Coupeville Sports

 Anna Bailey (14) fights for a ball, while Marisa Etzell shadows the play. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Junior Victoria Wellman is one of many rising stars expected to return next season.

Micky LeVine, on right, is part of an impressive Wolf youth movement, made up of players who have come up through the select soccer squad ranks.

Panda is a three-time MVP.

Shorty, McKK, Momma and Lefty all had pretty good seasons, as well.

The Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad was an especially close-knit team this year, and giving each other nicknames was just part of the process. A team led by their seniors — the Great Eight (I can do this nickname business, too) — capped their season Thursday night by handing out awards and letters and letting loose for one last time as a unit.

Senior Amanda “Panda” d’Almeida topped the field, taking home the third Most Valuable Player award of a stellar career, while also notching Best Header in a team vote for a goal against Sultan. She was also one of five Wolves honored for playing all four years.

McKK, sophomore goalie McKayla Bailey, won two awards as well, taking home Most Improved (this was her first year on the soccer pitch and she made great leaps and bounds) and Save of the Year. That was for a crucial moment in the win over Sultan, where she sacrificed her face for team glory.

Other winners included Makana “Kana” Stone (Top Attacking Player and Best Move of the Year, for dribbling by a pesky Sultan defender), Anna “Lefty” Bailey (Top Defensive Player, 4-year award), Haley “Momma” Marx (Best Goal for a 30-yard bomb, Best Nickname, 4-year award), Kelsey “Shorty” Miranda (Best Nickname, 4-year award), Christine “Sis” Fields (Team Comedian), Vanessa “Nessie” Bernales (Team Comedian, 4-year award) and Erin “Streak” Rosenkranz (named the 2013 Team Captain by her teammates).

In a somewhat surprising revelation, the Wolves (d’Almeida in particular) were snubbed in voting for the Cascade Conference all-league team.

Back to the positives, however.

Earning letters were seniors Anna Bailey, Bernales, d’Almeida, Marx, Miranda, Kelsey Pape, Madison Tisa McPhee and Rachel Wenzel, juniors Joye Jackson and Victoria Wellman, sophomores McKayla Bailey, Marisa Etzell, Fields, Micky LeVine, Ana Luvera, Ivy Luvera and Rosenkranz and freshmen Jen Spark and Stone.