(Portions of this story taken from Trinity website)
SUWANEE, Ga. - Led by NSCAA Women's College
Scholar All-America selections Jordan Azar, Abby Loar and Danika
Wright of Trinity University, the NSCAA honored 19 other SCAC
student athletes to Scholar All-Region Teams.
Azar, an economics and finance major (3.65), was elected to the
NSCAA College Division Scholar All-America First Team. Earlier Azar
was selected as an NSCAA Second Team All-American, as well as being
named to the All-Region and All-Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference (SCAC) Teams. She accounted for seven goals (one
game-winner) and 11 assists during the season.
Wright, a business administration/accounting major (3.88), was
elected to the NSCAA College Division Scholar All-America Second
Team. She previously made the NSCAA All-Region Team, and the
All-SCAC First Team. A 2009 All-American, Wright played a key role
in Trinity's taut defense in 2010, which yielded only 11 goals (.55
per game) during the season. She scored five goals (two
game-winners) and chalked up two assists.
Loar, an anthropology major (3.75), was elected to the NSCAA
College Division Scholar All-America Second Team. Loar was earlier
elected to the NSCAA All-America Third Team, in addition to the
All-Region and All-SCAC Teams. She was the Tigers leading scorer,
with 16 goals (five game-winners) and 11 assists. Loar's
performance earned her the distinction of being named the SCAC
Offensive Player of the Year.
Along with Azar, Wright and Loar, the SCAC had 19 other student
athletes named to the NSCAA Scholar All-Region Teams.
Sarah Holifield, a senior business major (3.35) of Southwestern and Kelly Watts, a junior business-accounting major (3.84) of Trinity were named to the NSCAA Scholar All-South Region Third Team.
Senior biology major (3.47) Brittany Soto and junior psychology
major (3.79) Linda Amaya both of Birmingham-Southern were also
named to the NSCAA Scholar All-South Region Third Team.
The SCAC saw 14 student athletes earn NSCAA All-South Region
Honorable Mention accolades.
Sarah Doherty of Rhodes, Lauren Metzger of Birmingham-Southern and Allison Price of Rhodes earned All-South Honorable Mention.
Austin College's Kaitlin Elledge, Nicole Breakling and Andrea Schnieder earned All-South Honorable Mention.
Millsaps' Callaghan Starrett, Emily Townsend, Jessica Harris and Hayley Nemeth along with Southwestern's Berkeley Mengwasser, Madison Stachura, Maria Pollifrone and Jillan Eurran all earned All-South Honorable Mention.
To view the complete NSCAA Scholar All-America Team, click here.
To view the complete NSCAA Scholar All-South Region Team, click here.
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