BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Gulf South Conference announced its 28th annual GSC "Top Ten" Award winners and Lee University women's soccer player Kate Dirkse received the honor.

The award recognizes the top female and top male student-athletes for their athletic, academic, and extracurricular achievement during the 2023-24 academic year. The top male and top female from each group of honorees will be awarded the Commissioner's Trophy, which is the conference's most prestigious award. This year's selections represent eight member institutions and nine different sports. It also features three Top Ten Award returners.

Dirkse is the eighth consecutive woman from Lee to be honored and is the school's second women's soccer student-athlete to be recognized with Summer Lanter being the first.. Dirkse was recognized on and off the court during the season earning GSC All-Academic Team, She graduated with a 3.97 GPA in accounting. She was an CSC Academic All-American. United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American, a D2 CCA First Team All-American. This season she was the Gulf South Conference defender of the year and on the First Team All-GSC. Kate was a preseason All-GSC member, and was a USCA Second Team All-American last year. Along with a D2CCA Third Team All-American, First Team All-South Region, First Team All-GSC, and GSC All-Tournament team last year.

Top Ten awardees and GSC Commissioner's Trophy winners, recognized and announced on Wednesday, May 29 in Pensacola, Fla. The ceremony will be streamed at approximately 6:45 pm Central, at no charge, on the conference's YouTube channel. 

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