(Portions of this article taken from Centre and Trinity website)
KANSAS CITY Kan. - Trinity University Tigers senior midfielder Jordan Azar and junior forward Abby Loar along with senior forward Brittany Garr of Centre College have been elected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III Women's Soccer All-America Teams.
Azar (Albuquerque, N.M./St. Pius X) made the All-America Second
Team, and Loar (Littleton, Colo./Heritage) was named to the Third
Team.
Only four schools, including Trinity, had multiple representatives
on the prestigious teams: NCAA champion Hardin-Simmons, national
runner-up Messiah, and Illinois Wesleyan.
Azar, an All-West Region and All-Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference honoree, accounted for seven goals (one game-winner) and
11 assists during the campaign. Loar was the Tigers' leading
scorer, with 16 goals (five game-winners) and 11 assists. She was
earlier named the SCAC Offensive Player of the Year, and to the
All-West Region.
Trinity, led by seventh-year Head Coach Lance Key, completed the
season with an 18-2-0 overall record, and was 10-0-0 in the SCAC.
Trinity captured its fifth SCAC Championship under Coach Key's
leadership, and 15th overall. Coach Key was honored by his peers as
the SCAC Coach of the Year for the second straight time, and the
fourth overall.
Garr (Louisville, Ky.) was selected to the 2010 National Soccer
Coaches Association of America/Performance Subaru Women's NCAA
Division III All-American Third Team. The Centre women's soccer
team finished the season 15-4 overall, while taking second place in
the SCAC with a conference record of 8-2.
Garr was named to the 2010 All-SCAC First Team and to the 2010
NSCAA/Performance Subaru NCAA Division III Women's All-Great Lakes
Region First Team earlier this year. Additionally, she was named
the SCAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches
played from Monday, September 6 through Sunday, September 12. She
finished the season tied for third in the conference in points
(30), fourth in goals (12), fifth in points per game (1.58) and
goals per game (0.63), and tied for seventh in assists (6). The
Colonels as a team finished the season ranked second in the
conference in points (122), goals (44), and assists (34).
To view the entire 2010 NSCAA All-American Team, click here.
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