LOS ANGELES – For the second consecutive season Ruth Arino Ruiz has earned Second Team All-American Honors. Arino Ruiz is now a three-time All-American, having earned Honorable Mention recognition in 2023. Yanah Gerber and Alyssa Barnuevo conclude their careers as an Honorable Mention All-American, her first such honor by the ACWPC.
 
Arino Ruiz, coming off her second GCC Player of the Year season, helped lead LMU back to the NCAA Tournament with her play in the pool. The senior added to her already impressive legacy with career highs in scoring, assists, points, steals, field blocks, and drawn exclusions. Arino Ruiz led the GCC with 116 goals, 72 assists, and 188 points.
 
Yanah Gerber also posted her best stats of her time as a Lion, scoring over 20 more goals than any other year and finishing with over 15 assists more than her previous high. Gerber ranked eighth in the GCC in scoring at 65 goals. She also tripled the number of exclusions she drew on the offensive end of the pool.
 
Alyssa Barnuevo made an immediate impact in her one season with the Lions. The senior transfer recorded 250 saves and ranked first in the GCC with a .461 save percentage and had the best goals against average in the conference of goalies with 20 or more games played.
 
The trio were instrumental in returning the Lions to the NCAA Tournament. LMU won the Golden Coast Conference Regular Season and Tournament Titles this season. All three were also named to the GCC All-Conference First Team and the GCC All-Tournament Season for their play this season.
 
Arino Ruiz joins an elite list of three-time All-Americans in program history that includes Teresa Guidi (2002, 2003, 2004), Stacia Peterson (2004, 2005, 2007), Casey Flacks (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), Alexandra Honny (2012, 2013, 2014), and Marialena Seletopoulou (2019, 2022, 2023). Flacks is the program's only four-time All-American and Guidi is the program's only first team All-American.
 
ALL-AMERICANS
2025
Ruth Arino Ruiz (Second-Team); Alyssa Barnuevo (Honorable Mention); Yanah Gerber (Honorable Mention)

2024
Ruth Arino Ruiz (Second-Team); Lior Ben David (Honorable Mention); Skye Nankervis (Honorable Mention)

2023
Ruth Arino Ruiz (Honorable Mention); Marialena Seletopoulou (Honorable Mention)
 
2022
Marialena Seletopoulou (Honorable Mention)

2021
Alena Sanchez (Honorable Mention)
 
2020
Abbey Grosse (Honorable Mention); Serena Zafiris (Honorable Mention); Kelsey Snelgar (Honorable Mention)
 
2019
Hana Vilanova (Third Team); Morgan Molloy (Honorable Mention); Marialena Seletopoulou (Honorable Mention)

2018
Hana Vilanova (Honorable Mention); Claire Wright (Honorable Mention)

2016
Ivana Castro (Honorable Mention)
 
2015
Ivana Castro (Honorable Mention)
 
2014
Alexandra Honny (Third Team); Ivana Castro (Honorable Mention)
 
2013
Alexandra Honny (Honorable Mention)
 
2012
Alexandra Honny (Third-Team); Kimberly Benedetti (Honorable Mention); Casey Flacks (Honorable Mention)
 
2011
Kimberly Benedetti (Third-Team); Casey Flacks (Honorable Mention); Erin Manke (Honorable Mention)
 
2010
Anne Scott (Second-Team); Mary Ann Campos (Second-Team); Kristine Cato (Third-Team);
Casey Flacks (Honorable Mention); Kimberly Benedetti (Honorable Mention)
 
2009
Nicole Hughes (Second-Team); Anne Scott (Honorable Mention); Diana Romero (Honorable Mention); Casey Flacks (Honorable Mention)
 
2008
Nicole Hughes (Second-Team); Alex Wike (Honorable Mention)
 
2007
Stacia Peterson (Third-Team)
 
2006
Kristine Robinson (Third-Team); Katie Hicks (Honorable Mention)
 
2005
Stacia Peterson (Second-Team); Rachel Riddell (Honorable Mention)
 
2004
Teresa Guidi (First-Team); Devon Wright (Second-Team); Stacia Peterson (Third-Team)
 
2003
Teresa Guidi (Second-Team); Rachel Riddell (Third-Team); Katie Hicks (Honorable Mention)
 
2002
Lucy Windes (Second-Team); Devon Courtney (Third-Team); Teresa Guidi (Honorable Mention)
 
2001
Lucy Windes (Second-Team)
 
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