By Hutchinson CC Sports Information
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (BlueDragonSports.com) – For the fourth time in the 20-year history of Hutchinson Community College women’s soccer, the Blue Dragons had multiple NJCAA All-Americans in the same season.
Sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Edwards was named a first-team NJCAA All-American and sophomore forward Katharina Marx was named to the third team after the NJCAA released the 2024 All-America team on Tuesday.
Edwards and Marx were two of the main pieces on a 2024 Blue Dragon team that finished 11-2-7 and was ranked as high as No. 14 in the NJCAA Rankings. Finishing third in the Jayhawk Conference, the Blue Dragons advanced to the Region 6 Tournament championship game for the first time since 2014, falling to Cowley in Penalty Kicks.
The last time the Blue Dragons had multiple NJCAA All-Americans was 2014 with Siobhon Wilson and Jen Rogers earned national postseason honors. Danielle Sheehy and Melissa Hetherington were both named All-Americans in 2012. The Blue Dragons had three All-Americans – Hetherington, Alicia Robinson and Pearl Slattery – in 2011.
Edwards and Marx are the 15th and 16th All-Americans in Blue Dragon women’s soccer history.
Edwards is the first first-team All-American since Wilson in 2014 and just the fifth overall – Edwards, Wilson, Rogers in 2013, Sheehy in 2012 and Hetherington in 2011.
KAITLYN EDWARDS – 1st Team
The two-year starter in the midfield for the Dragons, Edwards is also a two-year all-conference player, earning first-team honors in both of her seasons with the Blue Dragons.
The sophomore from Wichita had a 25-point season with 10 goals and five assists in 2024. She registered her only game-winning goal this season in a 3-0 home win over Coffeyville.
Edwards had a two-goal game against Garden City on August 28. Five of her 10 goals were headers of set pieces this season, the most since Courtney Boswell’s six goals off set pieces in 2015.
For her career, Edwards played in 40 games (tied for eighth most in team history). She tallied 59 career points on 23 goals and 13 assists. Her 23 goals rank 17th in Blue Dragon history. She had four game-winning goals.
KATHARINA MARX – 3rd Team
Marx, a sophomore from Saarbrucken, Germany, is a two-time All-KJCCC selection. She was a second-team player as a freshman.
Marx finished with 10 goals and a team-high 13 assists for 33 points this season. Marx finished with game-winning goals against Garden City, Seward County and Barton this season.
She had a pair of two-goal games in 2024 against NOC-Enid and Seward County. Marx tied a career-high with six points against NOC-Enid with two goals and two assists.
Marx played 40 games in her Blue Dragon career and scored 66 points, which is 17th in Blue Dragon career history. She had 22 goals and 22 assists with five game-wining goals. Her 22 career assists tied Brailey Moeder for 12th on the career list.
