Men's & Women's Soccer All-Time CVAC Teams Announced
Friday, October 27, 2006
For Release after CVAC Soccer Banquet
Men's & Women's Soccer All-Time CVAC Teams Announced
Mooresville, NC
--- Beginning in 2007-08, the Carolinas-Virginia
Athletics Conference will become Conference Carolinas, and to help
commemorate the new era for the conference, All-Time Teams will be
selected for each of the conference's 14 championship sports.
In conjunction with the 2006 CVAC Soccer Championships, a 14-member
Women's Soccer All-Time CVAC Team and 10-member Men's Soccer
All-Time Team has been announced.
"Conference Members are excited to honor the best athletes of an
era when competition was intense," stated Commissioner Alan
Patterson. Certainly the level of competition will only
increase in the Conference Carolinas. The singe change is
that the name better reflects the location of members based in a
geographical area that is highly regarded throughout the
country."
The Soccer All Time All CVAC teams were comprised from nominees
from current member schools Anderson University, Barton College,
Belmont Abbey College, Coker College, Converse College, Lees-McRae
College, Limestone College, Mount Olive College, Pfeiffer
University, Queens University of Charlotte, St. Andrews
Presbyterian College and former High Point University and Longwood
University.
WOMEN'S SOCCER:
Barton College had two honorees with Amy Morris and Stacey Radford-Tant both being selected to the team. Morris is the Bulldog's all time leading goal scorer and was named to the All-CVAC team three times. Radford-Tant, who is the current head coach at Barton, was a three time CVAC 1st team selection and an NSCAA All-America pick.
Belmont-Abbey College sported the most selections with four players. Lindsey Megill, Amanda Euge, Natalie Monfils, and Vennetta Wilson were selected to the All-Time squad. Megill earned CVAC 1st team honors in each of her four years while also being named to the NSCAA All-Region team twice. Euge was a three time CVAC and All-Region 1st team selection. Euge's career was highlighted by being named the CVAC Player of the Year and named to the NSCAA All-America squad in her junior year. Monfils was named to the CVAC and All-Region 1st teams in all four years of her career. She was also named the CVAC Freshman of the Year in 1999 and capped off her senior year with CVAC Player of the Year honors. Wilson was a three time selection to the CVAC 1st team, the Southeast All-Region 1st Team, and the NSCAA All-America 1st Team.
Lees-McRae boasted three members to the All-Time CVAC team with Stacy Lamb, Heather Sakaduski, and Ashley Rogers. Lamb was a four time All-Region 1st team selection while also being named to the All-CVAC team twice. Lamb was also a three time All-America. Sakaduski was a four time 1st team All-CVAC member highlighted by the Freshman of the Year honor and 1st team All-Region selection in her freshman campaign. Rogers was a two time All-Region selection as well as the CVAC Player of the Year in 1999.
April Jacobs, currently a junior on Mount Olive team, was selected to the All-Time CVAC team. Jacobs, who has already set the career assist mark for Mount Olive College, has twice been selected to the All-CVAC 1st team and help lead the Trojans to their first CVAC Championship in 2004.
Rachel McDonald and Laura Crews represent Pfieffer on the All-Time CVAC team. McDonald picked up All-CVAC honors four times, while also being named the CVAC Freshman of the Year in 2000. She was also named to the All-Region team in her sophomore season. Crews, who is currently in her junior year, has already been named to the All-CVAC 1st team and the All-Region 2nd Team. Crews also garnered honors as the 2005 CVAC Player of the Year.
Queens College had Renee Vinnedge named to the All-Time squad. In two seasons in the CVAC, Vinnedge was named to the CVAC 1st team twice while leading the Royals to a perfect 9-0 CVAC record in 1997. That same year, she was also named the CVAC Player of the Year. Vinnedge was named to the CVAC All-Tournament team in 1998.
Angela Snyder, from former member Longwood University, was
tabbed on the All-Time CVAC Team. Snyder was a three time
All-CVAC selection and was twice named to the All-Region
team. Snyder also led Longwood to a school record 16 wins in
1998.
MEN'S SOCCER:
Queens University of Charlotte led the way with six honors, as Bill Kennedy, Brian Flebbe, David Johnson, Demetrius Donald, Kevin Yearick and Oliver Carias were all selected. Kennedy was a two-time all-conference, two-time all region and two-time all-america selection. He also earned CVAC Player of the Year honors twice. Flebbe was an All-American and a two-time all region and all-CVAC First Team selection. He led the Royals to a 59-17-2 record during his career. Johnson was an all-american, and a three-time all-region and first-team all-CVAC selection. The Royals went 51-24-3 during his career. Donald was a three-time all-conference and three-time all region selection. He also was named CVAC player of the year and an All-American as a senior. Queens was 69-11-6 during his career, as the Royals had winning streaks of 25 games and 35 conference regular season games through 2001-2004. He was selected as an academic All-American and was ranked 14th in the NCAA assists per game. He scored 37 career goals.
Yearick was an All-America selection and as well as earning two-time all region and CVAC first-team honors. He earned CVAC Player of the Year honors as a senior in 1999. Carias was an All-American, a four-time all-south selection, a three-time CVAC 1st team selection, was named CVAC Player of the Year as a senior in 2004, and CVAC Freshman of the Year in 2001. He also was an academic All-America selection. He played on a team that went 60-6-6 in the CVAC and had winning streaks of 25 games and 35 games. Twice competed in the NCAA's; and either won the regular season or tournament championship each year in the CVAC.
The remaining four members of the team came from four different institutions. Barton's Todd Bailess was named to the squad after he was named CVAC Male Athlete of the Year for the 1998-99 academic year. He went on to become a Murphy Osborne Award Nominee for Barton College for the 1998-99 academic year. He was the CVAC Player of the Year in 1997 and led the conference in scoring as a junior and senior. A three-time All-CVAC Tournament selection, he
served as head coach of Barton College women's soccer teams which won CVAC championships in 2001 and 2002.
Belmont Abbey forward Tatum Borque was the lone Crusader to make the team. Borque finished his career as the second-leading scorer in Belmont Abbey history with 63 goals. He was a two-time first-team All-America selection, a two-time all-region selection and a four-time all-conference selection, his last two coming in the CVAC. He was a second-team selection as a junior in 1995 and a first-team selection as a senior in 1996.
Khano Smith played just two years at Lees-McRae College, making his mark on the program in a short time. Smith was named to the All CVAC, All Region, and All American First Teams both seasons,, winning CVAC Player of the Year in 2002. Smith also led his team to a CVAC Championship in 2002, and was named to the All Tournament Team. He averaged 2.75 points per game during his collegiate career at Lees-McRae, and is still the program's most decorated player. After winning All Conference, All Region, and All American honors as a collegian, Khano took his game to the professional and international levels. After competing professionally in the USL for Carolina Dynamo, Smith returned home to his native Bermuda to play for Dandy Town Hornets. Smith led the Hornets to both the league and cup championships and was offered a tryout with the Bermuda National Team. While playing for the National Team, Smith was spotted by the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. Offered a contract in 2005, Smith continues to play in the MLS, for the Revolution, the only Bobcat alumni to play in the MLS.
Longwood's Andy Plum rounds out the All-Time CVAC team, as he competed for the Lancers from 1998-2001. He was a four-time first-team All-CVAC selection, two-time first team all-region selection, and a two-time second-team all-region selection. He was a second-team All-America selection as a junior. He scored 36 goals in his career as he led Longwood to a 44-31-3 record in his career.
Student-athletes were nominated by and voted on by CVAC institutions. Only those student athletes who competed or have competed in the CVAC for a minimum of two seasons are eligible for inclusion. Active student-athletes who meet the criteria were also eligible.
Women's Soccer All-Time CVAC Team
Amy Morris (Barton)
Stacey Radford-Tant (Barton)
Lindsey Megill (Belmont-Abbey)
Amanda Euge (Belmont-Abbey)
Natalie Monfils (Belmont-Abbey)
Vennetta Wilson (Belmont-Abbey)
Stacy Lamb (Lees-McRae)
Heather Sakaduski (Lees-McRae)
Ashley Rogers (Lees-McRae)
April Jacobs (Mount Olive)
Rachel McDonald (Pfeiffer)
Laura Crews (Pfeiffer)
Renee Vinnedge (Queens)
Angela Snyder (Longwood)
Men's Soccer All-Time CVAC Team
Todd Bailess (Barton)
Tatum Borque (Belmont Abbey)
Khano Smith (Lees-McRae)
Andy Plum (Longwood)
Bill Kennedy (Queens)
Brian Flebbe (Queens)
David Johnson (Queens)
Demetrius Donald (Queens)
Kevin Yearick (Queens)
Oliver Carias (Queens)
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