting role for the Huskies before SLC play began and left the field for a total of one minute in 10 SLC games. She scored a goal vs. Grambling and also had a two-assist performance in HCU's victory over Stephen F. Austin. That performance vs. SFA garnered SLC Defensive Player of the Week recognition.
The Huskies are on a 14-match unbeaten run, the longest in program history, and have not lost since Aug. 30. HCU will begin the 2026 SLC Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 10, evening against seventh-seeded East Texas A&M on the Lions' home turf in Commerce, Texas.
