UCLA's Lilly Reale, Reilyn Turner and Sunshine Fontes have been named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 team, as voted upon by the conference coaches. All three players are also on the United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch List.
Reale, a junior defender from Hingham, Mass., is the reigning Honda Sport Award winner for soccer and a United Soccer Coaches second-team All-American. She led UCLA to the NCAA Championship in 2022, being selected the College Cup's Most Outstanding Defensive Player. She also received first-team All-Region and All-Pac-12 honors for the second-straight year and was named the 2022 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, becoming just the second Bruin ever to receive the award. Reale led the Bruin defense to a 0.55 goals against average, UCLA's lowest in eight years, and to a Pac-12 Conference-best 14 shutouts. Through her two-year career, Reale has started and played in 43 games, totaling two goals and two assists while leading UCLA to a 37-3-4 record with 22 shutouts.
Turner, a senior forward from Aliso Viejo, Calif., was the Most Outstanding Offensive Player at the College Cup and a first-team All-Pacific Region honoree in 2022. A three-time All-Pac-12 honoree and the 2020 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Turner has posted three 10-plus goal seasons as a Bruin and ranks No. 9 all-time at UCLA in career goals with 32 and game-winning goals with 13. She led the nation in game-winners last season with seven. Turner has scored two hat tricks in her career, and she netted the game-tying goal in the dying seconds of the 2022 NCAA Championship game with a header off a corner kick.
Fontes, a graduate midfielder from Wahiawa, Hawaii, was UCLA's leading scorer a year ago, totaling 11 goals and 30 points. She also ranked second on the team with eight assists and four game-winning goals and recorded her first collegiate hat trick on Aug. 25 against CSUN. Fontes was selected to Top Drawer Soccer's Best XI third team and earned second-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 honors. In 2020, she earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honors after totaling five goals and 13 points.
2023 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team
Lilly Reale, UCLA
Maya Doms, Stanford
Jasmine Aikey, Stanford
Simi Awujo, USC
Elise Evans, Stanford
Reilyn Turner, UCLA
Simone Jackson, USC
Sunshine Fontes, UCLA
Margie Detrizio, Washington State
Allie Montoya, Stanford
Teagan Wy, California
Reale, a junior defender from Hingham, Mass., is the reigning Honda Sport Award winner for soccer and a United Soccer Coaches second-team All-American. She led UCLA to the NCAA Championship in 2022, being selected the College Cup's Most Outstanding Defensive Player. She also received first-team All-Region and All-Pac-12 honors for the second-straight year and was named the 2022 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, becoming just the second Bruin ever to receive the award. Reale led the Bruin defense to a 0.55 goals against average, UCLA's lowest in eight years, and to a Pac-12 Conference-best 14 shutouts. Through her two-year career, Reale has started and played in 43 games, totaling two goals and two assists while leading UCLA to a 37-3-4 record with 22 shutouts.
Turner, a senior forward from Aliso Viejo, Calif., was the Most Outstanding Offensive Player at the College Cup and a first-team All-Pacific Region honoree in 2022. A three-time All-Pac-12 honoree and the 2020 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Turner has posted three 10-plus goal seasons as a Bruin and ranks No. 9 all-time at UCLA in career goals with 32 and game-winning goals with 13. She led the nation in game-winners last season with seven. Turner has scored two hat tricks in her career, and she netted the game-tying goal in the dying seconds of the 2022 NCAA Championship game with a header off a corner kick.
Fontes, a graduate midfielder from Wahiawa, Hawaii, was UCLA's leading scorer a year ago, totaling 11 goals and 30 points. She also ranked second on the team with eight assists and four game-winning goals and recorded her first collegiate hat trick on Aug. 25 against CSUN. Fontes was selected to Top Drawer Soccer's Best XI third team and earned second-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 honors. In 2020, she earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honors after totaling five goals and 13 points.
2023 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team
Lilly Reale, UCLA
Maya Doms, Stanford
Jasmine Aikey, Stanford
Simi Awujo, USC
Elise Evans, Stanford
Reilyn Turner, UCLA
Simone Jackson, USC
Sunshine Fontes, UCLA
Margie Detrizio, Washington State
Allie Montoya, Stanford
Teagan Wy, California