Soccer players and coach honored with post-season awards

By By Matt Tornow

Thursday, January 20, 2005

The Big 12 Champion Jayhawk soccer team is still flying high after a record-setting season.

SoccerBuzz, the leading magazine that covers NCAA women’s soccer, honored five Kansas players and coach Mark Francis with post-season awards. Voting for the honors is done by Division I coaches and the SoccerBuzz staff.

Senior goalkeeper Meghan Miller, sophomore defender Holly Gault and junior forward Caroline Smith received All-American accolades from the magazine. Gault earned first-team honors, while Miller was selected to the second team and Smith received honorable mention.

Miller led all Big 12 Conference goalkeepers in goals-against with a .57 average and save percentage with an impressive .881. Miller also finished second in the conference with 11 shutouts during the season.

Gault’s defensive skills earned her first team honors. The Jayhawk defense only allowed 13 goals all season and had a team goals-against average of .55, which ranked ninth in the country at the end of the season.

Smith received her bid to first team honors by leading the Jayhawks with 32 points overall. Smith ended the season with 11 goals and 10 assists. Smith is the Jayhawks all-time leader in shots, goals, game-winning goals and points.

That trio was named to the first team All-Central region , as well, and will train with the Under-21 USA National Team. Francis said he was especially excited for Miller because she had improved during her four years at Kansas.

“It is nice to see her being rewarded,” he said. “The chance to train with the U-21 National Team is a great honor for her and our program.”

SoccerBuzz also named senior midfielder Amy Geha with second team All-Central Region honors. Geha finished with four goals and five assists, 13 overall points, which put her tied for fourth on the team.

Freshman defender Afton Sauer was announced as the only Jayhawk on the Central Region All-Freshman. Sauer came on strong in her first year for the Jayhawks and started all 23 contests.

With five players being named to the regional team, Francis was also honored by receiving Central Region Coach of the Year honors. After leading the Jayhawks to the NCAA tournament the last two seasons, Francis interviewed for the Florida State coaching vacancy during winter break, but the Seminoles hired USA U-19 Coach Mark Krikorian last week.

Edited by Jennifer Voldness

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