Bella Campos drives toward goal in the RMAC title match against Colorado Mesa on Nov. 7, 2026
Patrick Murphy

Campos Named Inaugural Golden Boot Recipient By IWSOC

11/11/2026 3:05:00 PM

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Intercollegiate Women's Soccer Organization for Coaches (IWSOC) announced its inaugural Statistical Awards for Division II Wednesday as Colorado School of Mines striker Bella Campos was named the recipient of the Golden Boot as the leading goal scorer in the country.
 
Founded in 2025, the Intercollegiate Women's Soccer Organization for Coaches (IWSOC) is a coach-led nonprofit built for college coaches and dedicated to advancing women's college soccer through leadership, legislative advocacy, and strategic stewardship of the sport. IWSOC serves as the national voice for intercollegiate women's soccer coaches, supporting more than 30,000 female student-athletes and 3,000 coaches across NCAA Divisions I, II and III. This fall, IWSOC also took over hosting duties of the weekly Top 25 Coaches Polls in collaboration with the United Soccer Coaches.
 
The former RMAC Freshman of the Year and now the first player in conference history with win Player of the Year in three consecutive seasons, Campos is in the midst of the best seasons by an individual in program history. The RMAC Tournament Most Valuable Player leads all levels of NCAA soccer this fall with 28 goals and at the time of writing is one of seven players from Division I, II and III with 20 or more goals this season. This season Campos had three separate goal scoring streaks of at least four matches, highlighted by a six-match streak that tied her career long from October 18-November 4. She recorded eight multi-goal performances this season, four of which were hat tricks and all came within a five-match span from Oct. 11-25 including three straight performances at Westminster, against New Mexico Highlands and at Adams State. Campos also broke the Mines career records for points and goals this season with 180 and 78 at the time of writing, while also ranking third in assists (24), shots (352) and shots on goal (168). Against NMHU, she tied the program single-match goals record with four while her nine points in that match broke the single-match points record thanks to an assist.
 
Silver and Bronze Boots were also awarded to Millersville's Aubrey Strohecker with 23 goals and Mary's Dina Polanco with 20 goals. Other awards announced Wednesday were Playmaker and Golden Glove Awards, recognizing the national leaders in assists and goalkeeper performance. Jessie Newton of Quincy led the nation in assists with 17, followed by DBU's Ashley Washburn with 16 and Francis Marion's Tehya Dave with 15. Cedarville's Anna Taylor was the top netminder this season followed by Minnesota State's Lauren McAlpine and Point Park's Nicole Kuchinski
 
#19 Mines (14-3-4) continues their season with their 18th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance as they will head to Denton, Texas for an opening round match against #3 seed Midwestern State Friday at 3 p.m. CT.
 
Fans can keep up with Mines women's soccer on X and Instagram at @mineswsoc. They can also keep up with Colorado School of Mines Athletics all year long on Facebook, X and Instagram using the handle @MinesAthletics.
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