KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Nov. 28, 2018) –   Senior Taylor Burton garnered First Team honors as the United Soccer Coaches Association announced its NCAA Division I Women's All-Pacific Region Teams on Tuesday. It's the first time in the program's history that an individual has been first team selection. The last time the program was recognized was 2015 when former Cowgirls Alisha Bass and Shaina Ashouri earned NSCAA Third Team All-Pacific Region honors.
 
The award is the latest for Burton in 2018 who was named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-MW.  It was the first time in school history that a Cowgirl has earned Defensive Player of the Year honors and the first such honors in her career.
 
Burton, a 5-9 defender from Centennial, Colo., started in all 11 conference matches and all 20 games for Wyoming. She logged 1,901 minutes of the 1,926 played by UW in MW action from her defender position. Burton helped the team record a school best eight shutouts for the second straight season. During league play, she recorded eight shots with six of them on goal and 11 shots overall with eight on goal.  Burton had one goal on the season, which was the game winner in the Cowgirls 1-0 victory over Iowa, along with two points. Over the past four seasons, she has played in 77 contests which is tied for ninth in school history, and 69 starts, which is 11^th all-time. She also logged 6,547 career minutes. Burton had six career goals and three assists from her defender position. She had 42 career shots, 25 shots on goal and four game winning goals, which is tied for tenth all-time.
 
Wyoming finished tied with a program best 12 victories on the year on its way to a share of the Mountain West Conference championship. The seven conference wins were second most in school history and most since the 2016 season.