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12/27/99

 

 


Fall honors for current and former Spirit players

With the new Millennium almost upon us, there is much news to report from the Fall season.

First off, congratulations to Sarah Rahko from the U18 team, who was selected to the U17 United States National Team Pool. She will join the National youth teams pool along with former Spirit player and current St. Louis resident Carmen Bognanno, who was recently selected to be the U16 National Team Captain.

In other Spirit Alumnae news, Rebecca Splaine, a Junior at Brown University, was named to the All Ivy League Team, and Jen Robb, a Junior at Middle Tennessee State University, was named an Ohio Valley Conference 2nd Team All-Star.

Two Spirit Alumnae were named NSCAA/Addidas Women's Scholar Athlete Regional All-Americans: Sarah Hilgenberg, a Senior at Wellesley College, First Team All-East, and Lindsay Nohl, a Senior at William and Mary University, First Team All-South.

Also four players were named to 1999 NSCAA/adidas Women's All Regional Teams:

Katie Dempsey, Senior, Franklin Pierce College: First Team, Division 2 - New England Region

Shannon Corliss, Senior, Endicott College: Second Team, Division 3 - New England Region

Kim Bohlin, Junior, Bowdoin College: Third Team, Division 3 - New England Region

Andrea Pawliczek, Sophomore, Emory College: Second Team, Division 3 - South Region

Closer to home, many Spirit players and coaches had successful seasons with their high school teams.

Two teams coached by members of the Spirit coaching staff won State Championships.

The Under-15 head coach Jen Mead and assistant coach Gretchen Young also teamed up to coach Newton North to a victory in the Division 1 Massachusetts High School State Championship.

Jen was also named the Boston Herald Division 1 Coach of the Year.

Newton North also had four Spirit players take part in their Championship season: Ariel Samuelson of the Spirit Under 16 team, and Beth Goldberg, Julia Brown and Ariel Carr of the Under 15 team.

Marian, coached by Under-17 coach Paul Athanasiadis, and assisted by Under-18 coach Mike Gorenberg won the Division 3 Massachusetts High School State Championship. Paul was also named Coach of the Year by the Eastern Mass Girls Soccer Coaches Association, and Division 3 Coach of the Year by the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald and the Metro West Daily News. Marian's Spirit contingent consisted of Katie Capello and Karyn Sporer of the Under 18's, Katie Donovan and Kristin Moan of the Under 17's, and Holly Maloney of the Under 15 squad.

Two other Spirit players were also champions this season. The Under 15 team's Kate Takvorian and the Under 18 team's Miriam Litt played for New England Prep School Champion Philips Andover, and Taryn Provencher won the New Hampshire state title with Manchester High School.

Many players also earned individual honors. Special recognition goes to Sarah Rahko, Katie Capello and Meaghan Vondal of the Spirit Under 18 team.

Sarah, a National Youth Team Pool player (see above), who played for Londonderry (NH) High School, and who recently committed to Boston College, was named a High School NSCAA All-American for 1999, as well as being named a Lawrence Eagle Tribune All-Star and a League All-Star.

Katie played for Marian High School in the Fall, and was named the Division 3 Player of the Year by both the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, as well as being named an Eastern Mass. All-Star, and being named an All-Star by the Metro West Daily News, the Lawrence Eagle Tribune, and the Catholic Central League.

Meaghan, who played for Westford Academy, was named the Eastern Massachusetts Division 2 Player of the Year. She was also named to the All-New England and All State teams, was a Lowell Sun Player of the Year, was named to the All-Scholastic teams for both the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, as well as being a Dual County League All-Star

Other players honored are as follows:


Spirit Under 18 team:

Amy Axelrod - Andover HS: Boston Globe All-Scholastic, Lawrence Eagle Tribune All-Star, Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star

Jennifer Brooks - Winchester HS: Eastern Mass All-Star, Boston Globe All-Scholastic, Boston Herald All-Scholastic, Middlesex League All-Star

Katie Chen - Hamilton/Wenham HS: All-State Team, Eastern Mass All-Star, Cape Ann League Player of the Year, Boston Globe All-Scholastic, Boston Herald All-Scholastic, Cape Anne League All-Star

KC Dexter - Andover HS: Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star

Jenny Gould - Londonderry HS, NH: 1st Team All-State, Lawrence Eagle Tribune All-Star, League All-Star

Andrea Ireland - Pentucket Regional HS: Eastern Mass All-Star, Boston Herald All-Scholastic, Cape Anne League All-Star, Lawrence Eagle Tribune All-Star

Miriam Litt - Philips Andover: League All-Star

Kimberly Medonca - Londonderry HS, NH: 1st team All-State

Taryn Provencher - Manchester HS, NH: 1st Team All-State, High School team ranked 5th in the Nation for the Fall.

Karyn Sporer - Marian HS: Metro West Daily News All-Star, Catholic Central League All-Star

Merdith Sutch - Nashoba Regional HS: Metro West Daily News All-Star, Central Mass All-Star, Midland-Wachusett B League All-Star

Spirit Under 17 team:

Kim Cochrane - Lynnfield HS: Eastern Mass All-Star, Cape Anne League All-Star

Caitlin Dickinson - Austin Prep: Catholic Central League All-Star

Amy Johnson - Methuen HS: Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star

Jessica Kearns - Medford HS: Eastern Mass All-Star, Greater Boston League All-Star

Darcy McQuiggan - Waltham HS: Eastern Mass All-Star, Greater Boston League All-Star

Leah Walters - Brookline HS: Bay State League All-Star

Spirit Under 16 team:

Emma Meehan - Tyngsboro HS: Lowell Sun All-Star, Commonwealth Conference All-Star

Katie Mooney - Lincoln/Sudbury HS: 1st Team Dual County League All-Star

Joanna Stanford - Weymouth HS: Bay State League All-Star

 

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