11.2.2004 C-USA Announces Women's Soccer All-Decade Team
Kate Gordon |
Conference USA is celebrating its 10th anniversary during the 2004-05 season. In conjunction, the league is naming a Team of the Decade for each of the conference?s 19 sports. Women?s Soccer is the third sport to have its All-Decade team released and a pair of former league standouts, Kate Gordon of Marquette and Meghann Burke of Saint Louis, have been named as its co-Players of the Decade. The Women?s Soccer Coach of the Decade award went to Marquette?s Markus Roeders. Voting on the All-Decade awards was done by each of the league?s current Women?s Soccer coaches.
Three-time regular season Conference USA champion Marquette placed a league-high three members on the All-Decade team. Two-time champion Charlotte earned two spots on the 10-person team, with Cincinnati, DePaul, Saint Louis, UAB and USF each placing one athlete on the squad.
C-USA WOMEN?S SOCCER ALL-DECADE TEAM
Kate Gordon, Marquette (1999-2002) ? CO-PLAYER OF THE DECADE
Second all-time in C-USA in goals with 48?.Second all-time in C-USA in points with 114?.Three-time member of All-C-USA first team (2002, 2001, 2000)?.Member of C-USA All-Freshman team (1999)?C-USA Player of the Year in 2001?.Most Valuable Forward in 2000 C-USA Tournament?.NSCAA Second Team All-American (2000, 2002)?.NSCAA First Team All-Region (2000, 2001, 2002)?.Member of two C-USA Tournament Champion teams (1999, 2000)?.Member of C-USA regular season championship team (2000)?.Participated in NCAA Tournament four in each of her four years?.C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll (2002).
Meghann Burke, GK, Saint Louis (1999-2002) ? CO-PLAYER OF THE DECADE
NSCAA and Soccer Buzz All-American (2002) ? three-time All-Region selection (1999, 2000, 2002) ? two-time C-USA Defensive Player of the Year (2000, 2002) ? four-time All-Conference selection (1999-2002) ? 1999 C-USA Freshman of the Year ? NSCAA Scholar All-American (2002) ? 2002-03 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year ? two-time NSCAA All-Region Scholar Athlete (2001, 2002) ? CoSIDA Academic All-District (2001) ? drafted by the Carolina Courage of the WUSA ? holds C-USA record for career shutouts (38) ? career stats ? 48 wins, a 0.92 goals against average, 347 saves and 7,602 minutes.
Jill Currie, Charlotte (1997-00)
Two-time Conference USA player of the year (1999, 2000)...Conference USA freshman of the year (1997)...Four-time All-Conference USA performer (1997-00)...Two-time first-team All-Conference USA (1999, 2000)...Second-team All-Conference USA (1997, 1998)...Named to 1997 Conference USA All-Freshman team...Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American (1997)...Three-time NSCAA All-South region selection (1998, 1999, 2000)...Led team to program?s first NCAA Tournament bid in 1998...Finished her career 11th all-time in Conference USA with 31 goals...Finished eighth in C-USA history with 26 career assists and finished eighth in points with 88...Finished her career second on Charlotte?s all-time goals list, fourth in assists and third in points.
Christina Papp, Charlotte (1996-98)
Named Conference USA Player of the Year in 1998...Three-time first-team All-Conference USA selection (1996, 1997, 1998)...Named C-USA Tournament Most Valuable Forward in leading the 49ers to the 1998 Conference USA Tournament title...Led the 1998 team to the program?s first-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament and they advanced to the second round of the 1998 NCAA tournament...Named third-team All-American by Soccer Buzz in 1998...Three-time NSCAA All-South region selection....Finished her career ranked 14th in C-USA history with 30 goals and third in career assists with 30 and seventh in points with 90...Her 30 career assists are tied for the most in Charlotte history.
Paulette Angilecchia, Cincinnati (1995-96)
Perhaps the best midfielder to ever play at Cincinnati, Angilecchia was the team?s leading scorer in each of her four seasons...Two-time Conference USA first-team selection (1995, 1996) and two-time C-USA Player of the Year (1995, 1996)...She is one of only five Bearcats to score over 100 points in her career...Her 118 points rank third in school history, as do her 50 goals...Led the conference in scoring in 1996 (42 points)?Earned NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region honors in 1996?Led Bearcats to 1996 C-USA tournament title and 1995 C-USA regular season title?Was named to the C-USA all-tournament team in 1996 and honored as the Most Valuable Midfielder.
Julianne Sitch, DePaul (2002-present)
2003 Conference USA Player of the Year and tournament Offensive MVP...two-time All-Conference USA honoree in her first two seasons... picked up second team All-American honors from the NSCAA and SoccerBuzz in 2003... ranked among C-USA's top 25 in points, goals and shots... first team NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region as a sophomore... Great Lakes Region Freshman of the Year in 2002 by SoccerBuzz... set DePaul career scoring records in just 28 matches.
Rhegan Hyypio, Marquette (1997-2000)
NSCAA All-America First Team (2000)?.First Team All-C-USA (1998, 2000)?.Second Team All-C-USA (1999)?.C-USA All-Freshman Team (1997)?.C-USA Most Valuable Defender (1998)?.C-USA Tournament Most Valuable Defender (1997, 1998)?.NSCAA All-Great Lakes Team (2000)?.Member of two C-USA regular season champion teams (1997, 2000), two C-USA Tournament Champion teams (1999, 2000) and two NCAA Tournament teams?.C-USA Commissioner?s Honor Roll (1998, 1997)
Kelly Roethe, Marquette (1996-1999)
All-time leading scorer in C-USA with 49 goals?.Scored most points in C-USA history, 123?. Four-time member of All-C-USA First Team (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)?.C-USA Freshman of the Year in 1996?.C-USA Most Valuable Player (1997)?.C-USA Tourney Most Valuable Midfielder (1997, 1999)?.C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year (1997)?.Member of two C-USA regular season champion teams (1996, 1997), one C-USA Tournament Champion team (1999) and one NCAA Tournament team (1999)?.C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll (1999, 1998, 1997, 1996).
Vanessa Woodward, UAB (1996-99)
A team captain for the Blazers all four years of her career, Team MVP in 1997 and 1998 and the C-USA Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 1999-2000 ... Member of the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete All-Region Team in both 1998 and 1999 and a nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year in 2000 ... A two-time Academic All-American (1999, 2001), three-time member (1997-99) of the NSCAA All-Region Team and a four-time member of the SoccerBuzz All-Region Team ... Four-time member of the C-USA Honor Roll and is fourth all-time in school history in points (67) and goals (24), and tied for fourth with Kidwell in assists with 19 ... An All-C-USA selection in each of her four seasons, including being named to the first team three times.
Siri Nordby, USF (1997-2000)
A four-time All-Conference player ? Was a C-USA all-freshman selection in 1997 ? Named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week in offense on Sept. 27, 1999 and Sept. 18, 2000 ? Named Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American in 1998 ? Helped USF put together three consecutive winning seasons (1997-1999) ? Led team to an undefeated regular season in 1998 (14-1-2, 9-0-2 C-USA) and to the C-USA regular season title ? Ranked first in shots (252), third in goals (41), third in points (110), seventh in assists (28) all-time in C-USA ?Led the team in assists (13) in 1998 ? Holds school record in shots (252), goals (41), assists (28) and points (110) during her career ? Holds C-USA single-game record in shots with 15 against Louisville in Oct. 22, 2000.
C-USA WOMEN?S SOCCER COACH OF THE DECADE
Markus Roeders, Marquette (1996-present)
Led teams to three C-USA regular season titles (1996, 1997, 2000) and two C-USA Tournament titles?.Earned berths to four NCAA Tournaments (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)?.C-USA Coach of the Year (1996, 2000)?.Traveled to seven straight C-USA Tournament Finals (1996-2002)?.NSCAA Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year (2000)?.All-time record of 121-45-14 overall and 60-15-5 in C-USA play?.Coached 42 All-Conference team members, three All-Americans, three C-USA Players of the Year, 11 members of the NSCAA All-Regional Team and ten freshman to All-Freshman team honors.