Oelschlager player of the year; Uhlenhake coach of the year
by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information
Led by freshman forward Katharina Oelschlager and coach Shawn Uhlenhake, Kansas City Kansas Community College dominated the 2021 East All-Jayhawk Conference soccer team.
Oelschlager was named player of the year and Uhlenhake coach of the year as the Blue Devils placed eight players on the two teams – five on the first team and three on the second.
Joining Oelschlager on the first team are forward Corrine Hughes of Grain Valley, midfielders Melissa Siegel of Germany and Kayley Pedersen of Shawnee Mission West and defender Katrina Sargent of Shawnee Mission South while forward Madison Broeker of Lincoln, Nebraska; and defenders Paige Liston of Wichita and Grace Runyan of Blue Valley were named to the second team. All are sophomores with the exception of Runyan and Oelschlager, a native of Germany.
The Blue Devils won the Jayhawk East for the first time in history with an 11-1-1 record and earned KCKCC’s first NJCAA Division I national tournament berth. They finished 12-4-1 overall.
In his fifth season, Uhlenhake’s 2019 team finished 13-4, the most wins in history; scored a record 64 goals and allowed only 27 goals in 17 games.
Oelschlager scored 11 goals and had nine assists in just 13 games, converting 11 of 19 shots on goal for a .514 percentage. Siegel, who led the nation in assists (21) in the 2019 season, also led in assists this season with 13 and scored nine goals.
Hughes led in goals for the second season, scoring 12 this season after a team record 13 in 2019. Broeker was fourth in scoring with nine goals and four assists while Petersen had six assists and two goals.
Sargent, Petersen, Liston and Runyan were key members of a Blue Devil defense that posted seven shutouts and allowed just nine goals in 13 Jayhawk games.