There’s a reason why South Pasadena High’s girls soccer team won its second straight Rio Hondo league championship in 2019.
When you throw in a solid mix of talent along with strong coaching, the result was a lot of victories for the Tigers.
While South Pasadena fell short of winning its second straight CIF-Southern Section crown, getting bumped out in the first round of the playoffs, the Tigers have plenty to take away from another outstanding season under the guidance of head coach Tory Lathrop, who arguably is as good as you’ll find at the high school level.
The Tigers are back-to-back league champions after going 12-5-1 overall and recording a 5-2-1 record against Rio Hondo League opponents.
Along the way, South Pasadena recorded six shutouts, scoring 33 goals on the year while giving up just 15 on the season.
And what might make Lathrop the proudest is she had a smart group on the field as Tiger varsity players collectively had a highly impressive 3.62 grade point average in the classroom.
Lathrop will tell you she couldn’t do it alone, praising the efforts of assistant coaches Danielle Jones and Samara Nche.
The following are the awards presented during the team’s recent banquet to wrap up the 2018-19 season.
2019 Team Awards
- SPHS Most Valuable Player – Noemi Howland #0
Overall 5 shut out wins, Rio Hondo League 2 shut out wins
Started all 8 Rio Hondo League matches; played 17 out of 18 matches overall
Rio Hondo League, First Team Goalkeeper 2019
United Soccer Coaches Senior Excellence Nominee 2019
Senior Captain, committed to play soccer for Smith College in Fall 2019
SPHS Coaches Award 2018
- SPHS Golden Boot – Uma Hornish #18
17 goals overall, 8 goals in RHL
5 assists overall, 2 in RHL
Back to back Golden Boot winner
Rio Hondo League MVP 2019
CIF-SS D3 First Team 2019
Rio Hondo League Offensive Player Of the Year 2018
CIF-SS D5 Player of Year 2018
SPHS G Soccer MVP 2018
United Soccer Coaches’ Scholar-Athlete Nominee 2018
- SPHS Offensive Player of the Year – Emma Barrera #22
4 goals overall, 1 in RHL
3 assists overall
Rio Hondo League 2nd team, midfield
- SPHS Defensive Player of the Year – Alyssa Bonk #12
17 games played, 7 matches in RHL
RHL 1st team 2019
RHL 2nd team 2018
CIF-SS 2nd team 2018
- SPHS Defensive Player of Year – Jade Myer #20
15 games overall, 5 in RHL
RHL Honorable Mention 2019
- SPHS Coaches Award – Jessica Lat #11
1 goal overall
18 games overall, 8 in RHL
- SPHS Larry Draluck Scholar Athlete Award
Senior # 6 – Maÿlis Whetsel
- 3.98 GPA in season
- Lorraine Tilley, Rio Hondo League First Team 2019
3 goals overall, 1 in RHL
1 assist overall
Committed to play soccer at Carleton College
RHL Second Team 2018
SPHS G Soccer Offensive Player of the Year 2018
2019 Rio Hondo League Awards
Most Valuable Player – Uma Hornish
1st Team Honors
Alyssa Bonk, Defense
Lorraine Tilley, Midfield
Noemi Howland, Goalkeeper
2nd Team Honors
Emma Barrera, Midfield
Honorable Mention
Jenna Noueihed
Jade Myer
2019 CIF-SS Divison III Awards
Uma Hornish, First Team
2019 United Soccer Coaches Awards
Noemi Howland, Senior Excellence Award Nominee
SPHS Girls Soccer, Junior Varsity 2018-19
Overall record 10-2-1, Rio Hondo League Record 5-2-1
8 shutout wins, 28 goals for and 5 goals against
JV Team Overall GPA 3.37
2019 Team Awards
JV Most Valuable Player – Ella Hoadley-Brill & Andrea Zarazua
JV Golden Boot – Kaylee Wallace
JV Offensive Player of the Year – Sarah De La O & Michelle Martinez
JV Defensive Player of the Year – Emily Albornoz & Ava Dunville
JV Coaches Award – Kaya Clemons
SPHS Junior Varsity Head Coach, Danielle Jones
Assistant Coaches, Samara Nche and Tory Lathrop
