Women's Soccer Takes Home Several Top Honors From Golden Monarch Awards

Best Moment of the Year went to Field Hockey
and Women's Soccer with winning
league titles on the same dayNORFOLK, Va. -- Old Dominion Department of Athletics hosted the annual Golden Monarch Awards on Wednesday night at Chartway Arena. Awards were given out in several categories including Athlete of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Championship Effort.
 
The women's soccer team came away with a couple of the top honors as Ece Turkoglu was named Female Athlete of the Year and Ashlynn Kulha earned Female Freshman of the Year honors. 
 
The team, along with the Field Hockey squad, also earned the Best Moment of the Year as both teams won their respective conference championships on the same day last fall.
 
Female Athlete of the Year
Ece Turkoglu – Women's Soccer
Ece Turkoglu became the first United Soccer Coaches All-American as she was named to the Third Team this season. She earned Sun Belt Conference Tournament MVP and her second All-Conference honor this season. She was a First Team All-Southeast Region selection in 2023 and is a two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree. She appeared in 19 matches with 18 starts for the Monarchs logging 1,563 minutes for the season. She totaled 13 points for the season with six goals and one assist. She had two goals in a home win over Southern Miss on Senior Day and had goals against Marshall, Campbell and the Sun Belt Championship game over James Madison.
 
Female Freshman of the Year
Ashlynn Kulha – Women's Soccer
Kulha appeared in 21 matches with 20 starts for the Monarchs logging 1,868 minutes for the season. She totaled 10 points for the season, with four goals and two assists. She scored the game-winning goal against Richmond and Georgia State in the Sun Belt Tournament, also tallying goals against Texas State and in the NCAA Tournament against Georgetown.
 
Best Moment
Field Hockey and Women's Soccer win conference championships on the same day. Field Hockey got it done first with a 3-1 win over Liberty in the Big East Tournament Finals, while women's soccer secured its third-straight conference championship with a 2-1 overtime victory over James Madison both on November 5.