Central's DeVos offensive MVP for A-R-C women's soccer squad

PELLA- Central College women's soccer junior Olivia DeVos (Altoona, Southeast Polk HS) was named the Offensive Most Valuable Player of the American Rivers Conference team while the program also earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

DeVos becomes the second Dutch player to be a league MVP in program history, joining Alayna Bailey in 2013. The Coaching Staff of the Year honors are the fourth with Mike Kobylinski at the helm.

Piper Eighmy (senior, forward, Birmingham, Ala., Briarwood Christian HS), Lila Gwyn (freshman, midfielder, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sycamore HS) and Emerson Holle (sophomore, defender, Gardner, Kan., Gardner-Edgerton HS) joined DeVos as all-conference honorees.

DeVos was third in the league with four goals in seven matches while finishing second in assists with five. She scored 17 total goals this season, currently eighth most in Division III.

Eighmy had one goal in three assists in conference play. Her goal against Coe was the game-winning tally.

Gwyn had goals against Dubuque and Buena Vista while playing 429 minutes in seven league matches.

Holle played 616 of a possible 630 minutes in the back row for Central during conference matches, contributed one goal and two assists on set pieces. Central limited opponents to seven goals, while recording three shutouts.

Katy Brown (senior, defender, West Alton, Mo., Orchard Farm HS), Kylie Bloomstrom (junior, midfielder, Forest Lake, Minn., Forest Lake Area HS), Rylee Rustad (senior, midfielder, Gilbert, Ariz., Casteel HS and Zoey Sizemore (senior, goalkeeper, Omaha, Neb., Mercy HS) were all tabbed for honorable mention. It's the second year in a row as honorable mentions for Bloomstrom, Rustad and Sizemore.

Central finished the season 13-3-2 and 4-1-2 in conference matches.