ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Tech women's soccer team had seven Panthers named to the 2026 All-Sunshine State Conference teams, as announced by the league office on Wednesday. Additionally,
Alice Mottershead became the second Panther in program history to be named SSC Defender of the Year.
Alice Mottershead, a junior from Manchester, England, was named to the SSC first team as well as being named SSC Defender of the Year. This is the third consecutive year Mottershead has earn All-SSC honors as she was named to the third team in 2024 and 2025. This season, Mottershead became one of the top two-way players in the country as she remained a stalwart on defense while emerging as one of the top offensive players in the conference. She's currently fifth in the SSC with seven goals and is third in the conference with six assists. She has started all 19 games on defense for the Panthers and has totaled 1,515 minutes for Tech this season. Additionally, she earned SSC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 1.
Ellinor Blaasternes, a sophomore from Bergen, Norway, earns her first All-SSC recognition of her collegiate career as she lands on the first team as a midfielder. Blaasternes currently has notched career-highs in goals with four and assists with three. Just like in 2025, she has started every game for the Panthers this season and has racked up 1,556 minutes on the pitch. On Oct. 6, she earned SSC Offensive Player of the Week honors, aided by her game-winning goal against Westminster.
Eboni Bradshaw, a sophomore from Manchester, England, transferred to Florida Tech and gave the Panthers everything they could have asked for as she lands on the SSC first team. Bradshaw made an immediate impact as she scored six goals in her first eight games as a Panther. This season, she is tied for third in the conference with eight goals and is tied for first with seven assists. Altogether, she has 23 points which is second in the SSC. Bradshaw has two multi-goal games on her resume as she had two against No. 8 Catawba and against Embry-Riddle in the SSC Quarterfinals. Additionally, she earned SSC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 22.
Rio Naganawa, a sophomore from Seki, Japan, lands on the SSC second team after being named to the first team in 2025. Naganawa remains one of the top midfielders in the conference as she has two game-winning goals this season, coming against Lynn on Sept. 23 and Tampa on Oct. 30. This season, she has appeared in 17 games while starting 11 for a total of 951 minutes. Naganawa adds two assists coming against Tusculum and Embry-Riddle.
Lotte Waibel, a freshman from Karlsruhe, Germany, earns second team recognition for her outstanding freshman season where she has five goals and three assists as a forward. Waibel caught everyone's attention the first week of the season where she had two assists against No. 3 Franklin Pierce and two goals against Southern New Hampshire which earned her SSC Offensive Player of the Week.
Iselin Brualokken, a freshman from Heggedal, Norway, earned All-SSC third team honors in her freshman campaign as a Panther. Brualokken has started 17 games this season and has totaled four goals, four assists and 12 points on 1,244 minutes played. She had three assists in her first five games played and was named SSC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 29. Brualokken is currently tied for fifth in the SSC with four assists this season and is fifth on the team with 11 shots on goal.
Anae Malbete, a graduate student from Paris, France, is the seventh and final Panther named to the All-SSC squad as she lands on the third team. Malbete has played in all 19 games for the Panthers this season and has collected 893 minutes. In 2026, she has a career-high of three assists which she had against No. 8 Catawba, Westminster and Rollins. Malbete has added 16 shots this season as she remains a threat to score.
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