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#4 Loggers Sweep NWC Postseason Awards
SPOKANE, Wash. – Senior Janece Levien (Beaverton, Ore.)
picked up her third straight Northwest Conference Offensive
Women’s Soccer Player of the Year award while senior Kallie
Wolfer (Salt Lake City, Utah/Skyline) earned the NWC Defensive
Player of the Year award and head coach Randy Hanson was named NWC
Coach of the Year as the fourth-ranked Puget Loggers dominated the
2009 All-NWC teams, as announced on Thursday morning.
Levien was named outstanding offensive player for the third
consecutive season after scoring 19 goals for the NWC-champion
Loggers, who open up postseason play this weekend in California. In
addition to her third straight player of the year award, she also
was named First Team All-NWC for the fourth time in her career.
Wolfer earned outstanding defensive player honors after posting a
0.36 GAA to become the seventh-straight Logger to win the honor in
the seven years that the award has been presented. It also marks
the third time that she has been named First Team All-NWC.
Hanson earned coach of the year honors for the eighth time in his
career after leading the Loggers to a regular season record of
18-1-0 and an eighth straight conference title, his ninth title
overall. He became the 40th coach in Division III history to earn
his 200th career victory on Oct. 10 at Linfield.
In addition to Levien and Wolfer earning first team honors, junior
Serwaah Fordjour (Shoreline, Wash./Shorewood), and sophomore Abby
Goss (Spokane, Wash./University), Mikaela Freeman (Alameda,
Calif./Bishop O’Dowd) and Jenny Moore (Kent, Wash./Ketnwood)
were all named to the first team as the Loggers made up half of the
12-member team.
Junior midfielder Kayla Boortz (Greenwood Village, Colo./Regis
Jesuit) was named to the Second Team All-NWC while junior Kelly
Andersen (Centennial, Colo./Littleton) was named Honorable
Mention.
The Loggers open up the 2009 NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer
Championship on Saturday afternoon when they take on the Cowgirls
of Hardin-Simmons University in a first round game at Claremont-M-S
in Claremont, Calif.
