RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Campbellsville women's soccer placed three players on the MSC First Team All-Conference squad, two honorable mentions, the Champion of Character and 10 Academic All-Conference.
Mid-South Conference officials announced the 2011 women's soccer all-conference awards Wednesday morning at the conference's annual banquet hosted by University of Rio Grande.
CU's senior forward
Megan Campbell, junior midfielder
Cassie Yannelli and sophomore defender Savannah Stephens were all named to the MSC First Team. Brandi Hagerman and
Jessica Ralph, both sophomores, were named Honorable Mention.
Campbellsville University senior midfielder
Leslie Carver is the MSC Women's Soccer Champions of Character recipient. Carver was selected by the conference's athletic directors as the women's soccer student-athlete that most demonstrates and embraces character values through sport. She was selected based on her character-driven and civic leadership within her team, campus and community.
The CU Academic All-Conference student-athletes include
Rebekah Carl, Carver, Hagerman,
Bailey McDonough,
Megan Miller, Ralph,
Emily Shultz, Stephens, Yannelli and
Angelia Jones.
Lindsey Wilson College junior midfielder Mia Persson is the Mid-South Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Year.
The Sjobo, Sweden, native, leads the MSC in points this season and is tied for second in assists and fourth in goals. Persson enters today's semifinal match with 13 goals, 10 assists for 36 points. She is the only MSC player with double digit goals and assists.
Persson ranks fourth in the NAIA in game winning goals (7) and 20th in assists this season. She earned MSC Offensive Player of the Week twice during the regular season.
Lindsey Wilson freshman forward Laerke Lillelund Michealsen was selected MSC Freshman of Year after scoring eight goals and collecting two assists during the year.
Lindsey Wilson coach Drew Burwash was voted on by his peers as the MSC Coach of the Year after guiding the Blue Raiders to a perfect 7-0 conference mark and the program's 12th MSC regular season title.
Other women's soccer student-athletes awarded first-team all-conference honors were: Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players.
The all-conference forwards include Lillelund Michealsen, Lindsey Wilson's Ida Gregersen, Georgetown College's Alex Harbowy and University of Cumberlands' Danna Stringle. All-conference midfielders include Persson, Georgetown's Anna Ayers and Alessandra Jansen and Lindsey Wilson's Elizabet Madjarac. The top MSC defenders include Lindsey Wilson's Diana Da Rocha and Patricia Nielsen and Georgetown's Rebecca Dietrich and Haley Stegner. The all-conference goalkeepers include University of Pikeville's Chelsea Schulte and Georgetown's Cathie Shaver.
Others named conference's honorable mention team include: Cumberlands' Toni Dempsey and Jessica Posey; Georgetown's Kaitlyn Osborn and Caitlin Williams; Lindsey Wilson's Hanna Jonsson, Michelle Madsen, Heini Metsola and Ayaki Shinada; Pikeville's Kara Henning and Kayla Scott; Rio Grande's Venessa Montgomery, Allyson Schmelzer and Mandi Thoma; Shawnee State University's Brittany Brooks; and St. Catharine College's Emily Caras and Paola Martinez.
In addition to awarding its student-athletes for their play on the field this season, the MSC recognized its academic all-conference team. Honorees must be at least a sophomore and have a 3.25 and above grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
Those named, other than at Campbellsville were: Cumberlands' Toni Dempsey, Mallory Gruenenfelder and Tiffany Miller; Georgetown's Liz Yoder, Caitlin Williams, Christina Thompson, Cathie Shaver, Madison Nation, Megan Melanson, Lauren Brooks andEmily Steck; Lindsey Wilson's Ida Gregersen, Hanna Jonsson, Heini Metsola, Patricia Nielsen, Mia Persson, Saeda Sueki; Pikeville's Ashley Crutcher and Kourteney Winner; Rio Grande's Katie Fuller, Alex Davis, Ashley Gilley, Mandi Thoma and Venessa Montgomery; Shawnee State's Teresa Welch, Bethany Ward, Staci Johnson and Lindsey Anstatt; and St. Catharine's Adrienne Bishop, Sarah Castillo, Michelle Dunaway, Paola Martinez, Laura Mattingly, Krista Russell and Lindsey Vinson.
