SAN FRANCISCO – Led by star forward Morgan Weaver, Washington State soccer put four players on the Pac-12 All-Conference teams  as announced by conference commissioner Larry Scott office Wednesday afternoon. Weaver took home first team honors for the Cougars while senior Maddy Haro earned a second team nod and senior Maegan O'Neill grabbed third team honors. Newcomer Mykiaa Minniss proved to be one of the best freshmen in the league as she earned all-freshman team honors for her play.

In a break out year for the Cougars' scorer, Weaver earned her first-career first team honor after picking up third team and all-freshmen distinctions in her first two seasons of play. One of the most feared strikers in the country, Weaver finished the regular season tied for second in scoring with a career-best 12 goals. In the biggest spots Weaver was at her best as the junior netted the game-winner against No. 8 UCLA to start Pac-12 play while also scoring the equalizer against No. 1 Stanford to earn a draw against the Cardinal on the second-to-last weekend of play. She would score seven goals in Pac-12 play including five in the final three games of the season. Weaver saved the best for last as the University Place native tallied her second-career hat-trick against Washington in the regular season finale to lead the Cougars to another Apple Cup victory over their rival. In all, Weaver led the Cougars in points with 28 as she added a career-high four assists to her 12 goals, scoring or assisting on nearly half of WSU's 36 goals on the year. The junior led the Pac-12 in player of the week awards taking home three offensive awards throughout the season including the final two given out by the conference.

For the first time in her stellar career, Haro earned all-conference honors as the senior defender picked up second team honors for the Cougars. The native Californian was the conductor of the offensive orchestra posting a WSU record 13 assists in 17 games. She would finish fourth in the nation in total assists while her 0.76 assists per game finished second in the country. Two separate times on the year Haro posted three-game assists streaks to tie the Cougars' record for games with an assist. She enters the postseason with 20 career assists, just one of three Cougars in program history to reach the 20+ assist plateau. In addition to her helpers, Haro found the back of the net three times from her defensive position to finish the regular season second on the team in points with a career best 19. For her efforts, Haro earned one Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week nod, the first of the season in the conference, after assisting on three of four goals for WSU in the opening weekend of play.

The rock in the defensive midfield and one of the Cougars' team captains, O'Neill saved her best for last as the senior put together her most complete season in the Crimson and Gray to earn her first career all-conference award. Despite playing a truncated season due to injury, O'Neill finished the year as the second leading scorer for the Cougars netting five goals just 13 games on an even more impressive 10 shots. Picking her spots, the Spokane native made the most of her tallies as three of her five goals were of the game-winning variety as she posted the top strike against Idaho, Oregon and Oregon State, the final two in back-to-back games. The senior would earn her first Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week award after the leading the Cougars to the sweep of the Oregon schools in late September.

Following in the footsteps of fellow top newcomers, Minniss earned the sixth-straight all-freshman team award for the Cougars joining Ella Dederick (2016), Weaver (2017), and Elyse Bennett (2018) as top WSU players to take home the award. Making an immediate impact for the Cougars, Minniss stepped into a starting center back role in game one and proved herself to be one of the best defenders in the country. A rock in the back, Minniss missed just one game in her inaugural campaign due to injury, playing nearly every other minute in her 17 games on the field. She helped lead the Cougars to five shutouts on the year defensively while giving up just over one goal per game. The first-year Coug also took home a Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week award in August after scoring the game-winner, becoming the first freshman of the season to earn a weekly award, after leading the defense to a shutout of Minnesota on the road while scoring her first collegiate goal as well.
 
With their newly minted all-conference players, the Cougs head back to the postseason once again, hosting Montana in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at Lower Soccer Field.