Kevin Driggs Announces 2023 Recruiting Class

SAN ANTONIO – Coming off one of its best seasons in school history and first trip to the NCAA Tournament, the St. Mary's Women's Soccer team and Head Coach Kevin Driggs looks to improve upon the 2022 season with a solid recruiting class for 2023.
 
"We are fortunate to have a balanced recruiting class," Driggs said. "With three transfer students and four incoming freshmen we feel we have added experience as well as youth. We are happy to get them on campus this fall."


 
Two of the trio of transfers bring Division I experience with them, while Paola Then Ortiz has a wealth of international experience after playing on the Dominican Republic's National Team. The centerback also spent one season at Iowa Lakes Community College where she earned First-Team All-Region and All-Academic First-Team honors. 
 
Abigail Wilson joins the Rattlers after spending the previous two seasons across the city at UTSA. She is originally from Tomball, Texas and graduate from Tomball Memorial, where she was a two-time All-District selection and a three-time all-district Academic Excellence Award recipient. While with the Roadrunners, Wilson earned two C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medals and played in five games during the two seasons, helping shut out all five opponents.
 
Natalie Gonzalez spent four seasons with the Islanders at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, playing in three after sitting out her first year. Originally from El Paso, and El Dorado High School, the senior played in 51 games at TAMCC with 17 starts, scoring two goals and adding five assists. The biggest goal of her career was in the Southland Conference Tournament against top-seeded Stephen F. Austin, hitting the back of the goal in the 88th minute to knot the score and force overtime.
 

Malia Dominguez, Sienna Garcia, Clara Genitoni, Kendall Hall, and Michelle Ramirez will all be freshmen during the 2023 season.
 
Dominguez and Ramirez both recently graduated from O'Connor High School. Dominguez was named the 29-6A District Offensive Player of the Year. She has been a dominant force for the Panthers for several years, earning First-Team All-District honors all four years. As a junior, she collected 99 points, scoring 47 goals with five assists, while in her final campaign she notched 22 goals and three assists for 47 points. Ramirez was also a First-Team All-District selection as a midfielder as the pair helped the team reach the Region IV-6A Semifinals for the second-straight year. Both players were also Academic All-District First-Team picks.
 
Garcia also joins the team from nearby, as she prepped at Canyon High School in New Braunfels. The midfielder was a two-time First-Team All-District 29-5A selection, helping Canyon to second place in the district and advancing to the regional quarterfinals as a senior. She is also a two-time Midfielder of the Year in the District and MVP of 29-5A as a junior.
 
Genitoni becomes the second Italian on the team, joining goalkeeper Rebecca Difronzo. Genitoni plays for the Juventus FC on the U19 team in Turin, where she excels as a defender.
 
Hall hails from the same hometown as Wilson, coming to the Rattlers from Tomball, but she went to the rival high school, graduating from Tomball High School. Hall played in the 2023 Senior All-Star Game after earning First-Team All-District honors and Co-Midfielder of the Year for District 15-6A. She also was tabbed to the Academic All-State team as a senior.