GCC’S All Region III soccer team honorees include 4 Holley High graduates

Contributed Photos – Holley graduates, from left, Bella Thom, Samantha Bates and Alivia Wolf, are among the Genesee Community College players who have been named to the All Region III team.

Holley grad and GCC sophomore Emma Brady has been named Region III Player of the Year

Four Holley High graduates are among seven Genesee Community College women’s soccer team players who have been named to the All Region III squad.

The Holley quartet includes three first team honorees – sophomore midfielders Emma Brady and Samantha Bates and sophomore defender Bella Thom along with second team selection freshman forward Alivia Wolf.

Brady also also received another special honor as she has been named Region III Player of the Year.

On the season to date Bates has had 14 goals and 13 assists, Brady 6 goals and 14 assists, Wolf 8 goals and 3 assists and Thom 4 goals and 5 assists.

GCC’s other All Region honorees include first team selection Ava Gray, a freshman defender from Byron-Bergen, second team honoree Piper Hyde, a freshman forward from Oakfield-Alabama and third team selection Natalie Prinzi, a freshman goalie from Byron-Bergen.

Hyde has 10 goals and 5 assists to date this season, Gray 1 goal and 1 assist and Prinzi 59 saves and a save percentage of .894.

In addition, GCC Coach Jeff Reyngoudt was named Region III Coach of the Year.

GCC captured the Region III championship this past weekend to earn a trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association national tournament. GCC will face Rowan College from New Jersey in the quarterfinals next week.