Fifth-year senior midfielder Brooke Pietila was named to a pair of these honor squads, the Third Team All-America and Second Team Scholar All-America.

Junior midfielder-defender Hannah Kastamo was also named to the Second Team Scholar All-America squad.

Pietila capped off a record-setting final season after she was also named All-America and First Team All-Region by the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association, Academic All-America and Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators, and First Team All-Region by the United Soccer Coaches.

From the GLIAC, Pietila was named Offensive Player of the Year and to the First Team and All-Tournament Team.

Northern Michigan University’s Brooke Pietila, right, celebrates the Wildcats’ third goal with teammates Alyse Daavettila, left, and Madison Bilbia during a GLIAC Tournament women’s soccer semifinal game played against Davenport at the NMU Soccer Field on Nov. 15. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

She became Northern’s all-time career leader with 30 assists, five multi-assist games, 97 career games played and 95 career games started.

Kastamo earned an All-America honor to dovetail with the same distinction from the D2CCA, along with First Team All-Region by the D2CCA and United Soccer Coaches, and Academic All-District by the CSC.

In the GLIAC, Kastamo was the conference Defender of the Year and also named to the GLIAC First Team and All-Tournament Team.

Pietila and Kastamo join several recent teammates who earned All-American status by NMU women’s soccer players for the first time in 2023.

In that year, Molly Pistorius made Second Team All-America and Maria Storm the Third Team by the USC.

Northern Michigan University’s Hannah Kastamo, left, and Ferris State’s Brinley Bell vie for control of the ball during their GLIAC women’s soccer game played at the NMU Soccer Field in Marquette on Oct. 4. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

That organization also recognized Storm on the First Team and Pietila and Isabelle Brusilow on the Second Team for Academic All-America a year ago.

Information compiled by Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.

Northern Michigan University’s Hannah Kastamo, left, vies with Davenport’s Gabby Scholten for the ball at the NMU Soccer Field on Sept. 22. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

Northern Michigan University’s Hannah Kastamo, at left center in white, gets a shot off while being defended by Grand Valley State’s Alex Williams, left, and Daan Louwerse, No. 18 at center, that goes just a little bit wide during their college women’s soccer game held at the NMU Soccer Field in Marquette on Sept. 20. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)