The National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division II All-American team lists an AACC women’s soccer player.

Tina Tinelli, a second-year defender, is the first women’s soccer player at AACC to earn an All-American spot since midfielder Ally Hall and defender Asylin Weseman in 2022. Tinelli was listed as one of four defenders on the team.

“It’s definitely a very great honor to have been selected,” Tinelli, a cybersecurity student, said. “But I definitely couldn’t have done it without my teammates. Just the team this year, it was just really great … I definitely would not have been able to do it without them.”

Tinelli, the team captain, finished her season with four goals and four assists, including an assist in a 4-3 win vs. Mercer Community College in the NJCAA Division II East District championship match.

Tinelli was also part of the NJCAA Region 20 team, along with second-year midfielder Makenzie Boyd and first-year forward Emma Miga, and first-year defender and honorable mention Eden Abey.

Still, Tinelli said some of her other teammates deserve an All-American spot more than she does.

“It was definitely a great honor to have been selected,” Tinelli said. “It still kind of blows my mind that I was selected, because there were at least two or three other girls on the team that I could name that really contributed in big ways this year.”

Jim Griffiths, the women’s soccer head coach, said Tinelli was deserving of the achievement.

“As a coach, you’re always going to be happy when one of your players receives attention,” Griffiths said.