STANFORD, Calif. – Playing its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Stanford placed three players on the 2024 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region teams.
Sophomore Mia Bhuta earned a spot on the first team, while juniors Jasmine Aikey and Elise Evans landed on the fourth team.
Bhuta’s selection is the first of her career, while Aikey and Evans are All-Region selections for the third time. The duo was named to the All-Pacific Region first team in each of their first two seasons.
Bhuta is one of three Stanford players, including one of two field players, to start all 22 matches this year for the Cardinal. The native of Pittsburgh, Pa. has scored three goals and assisted on two more for eight points. The No. 82 player on TopDrawerSoccer’s Preseason Top 100 players list, Bhuta was named All-ACC second team following the conclusion of the regular season.
Aikey started the first 17 matches of the season for the Cardinal before suffering a season-ending injury at Notre Dame on October 20. The native of Palo Alto, Calif. scored one goal and added three assists while playing the bulk of her minutes on Stanford’s back line. An All-ACC second-team selection, Aikey was named ACC co-Defensive Player of the Week on September 17 and earned a spot on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.
Evans was named All-ACC third team and earned a spot on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List prior to the season. The native of Redwood City, Calif. started the first three matches of the year before missing the next seven while helping guide the United States to a bronze medal at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. Evans has started 15 matches this year, contributing one assist and helping Stanford secure 12 shutouts.
Stanford, preparing to make its 12th appearance in the College Cup, will continue its pursuit of a fourth national title when it meets No. 2 seed and third-ranked Wake Forest on Friday at 2 p.m. in a semifinal match from the 2024 NCAA Women's College Cup in Cary, N.C.