STATESBORO - Georgia Southern women's soccer seniors Sade Heinrichs and Simone Timm have each been named to the 2023 Sun Belt All-Conference first team, announced today by league officials on the eve of the Sun Belt tournament. It's the third straight year that the Eagles have had two first team All-Conference honorees.

Heinrichs becomes the first Georgia Southern women's soccer player to earn All-Sun Belt Conference honors three times in her career, and the first Eagle to earn three All-Conference honors since Nora El-Shami earned two All-Sun Belt and one All-SoCon honors from 2013-15. The Moenchengladbach, Germany, native earned one of the first team spots at defender for a second straight season. She started all 17 matches this season, missing only 14 minutes of action, while setting new career highs with three goals and seven points. She delivered the game-winning goal in the Eagles' 1-0 victory at Montana on September 10.

Timm, meanwhile, earns her first career All-Conference honor, taking one of the forward spots on the All-Sun Belt first team. The Toronto, Ontario, native tallied eight goals and five assists for 21 points in 2023, notching a goal in five straight matches from October 5-19, the first Eagle to do so since 1998. Her four game-winning goals in Sun Belt play leads the conference and she has notched at least one point in 12 of the Eagles' 17 matches this season.

Georgia Southern begins action in the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Championships on Wednesday as the No. 3 seed, taking on No. 6 seed ULM at Noon at the Foley Sports Tourism Complex in Foley, Ala.

2023 Sun Belt Women's Soccer Awards

Coach of the Year: Richard Moodie, South Alabama
Player of the Year: Gabby Hollar, F, South Alabama
Offensive Player of the Year: Gabby Hollar, F, South Alabama
Defensive Player of the Year: Abby Jacobs, D, South Alabama
Goalkeeper of the Year: Emily Bredek, GK, Old Dominion
Newcomer of the Year: Gabby Hollar, F, South Alabama
Freshman of the Year: Aaliyah Faddoul, F, Georgia State

First-Team All-Conference
F – Aaliyah Faddoul, Georgia State
F – Gabby Hollar, South Alabama
F – Suwaibatu Mohammed, James Madison
F – Simone Timm, Georgia Southern 
M – Inge Konst, ULM
M – Ece Turkoglu, Old Dominion
M – Gracie Wilson, South Alabama
D – Sade Heinrichs, Georgia Southern
D – Abby Jacobs, South Alabama
D – Lucia Lobato, ULM
GK – Emily Bredek, Old Dominion

Second-Team All-Conference
F – Izzi Wood, App State
F – Jasmine Greene, South Alabama
F – Chiara Singarella, South Alabama
M – Irene Campo, South Alabama
M – Alba Fernandez Almagro, James Madison
M – Mara Grutkamp, ULM 
D – Eva Diez Lois, Georgia State
D – Amber Fortenberry, South Alabama
D – Brittany Munson, James Madison
GK – Jaddah Foos, Georgia State
GK – Jaidy Gutierrez Campos, South Alabama
*Ties were not broken