MILWAUKEE – Jenni Andjelic of New Lenox, Ill., Anna Champine of St. Charles, Ill., Breanna Culver of Roscoe, Ill., Payton Green of Fox Lake, Ill., Kristina Karlof of Norway, Sophia King of Mequon, Wis., Alyssa Marceau of Tonka Bay, Minn., Jaci Merchant of Greenwood, Ind., Savannah Sievert of Muskego, Wis., Ashlyn Skinner-Barrett of Waukesha, Wis., and Abby Stoeck of Waukesha, Wis., have all signed with the Milwaukee women's soccer team and are set to join the Panthers for their first collegiate seasons this fall for the 2022 campaign.
 
In addition, Parker Donahugh of Mukwonago, Wis., Raegan Michalak of Oconomowoc, Wis., and Katie Swenson of Wauwatosa, Wis., have all joined the MKE program as transfers.
 
"It is a bigger class, which we need right now based on the turnover due to graduation and transfers," head coach Kevin Boyd said. "There were eight that were signed when I was hired – it is a good group and they will help us. On top of that, we have added another six players, three that are coming in as transfers and three more that will be freshmen. We feel the class as a whole will help us with its athleticism and the speed. And then clearly, with that many additions, we need to fill some holes and add some depths to different positions and we feel this class can do that."
 
Andjelic, a senior at Lincoln-Way Central High School, enjoyed a strong junior campaign in which she earned Herald News 2021 All-Area and Daily Southtown All-Area Team Honorable Mention accolades, as well as spots on the all-sectional and all-conference teams. She recorded six assists and scored four goals, helping the squad to a 12-2-2 overall record and a perfect 6-0 mark in the SouthWest Suburban Conference before falling in the sectional finals. A Chicagoland Soccer All-State Watch List selection, Andjelic plays club soccer for Galaxy SC, where she was named to the Fall 2020 US Youth Soccer Midwest Conference Best XI Team.
 
Champine is a senior at St. Charles East High School (Ill.) and currently leading the way for her team with 19 points on seven goals and five assists, helping St. Charles to a 13-4-1 record. She is ranked No. 17 in the state by MaxPreps.com and also plays club for Team Chicago.

Culver broke on to the scene with a big freshman season, recording 48 points on 16 goals and 16 assists at Hononegah Community High School. Those stats helped her earn the first of many NIC-10 All-Conference honors, guiding the team to a 15-8-1 record. As a junior, she compiled 29 points on 10 goals and nine assists in a 12-game campaign. Culver also plays club soccer for Rockford Raptors FC.
 
Green comes to Milwaukee from Grant Community High School, where she was also an all-conference member of the track team for four years. She is also a member of the Eclipse Select Soccer Club for eight seasons, winning the National Championship against Internationals in 2021.
 
Karlof will arrive from overseas after compiling an impressive soccer resume in Norway. In addition to being a Norway Youth National player, she currently plays for Lillestrøm SK Kvinner as a center back. Karlof has earned 15 caps for the Youth National Team (U15/U16/U17) and prior to the move to LSK Kvinner, she played for Gjelleråsen as a right midfielder, scoring 20 goals in 16 games.
 
King is off to a strong start to her senior campaign at Homestead High School, currently checking in with seven goals and six assists in her first nine games, helping the team to an 8-0-1 record. A Second-Team All-North Shore selection in 2021 and a "Top Player to Watch" in the North Shore this spring by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, King helped the Highlanders to a 10-3-1 mark as a junior after recording 11 goals and seven assists.
 
Marceau put together a great senior season at Minnetonka High School (Minn.), earning Team MVP honors after scoring 16 goals and adding a pair of assists. That also earned her a spot on the All-Lake Conference squad and she is also ranked No. 44 in the state by MaxPreps.com
 
Merchant capped her career at Warren Central High School with All-Lake Conference honors after scoring a team-best 16 goals in 2021. She was selected as the Skippers' Most Valuable Player as well as the Offensive MVP over the course of an 11-7-1 campaign. An all-conference and all-county honoree, Merchant added 12 goals in 10 games during the 2020 season and also plays club soccer for Indy Premier, with a second-place finish at USYS Nationals in 2021 and four State Cup Championships as highlights. This past fall, she made school history by becoming the first-ever female member of the football team, kicking extra points (27-of-28) and field goals.
 
Sievert joins the Panthers from Wisconsin Lutheran High School, where she also played basketball and volleyball. She played for club soccer for SC Wave since 2013, with the team captain helping the squad win Nationals at the USYS National Championship in 2019.
 
Skinner-Barrett comes to the Panthers from Waukesha South High School, capping her career with Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Girls All-State Team Second XI and 2021 Class 8 All-Conference First Team accolades. She also enjoyed a successful club career with SC Wave.
 
Stoeck looks to help Waukesha West High School repeat as Classic 8 Conference champions this spring, following a very successful prep run. She put together First-Team All-Classic 8 accolades in 2021 after a 54-point campaign in which she scored 17 goals and added 20 assists in just 14 games. COVID wiped out her 2020 season, but Stoeck got her career off to a great start with 16 goals and 11 assists in 21 games as a freshman to lead the Wolverines in scoring, earning Second-Team All-Classic 8 honors.
 
Donahugh is currently enrolled as a student at UWM after originally signing to play collegiately at IUPUI. She was a two-time all-conference and Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Honorable Mention All-State honoree in her time as a goalkeeper at Mukwonago High School and also played club soccer for SC Waukesha.
 
Michalak started her collegiate career with one year at Valparaiso, following a very successful prep career as Oconomowoc High School. A four-year starter/letterwinner for the Racoons, Michalak picked up Honorable Mention All-Classic 8 Conference honors as a senior and also earned the school's Integrity/Effort Award in 2019. A National Honor Society member, she enjoyed a successful club career with FC Wisconsin, where as a 2017 ODP regional player she helped her team to the finals of the 2017 Wisconsin State Cup. In 2018, she helped lead team to an undefeated mark in the MRL Premier 1 and finished the 2018-19 campaign as the leading scorer in the Strike FC Premier 1.
 
Swenson will join the Panthers from Whitewater, where she spent the past two seasons following a career at Wauwatosa East High School where she was a three-year starter and a Greater Metro Conference All-Conference defender. After missing the 2020 campaign with the Warhawks due to COVID, Swenson was a full-time starter on defense in 2021, starting all 19 games she appeared in (picking up a pair of assists) as the team went 13-7. She was a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Scholastic Honor Roll member in 2020 and is the younger sister of current MKE assistant coach Kelli Swenson, who starred for the Panthers from 2015 to 2018.