Lady Toppers announce 2018 recruiting class

Western Kentucky women’s soccer has completed its 2018 recruiting class, made up of two defenders, two midfielders, a forward and a goalkeeper, as announced by head coach Jason Neidell on Wednesday.

The class features three Kentucky high school signees, including 2017 Miss Kentucky Soccer Ambere Barnett (Rockport, Ind.), Chelsea Moore (Harrodsburg) and Olivia Stanley (Crestwood). Lyric Schmidt joins the Lady Toppers from Kingsport, Tenn. Kerragan Mulzer (Santa Claus, Ind.) and Bailee Witt (Plainfield, Ill.) round out the balanced recruiting class.

“Recruiting quality students with good character has always been the standard here at WKU, and the young ladies in this year’s recruiting class are no exception,” Neidell said in a news release. “They are terrific student-athletes who we are excited to call Lady Toppers and who will wear the logo proudly. We accomplished three additional main goals with this year’s class. We fulfilled all of our positional needs, we increased our overall athleticism and we added student-athletes who will push our competitive mentality. I am grateful to our assistant coaches, Dustin Downey and Will Beddingfield, for their commitment to the never-ending recruiting cycle.”