POKRANDT NAMED NJCAA FIRST-TEAM SOCCER ALL-AMERICAN

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

After two seasons of being the Jayhawk Conference Division I Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year, Hutchinson Community College sophomore Anastasia Pokrandt earned her first national award of her collegiate career on Tuesday.

Pokrandt was named an NJCAA Division I Women's Soccer first-team All-American.

The sophomore defender from Karisruhe, Germany became the 17th Blue Dragon to earn All-America status in women's soccer. She is the fifth Blue Dragon to earn first-team honors, the first since Kaitlyn Edwards in 2024. The other Blue Dragon first-team All-Americans are Melissa Hetherington (2011), Danielle Sheehy (2012) and Siobhon Wilson (2024).

When Pokrandt, a 5-foot-5 defender, won the award as a freshman, the Blue Dragons allowed 0.99 goals per game. That number dropped this season to 0.68 goals per game allowed. The Dragons have had 10 shutouts this season.

With Pokrandt anchoring the defense, Hutchinson ranked 16th in goals against average (0.68), 17th in shutouts (10), and 20th as a team in goals allowed (16).

Pokrandt has one goal and three assists this season offensively. She had the game-winning assist in Hutchinson's go-ahead goal with 12.2 seconds to go in a season-opening 2-1 victory over No. 12 Trinity Valley.

Defensively, Pokrandt led the Blue Dragon back line to back-to-back postseason shutouts against Dodge City (1-0 in overtime) and 1-0 in the semifinals against Butler to earn a second-straight berth in the Region 6 championship game.

The 2025 Blue Dragons went 13-3-4 and had a 10-game unbeaten streak (7 wins, 3 ties).

Pokrandt is one of three Jayhawk Conference players to earn All-America honors. She is joined by Cowley's Saki Sanno (1st team) and Sara Cortes (2nd team) on the 2025 All-America team.

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