DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Embry-Riddle senior Isabelle Navren claimed the top academic honor for NCAA II women's soccer on Wednesday as she was voted the 2023 Women's Soccer Academic All-America Team Member of the Year by the College Sports Communicators. Navren was also named to the Academic All-America first team and was joined on the prestigious squad by Marie Myhrvold Seim who was a second team selection.
 
"I'm very happy and grateful to win this award," Navren stated. "Being the first to win it in Embry-Riddle's Division II era is very surprising because there are a lot of very good athletes who are very strong academically at Embry-Riddle." The culture of our women's soccer team follows Embry-Riddle's Student-Person-Player philosophy and everyone is expected to do well in the classroom as well as on the pitch. The team is very competitive and at the same time very supportive of each other and we want each other to do well."
 
Navren, who was also named to the Academic All-America first team, is the fourth student-athlete in Embry-Riddle Athletics history to garner Academic All-American of the Year honors joining Katrina Morgan (women's soccer, 2006), Kristina Marova (women's tennis, 2014) and Ellie Staker (women's track & field, 2015).
 
"I would like to congratulate Bella on winning the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year award," Embry-Riddle women's soccer head coach Liam McIlhatton said. "It is a fantastic achievement that she has worked so hard for and adds to the list of awards that she has collected over her career at Embry-Riddle. It comes as no surprise to me as I know how driven she is to succeed at everything she does. It has been great to see her develop on and off the field and I have no doubt that she will continue to be successful in her life after Embry-Riddle." 
 
A native of Stockholm, Sweden, Navren is making her second appearance on the Academic All-America team after earning third team honors in 2022. Wednesday's honor is just one of many that Navren has received throughout her illustrious career with the Eagles. She earned a starting role as a freshman in 2019, starting in each of the 74 games she played in, and closed out her time wearing the Blue & Gold ranked fourth on the Eagles' all-time assist list (29), 10th in career points (69), ninth in career goals (27) and tied for sixth in game-winners (10).
 
In 2023, Navren was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region first team for the second time, making her the first two-time first team selection in program history. She also made her second appearance on the D2 CCA All-South Region roster and was a three-time All-Sunshine State Conference first team honoree. Navren was a two-time SSC All-Tournament selection and in 2022, she was tabbed as the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
 
Navren completed her undergraduate degree in accounting and finance with a perfect 4.0 grade point average and currently has a 4.0 in pursuit of her MBA. She has been named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll four times and has received the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award four times. A two-time CSC Academic All-District selection, Navren was voted the 2022-23 Sunshine State Conference Female Scholar Athlete of the Year.
 
Myhrvold Seim earned her second Academic All-America honor after being named to the third team in 2022. The Bergen, Norway native also completed her bachelor's degree with a 4.0 GPA in accounting and finance and is also working toward her MBA, also with a 4.0. She has been named to the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll four times and is a three-time recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.
 
Myhrvold Seim holds the distinction of being the only Embry-Riddle women's soccer player to start every one of the Eagles' 76 games in the last four seasons. She made Embry-Riddle Athletics history this season becoming the first woman and only the second student-athlete to earn first team All-Sunshine State Conference honors four times. She is only the ninth women's soccer student-athlete in SSC history to do so. The 2023 season also saw Myhrvold Seim earn United Soccer Coaches All-Region and D2 CCA All-Region honors for the second time in her career.
 
Myhrvold Seim led the Eagles with 21 points on nine goals and three assists and scored three game-winners this year. She ranks in the Eagles' all-time top 10 in points (8th, 78), goals (T6, 30) and game-winners (T3rd, 14).
 
In their four years wearing the Blue and Gold, Navren and Myhrvold Seim led the Eagles to four SSC tournament titles, two conference regular season titles, four NCAA II South Region tournament appearances and two finishes in the round of 16 on the national stage.