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Cook named to the MIAA Soccer All-Tournament Team

Fourteen talented MIAA student-athletes, including Northwest Missouri State University junior defender Emma Cook, were named to the 2026 MIAA Women's Soccer Championship All-Tournament Team, as selected by the coaching staffs of the championship's qualifying teams.
 
The top eight teams from the regular season advanced to the 2026 MIAA Women's Soccer Championship. Only four teams advanced to the championship's final rounds, hosted November 6 and 8 at the Scheels Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas.
 
Washburn captured its first-ever tournament title with a 2-0 win over Pittsburg State in the MIAA Championship match on Sunday, November 8. Representing the MIAA tournament championship on the 2026 Women's Soccer All-Tournament Team are sophomore forward Leah Henke, sophomore forward Kate Hinck, and senior defender Rilyn Snyder. Henke and Hinck combined for four Ichabods goals and two assists to lead all scorers with five points apiece.   
 
Representing the championship runner-up, Pittsburg State, on the All-Tournament Team are junior midfielder Sammie Edwards, sophomore midfielder Piper Hughes, and sophomore defender Livi Jones.
 
Central Missouri and Emporia State advanced to Wichita but suffered losses in the MIAA semifinals. Representing the Jennies on the 2026 All-Tournament Team is sophomore midfielder Hazel Douglas-Trotman and senior midfielder Aspen Patterson. Representing the Hornets on the All-Tournament Team is junior forward Hailey Gancarz and junior defender Aubrey Seltman.
 
The four teams that suffered quarterfinal losses on November 1 each received one All-Tournament Team selection. Those remaining selections went to junior defender Emma Cook of Northwest Missouri State, senior forward/midfielder Kendall Knisley of Missouri Western, junior defender Gillian Wilson of Northeastern State, and graduate defender Megan Wilson of Central Oklahoma.

2026 MIAA Soccer All-Tournament Team
Leah Henke, F - Washburn
Kate Hinck, F - Washburn
Rilyn Snyder, D - Washburn
Sammie Edwards, M - Pittsburg State
Piper Hughes, M - Pittsburg State
Livi Jones, D - Pittsburg State
Hazel Douglas-Trotman, M - Central Missouri
Aspen Patterson, M - Central Missouri
Hailey Gancarz, F - Emporia State
Aubrey Seltman, D - Emporia State
Emma Cook, D - Northwest Missouri State
Kendall Knisley, M/F - Missouri Western
Gillian Wilson, D - Northeastern State
Megan Wilson, D - Central Oklahoma
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