Dec. 17, 2009
KANSAS CITY, KAN. -
Four Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer players - including Tobin Heath and Whitney Engen from back-to-back national champion North Carolina - have been named 2009 first-team All-America by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
North Carolina, which disposed of unbeaten and top-ranked Stanford in the 2009 NCAA Women's College Cup Final at College Station, Texas December 6 by a 1-0 margin, saw senior defender Whitney Engen and senior midfielder Tobin Heath named to the squad. They were joined by two selections from ACC regular-season co-champion Florida State in sophomore forward Tiffany McCarty and senior defender Becky Edwards.
All four first-team All-America selections from the ACC were MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalists as are two second-team members - Boston College senior defender Kelly Henderson and Virginia junior midfielder Sinead Farrelly. Heath was named one of three finalists for the Hermann Trophy last week.
Two other student-athletes from ACC regular-season co-champion Boston College were named to the second team - sophomore goalkeeper Jillian Mastroianni and freshman forward Victoria DiMartino. Wake Forest senior forward Kaley Fountain was named to the third team, giving the ACC nine student-athletes among the 37-member squad.
The NSCAA All-America selections will be recognized at the annual All-America Luncheon, held in Philadelphia, Pa., on January 16 as part of the 2010 NSCAA Convention.
Listed below is the complete 2009 NSCAA Women's Division I All-America Soccer Team.
2009 NSCAA Women's NCAA Division I All-America Team
First Team
Pos., Player, Class, School, Hometown
K, Kristin Olsen, Sr., Southern California, Orange, Calif.
D, Becky Edwards, Sr., Florida State, Tallahassee, Fla.
D, Whitney Engen, Sr., North Carolina, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.
D, Blakely Mattern, Sr., South Carolina, Simpsonville, S.C.
M, Mandi Back, Sr., Dayton, North Olmstead, Ohio
M, Courtney Barg, So., Notre Dame, Plano, Texas
M, Tobin Heath, Sr., North Carolina, Basking Ridge, N.J.
M, Sophie Schmidt, Sr., Portland, Abbotsford, B.C.
F, Lauren Cheney, Sr., UCLA, Indianapolis, Ind.
F, Michelle Enyeart, Sr., Portland, Hemet, Calif.
F, Tiffany McCarty, So., Florida State, Tallahassee, Fla.
F, Kelley O'Hara, Sr., Stanford, Fayetteville, Ga.
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Second Team
K, Kelsey Davis, Sr., Portland, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
K, Jill Mastroianni, So., Boston College, Durham, Conn.
D, Jennifer Anzivino, Sr., Rutgers, Middletown, N.J.
D, Kelly Henderson, Sr., Boston College, Baldwin, N.Y.
D, Lauren Hyde, Sr., Florida, Carmel, Ind.
M, Carolyn Blank, Sr., West Virginia, Toms River, N.J.
M, Sinead Farrelly, Jr., Virginia, Havertown, Pa.
F, Ashley Berra, Jr., Memphis, Cordova, Tenn.
F, Vicki DiMartino, Fr., Boston College, Massapequa, N.Y.
F, Danielle Foxhoven, So., Portland, Littleton, Colo.
F, Devin Petta, Fr., Northeastern, Whitman, Mass.
F, Christen Press, Sr., Stanford, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
Third Team
K, Alyssa Naeher, Sr., Penn State , Seymour, Conn.
D, Casey Brown, Sr., Boston University, Natick, Mass.
D, Ali Riley, Sr., Stanford, Pacific Palisades, Calif.
D, Brittany Taylor, Sr., Connecticut, Campbell Hall, N.Y.
D, Andrea Willis, Sr., Brigham Young, Riverside, Calif.
M, Ashley Bowyer, Sr., Ohio State , Aliso Viejo, Calif.
M, Mariah Nogueira, Fr., Stanford, Westminster, Calif.
M, Rebecca Thomas, Sr., Central Florida, Burlington, Wash.
F, Kaley Fountain, Sr., Wake Forest, Austin, Texas
F, Lauren Fowlkes, Jr., Notre Dame, Lee's Summit, Mo.
F, Laura Heyboer, So., Michigan State, Hudsonville, Mich.
F, Sydney Leroux, So., UCLA, Vancouver, B.C.
F, Katie Schoepfer, Sr., Penn State , Waterford, Conn.
