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Lazaro Leads Trio of Freshmen on LSC Teams as the Freshman of the Year

11/4/2026 7:32:00 PM

DALLAS – A trio of St. Mary's University Women's Soccer freshmen were all named to the Lone Star All-Conference teams at the championship banquet on Wednesday evening.
 
Helen Lazaro, a freshman forward from Garland, Texas was named the Lone Star Freshman of the Year in a vote by the league's coaches. She leads the league and ranks 11th in the nation with 14 goals and is second in the LSC with 32 points. Lazaro also amassed four game-winning goals and her 14 total goals ranks third in St. Mary's single-season history. She was one of three freshmen named to the First-Team.
 
Fellow StMU freshmen Emilee Durante (San Antonio) and Kamrynn Martinez (Dallas) were both voted to the All-Conference Second Team. Durante led the team with five assists, adding one goal for seven points. Her lone goal of the year was the game-winner at New Mexico Highlands. Martinez finished second on the team with nine goals and 20 points despite missing the final six games of the year due to injury. Her nine goals is the fourth-most in the LSC.
 
The trio was also named to the conference's All-Freshman team.
 
DBU senior forward Ashley Washburn claimed the Lone Star Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Year and Forward of the Year awards. DBU also had the LSC Defensive Player of the Year in junior Kenzi Tufts and LSC Coaching Staff of the Year (head coach Marcus Wood, associate head coach Cory Marr, and assistants Dan Heger, Austyn Applewhite, Taylor Garrett, Dave Trevino and Sarah Nielsen). Texas Woman's had a pair of individual award winners. Junior Faith Graves was voted LSC Goalkeeper of the Year, while freshman Lauren Wade was named LSC Defensive Player of the Year. West Texas A&M junior Riley Sims was named LSC Newcomer of the Year,
 
St. Mary's finished 2026 with a 7-7-4 overall record and a 5-6-3 mark in Lone Star Conference play.
 
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