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More All-Region Honors for Meister, Falcons
December 21, 2005 | Women's Soccer
Dec. 21, 2005
Soccer Buzz All-Great Lakes Region teams in PDF Format
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (BGSUFalcons.com) - The awards keep rolling in for the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team, as three members of the program have been honored by online magazine Soccer Buzz. Senior Samantha Meister was named to the All-Great Lakes Region Second Team, while Corbie Yee was chosen to the region's All-Freshman Team. Head coach Andy Richards was the runner-up for Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year.
Meister, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio (Northwest H.S.) was named to the Soccer Buzz team less than a week after earning second-team honors on the NSCAA/adidas all-region team. A midfielder, she capped her career by leading the Falcons with eight goals and 22 points in 2005, en route to earning Mid-American Conference Player-of-the-Year honors. She was BG's first-ever league POY pick, and also was named to the All-MAC First Team, becoming the first Falcon ever to earn all-league first-team laurels twice. She finished her four-year tenure with totals of 28 goals and 73 points, ranking second on the BGSU career lists in each category.
Yee, a native of Berea, Ohio (Berea H.S.), was named the MAC Freshman of the Year. She played in 22 matches on the season, starting 13, including each of the last 11. She ranked fourth on the team with 15 points, including a total of six goals to finish second on the Falcons. Yee's point total included a goal and an assist in the MAC Tournament's semifinal round, a 2-0 win over Miami. Yee's point total was the highest by a Falcon freshman since the 2002 season.
Richards has an overall record of 61-59-12 through six years, including a MAC Tournament mark of 8-3-3. He has now guided the Brown and Orange to the semifinal round of the league tournament on five occasions (including each of the last four seasons), to the championship match four times and to the NCAA Championships in each of the last two years. In 2004, Richards guided the Falcons to the first MAC Tournament title and NCAA berth in school history. Richards and the team followed that performance by winning both the MAC's regular-season and tournament crowns in 2005, advancing to the NCAA Championships once again.
Richards was runner-up to Marquette's Markus Roeders in the All-Great Lakes Region Coach-of-the-Year balloting. There are 55 schools in the Great Lakes Region.
Notre Dame's Katie Thorlakson was named the region's Player of the Year, while her teammate, Kerri Hanks, garnered region Freshman-of-the-Year honors.
Richards and the Falcons finished 14-7-2 overall and won the MAC's regular-season title with a 9-2-0 league ledger. As mentioned, BGSU won the MAC Tournament crown and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the second-straight season. Richards (MAC Coach of the Year), Meister (Player of the Year) and Yee (Freshman of the Year) swept the MAC's specialty awards for the 2005 season.
The complete Soccer Buzz All-Great Lakes Region Team...
2005 SOCCER BUZZ AWARDS, DIVISION 1 WOMEN'S SOCCER GREAT LAKES REGION (55 teams) Player of the Year Katie Thorlakson Notre Dame Forward SeniorFreshman of the Year Kerri Hanks Notre Dame Forward Freshman
Coach of the Year Markus Roeders Marquette
Coach of the Year, Runner-Up Andy Richards Bowling Green
ALL GREAT LAKES, FIRST TEAM PLAYER SCHOOL POSITION YEAR Jamie Craft Louisville Forward Junior Melissa Dobbyn Michigan Forward Sophomore Kerri Hanks Notre Dame Forward Freshman Katie Thorlakson Notre Dame Forward Senior Marisa Brown Wisconsin Midfield Senior Jen Buczkowski Notre Dame Midfield Junior Julianne Sitch DePaul Midfield Senior Julie Thompson Marquette Midfield Senior Candace Chapman Notre Dame Defender Senior Ginny Graczyk UW-Milwaukee Defender Sophomore Christen Karniski Illinois Defender Senior Christie Shaner Notre Dame Defender Junior Laura Boyer Marquette Goalie Sophomore
ALL GREAT LAKES, SECOND TEAM PLAYER SCHOOL POSITION YEAR Kayla Lambert Evansville Forward Freshman Jessica Okoroafo Purdue Forward Freshman Mary Parker Detroit Forward Junior Andrea Schmitz Drake Forward Senior Brittany Bock Notre Dame Midfield Freshman Lara Dickenmann Ohio State Midfield Sophomore Kara Kabellis Wisconsin Midfield Junior Samantha Meister Bowling Green Midfield Senior Sarah Oligney UW-Green Bay Midfield Senior Heather Forsyth Illinois State Defender Senior Krista Mitts Ball State Defender Senior Sarah Uyenishi Marquette Defender Senior Molly Schneider Minnesota Goalie Senior
ALL GREAT LAKES, THIRD TEAM PLAYER SCHOOL POSITION YEAR Emma Harris Michigan State Forward Senior Courtney McCrudden Kentucky Forward Senior Kristi Swaving Oakland Forward Senior Amy Vermeulen Wisconsin Forward Senior Monique Gjini Louisville Midfield Sophomore Emily King Valparaiso Midfield Senior Michelle Pitzl Marquette Midfield Junior Kristen Zmijewski Indiana Midfield Senior Nickie Burnie Minnesota Defender Senior LeeAnn Langsfeld Eastern Ill. Defender Senior Janice McGann UW-Milwaukee Defender Senior Melissa Miller Ohio State Defender Junior Niki Reed Dayton Goalie Sophomore
ALL FRESHMAN GREAT LAKES REGION PLAYER SCHOOL POSITION Lisa Collison Ohio State Forward Kerri Hanks Notre Dame Forward Kayla Lambert Evansville Forward Jessica Okoroafo Purdue Forward Corbie Yee Bowling Green Forward Brittany Bock Notre Dame Midfield Meghan Connelly Marquette Midfield Marti Desjarlais Illinois Midfield Sarah Teegarden UW-Milwaukee Midfield Skylar Andrews Michigan Defender Carrie Dew Notre Dame Defender Clare Grimwood Minneosta Defender Katie Kelly Marquette Defender Jessie Rooma Wright State Defender Emily Zurrer Illinois Defender Erin Kane UW-Milwaukee Goalie
