
COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Mid-South Conference officials announced the 2012 women's soccer all-conference awards tonight at the conference's annual banquet hosted on the Lindsey Wilson College campus.
Lindsey Wilson College senior midfielder Mia Persson is the Mid-South Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Year.
Persson helped the Blue Raiders to the Mid-South Conference regular season title while scoring 24 goals during the 2012 season. She ranks second in the conference in both goals and points (52) and is tied for 13th in assists (4).
Persson ranks seventh in the NAIA in goals and ninth in points this season. She earned MSC Offensive Player of the Week four times during the regular season, including last week. Earlier in the day, Persson was named the NAIA Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week
Cumberland University freshman forward Kelsey Langille was selected MSC Freshman of Year after leading the conference in both points and goals during the season. Her 36 goals and, eight game-winners and 78 points all lead the NAIA.
Lindsey Wilson coach Drew Burwash and Cumberland coach Gavin McKinney are the 2012 MSC Women's Soccer co-Coaches of the Year.
Burwash led the Blue Raiders to a 9-0 conference mark and the regular season title. McKinney led the Bulldogs to an 8-1 MSC record in their first season back in the Mid-South.
University of the Cumberlands' Autumn Williams was selected at the Mid-South Conference Women's Soccer Champions of Character recipient. Williams earned the award based on her academic and athletic achievement, campus and community leadership, future ambition and demonstration of five core character values of the NAIA
A total of 17 women earned All MSC First Team while 18 women were named all-conference honorable mention as voted on by the conference coaches.
Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players.
The MSC First-Team includes:
Name | Position | School |
Elisha Fry | Defender | Lindsey Wilson College |
Natasha Gensetter | Midfielder | Lindsey Wilson College |
Shauna Gilpin | Forward | Cumberland University |
Renee Hurd | Defender | Lindsey Wilson College |
Mackenzie Keele | Defender | Cumberland University |
Lindsay Kitson | Goalkeeper | Cumberland University |
Kelsey Langille | Forward | Cumberland University |
Renee Larose | Defender | Cumberland University |
Elizabet Madjarac | Forward | Lindsey Wilson College |
Laerke Lillelund Michealsen | Forward | Lindsey Wilson College |
Taylor Nay | Midfielder | Cumberland University |
Pip Pattison | Midfielder | Bluefield College |
Mia Persson | Midfielder | Lindsey Wilson College |
Jessica Ralph | Forward | Campbellsville University |
Chelsea Schulte | Goalkeeper | University of Pikeville |
Katarina Simic | Defender | Lindsey Wilson College |
Saeda Sueki | Midfielder | Lindsey Wilson College |
The MSC Honorable Mention Team includes:
Name | Position | School |
Sam Amend | Midfielder | Georgetown College |
Anna Ayers | Midfielder | Georgetown College |
Missy Baines | Defender | Bluefield College |
Adrienne Bishop | Defender | St. Catharine College |
Bea Cameron | Forward | Georgetown College |
Brandie Hagerman | Goalkeeper | Campbellsville University |
Alex Harbowy | Forward | Georgetown College |
Alessandra Jansen | Midfielder | Georgetown College |
Schuyler Jones | Forward | Shawnee State University |
Paola Martinez | Forward | St. Catharine College |
Rhianne Parsons | Forward | Cumberland University |
Simone Quinn | Midfielder | Cumberland University |
Ayaki Shinada | Defender | Lindsey Wilson College |
Savanna Stephens | Defender | Campbellsville University |
Lindsey Vinson | Goalkeeper | St. Catharine College |
Caitlin Williams | Defender | Georgetown College |
Enajah Winbush | Forward | Bluefield College |
Cassie Yannelli | Midfielder | Campbellsville University |
The Mid-South Conference Tournament continues on Wednesday, Nov. 7 with semifinal action beginning at Noon CT with Lindsey Wilson and Georgetown at Walter S. Reuling Stadium on the Lindsey Wilson campus. Cumberland and Campbellsville meet in the other semifinal at 2:30 p.m. CT.
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