MANHATTAN – K-State midfielder Brookelynn Entz added another academic honor to her impressive resume, as she was named to the 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team.
She is the first K-State soccer student-athlete to receive this honor.
First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in early December.
In the classroom, Entz graduated in December of 2020 with her undergraduate degree in psychology and a 4.0 cumulative grade point average. She is currently pursuing her graduate degree in academic advising and holds a 4.0 GPA and is scheduled to graduate in December of 2021.
In her career, Entz has collected a number of academic honors including: a four-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree, 2020 Senior CLASS Award All-America Second Team, 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women Scholar All-West Region First Team, 2020 Big 12 soccer co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and the 2020-21 recipient of the Dr. Gerald Lage/Big 12 Academic Achievement Award.
During the 2021 season, Entz paced the Wildcats with a career-high five assists. A 2021 All-Big 12 Second Team selection, Entz also registered a pair of goals and ranked second on the team in total points with nine.
In Big 12 action, Entz recorded a goal and two assists and ranked second on the team in points in league play. Against Kansas on September 30, Entz assisted on the overtime game-winning goal by Caylee Thornhill. The following week, Entz assisted on the game-tying goal scored by Kyler Goins against ninth-ranked West Virginia.
The midfielder from Newton, Kansas, departs K-State as the owner of 27 career, single-season or match school records including career goals scored (19), career assists (13), total career points (51) and goals in a single-season (7).
K-State concluded its sixth season of action by tying the school record for wins in a season with a 6-10-2 overall record. The Wildcats also established new school records for goals in a season (20), assists in a season (20) and points in a season (60).
The leading goal scorer for K-State in the 2021 season was junior Marisa Weichel with six goals followed by junior Kyler Goins with four.
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