The University Athletic Association has announced its 30th Anniversary Women's Soccer Team. Sixty-nine student-athletes earned the honor, including 17 from University of Rochester, which has captured 11 Association titles. Washington University (15) and Emory University (13) also amassed anniversary squad awardees in the double digits.
The team consists of each student-athlete who was named Most Valuable Player or accumulated five or more points in her career, with two points awarded for All-Association first-team recognition, and one point for second-team honors. In addition, anyone named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III Player of the Year earned a spot on the anniversary team.
Among those honored are the only three-time UAA Most Valuable Player, Lauren Gorodetsky of Emory University (2011-13); repeat MVP honorees Libbie Tobin of the University of Rochester (1992-93); Kris Vander Plaat of Rochester (1995-96); Renee Neuner of the University of Chicago (2002-03); and two-time honoree Caryn Rosoff of Washington (2007, 2009).
Gorodetsky (2010-13), Neuner (2002-05) and Rosoff (2006-09) have earned first-team All-Association honors four times. The others are Stacey Epstein (1987-90) and 2000 MVP Andrea Pawliczek (1998-2001) of Emory, Ashley Van Vechten of Rochester (2004-07), 2006 MVP MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn (2003-06), and 1997 MVP Rachel Sweeney (1996-99) of Washington.
The only current student-athletes on the UAA 30th Anniversary Women's Soccer Team are 2016 UAA Most Valuable Player Jenna McKinney of Chicago and Tori Iatarola of Carnegie Mellon University.
A Rochester student-athlete won or shared Most Valuable Player honors in nine of the first 10 seasons. Ten different Yellowjackets have earned MVP recognition with Mary Walsh (2005) and Ellen Coleman (2010) the most recent honorees.
Washington University captured the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship title, becoming the first UAA team since Rochester in 1987. In 30 years, seven Association teams have reached the NCAA final and five more teams advanced to the Final Four, including three teams that reached the national semifinals in 2016.
The Bears (2009, 2015), Yellowjackets (1991), Chicago (2003), and Emory (2012) all earned runner-up finishes. Washington also reached the Final Four in 1997, while the Maroons have made the national semifinal three times (1996, 2005, 2016). Brandeis University made its first Final Four appearance in 2016.
University Athletic Association
30th Anniversary Women's Soccer Team
Lisa Allen, Rochester
Jessica Berry, Chicago
Whitney Briggs, Emory
Carmen Bumgarner, Brandeis
Lisa Caraccilo, Rochester
Christyn Chambers, Washington
Katie Chandler, Washington
Katie Coburn, Emory
Ellen Coleman, Rochester
Alison Collins, Rochester
Lizzy Crist, Washington
Jacqui DeLeon, Chicago
Stacy Epstein, Emory
Jennifer Farkas, NYU
Shay Feilen, Chicago
Charlotte Felber, Washington
Lisa Fischer, Rochester
MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn, Washington
Cherise Galasso, Rochester
Claire Gill, Chicago
Lauren Gorodetsky, Emory
Jennifer Haddad, Washington
Megan Hanushek, Rochester
Skye Hardin, Emory
Andrea Haveman, Rochester
Libby Held, Washington
Caroline Hoit, Emory
Tori Iatarola, Carnegie Mellon
Sheila Kaehny, Emory
Amy Kelmenson, Rochester
Mary Knoll, Rochester
Kristi Kohls, Washington
Sara Kwan, Chicago
Leah Levey, CWRU
Olivia Lillegraven, Washington
Kristi Malen, Brandeis
Jenna McKinney, Chicago
Melissa McMorrow, Carnegie Mellon
Nancy Moon, CWRU
Renee Neuner, Chicago
Colleen O'Brien, Washington
Sandra Oh, CWRU
Andrea Pawliczek, Emory
Nicole Poisson, Carnegie Mellon
Savina Reid, Carnegie Mellon
Amanda Rose, Carnegie Mellon
Caryn Rosoff, Washington
Beth Schaefer, Emory
Annie Schenck, Emory
Katie Schulte, Chicago
Kristen Seaver, Emory
Jennifer Seferiadis, Rochester
Bethe Segars, Emory
Diana Spock, Emory
Rachel Sweeney, Washington
Lori Thomas, Washington
Lillie Toaspern, Washington
Libbie Tobin, Rochester
Serra Tumay, NYU
Ashley Van Vechten, Rochester
Kris Vander Plaat, Rochester
Bridgette Varin, Rochester
Pam Vaughan, Brandeis
Mary Walsh, Rochester
Sue Waniewski, CWRU
Martha Winter, Rochester
Kristen Woodcock, Brandeis
Elsa Wu, Carnegie Mellon
Anna Zambricki, Washington