NEW ORLEANS – University of South Alabama Junior left back Tilly Wilkes was named preseason all-conference Defensive Player of the Year as well as to the preseason all-conference team along with three more soccer players. In addition, South Alabama was picked to win the Sun Belt receiving nine of 11 first place votes.
The defender was joined by midfielders – sophomore Gracie Wilson junior Brenna McPartlan and graduate student Athanasia Moraitou – on the list of 11 honorees.
All four Jags have previously won awards at the conference level. In 2019, Wilson was selected at the league's Freshman of the Year while Moraitou was named Newcomer of the Year.