Cullowhee, N.C. -- Western Carolina women's soccer continues to garner post-season praise as Naya Marcil and Isabella DeMarco were named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Team for outstanding performances both on the pitch and in the classroom this season. The Catamount pairing were the only Southern Conference student-athletes to earn a spot on their regional teams with Marcil and DeMarco earning first-team honors.  
 
Both Catamounts were named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast team solely for their performance on the pitch earlier this month. The scholar all-region team selection is the second in as many seasons for Marcil who was named an All-South second-team honoree last season.  
 
Marcil earned academic honors after posting a 3.78 GPA in management during her final season in Cullowhee. The Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada product paced the Catamount offense this season, recording a career-high 10 goals while adding five assists for a record-setting Catamount attack. She ended her career as one of only three WCU strikers to post 20 or more goals and assists, joining Nardia Moore (199-2002) and Lauren Atkinson (2004-07). Additionally, Marcil capped her Catamount campaign with the program's second-most career assists (21), the third-most goals (23), and the third-most points (67). 
 
The 2023 Southern Conference Player of the Year and the 2024 Preseason Player of the Year for the conference, Isabella DeMarco has likewise made quite a name for herself on the pitch and in the classroom. DeMarco earned her first career United Soccer Coaches Scholar all-region selection after recording a 3.67 GPA in integrated health science. Entering her senior year, DeMarco is approaching rare air in the Catamount record books. She is currently tied for the fourth-most career goals (22), and the third-most assists (20), and is sitting alone at fourth in career points with 64.  
 
Founded in 1941, United Soccer Coaches has grown into the world's largest soccer coaches' organization that serves members at every level of the game. United Soccer Coaches works every day to inspire coaches and ignite their passion for the game, so they pass it on to players and others in the soccer community. Its vision is to serve as the trusted and unifying voice, advocate, and partner for the development of coaches at all levels of the game. 
  
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