Cal State Stanislaus junior forward
Lisa Garcia has turned her breakout season into a regional accolade as she was recognized by the Sports Information Directors in the West on Tuesday.
Garcia, who led the CCAA regular season in scoring with 11 goals, was named to the Daktronics All-Region second team. Garcia is a junior from Manteca. She set a new CSUS single-season record in goals in a season and tied for points in a season with 27.
Garcia is the second Warrior to make the Daktronics list in its second season of awarding soccer players in Division II. Last year, Melissa Phillips was a first-team selection.
Cal State LA forward Liz Franco has been tabbed as the 2009 Daktronics/NCAA Division II West Region Player of the Year. The CCAA’s Most Valuable Offensive Player and first-team all-conference selection leads the CCAA in scoring with 43 points on 13 goals and 17 assists that includes six game-winning goals.
Along with first-team all-Region teammates Amanda Matthews (midfielder), Alex Conley (forward) and Caroline Hanna (defender), CSULA won its first CCAA Championship and is 17-2-2.
Completing the first team are goalie Kristin Armstrong (UCSD), midfielders Ali Sward (Chico State), Anne Wethe (UCSD) and Kelsey Jenkins (Seattle Pacific), forwards Jocelyn Charette (Seattle Pacific) and Jessica Murphy (Cal State Dominguez Hills) and defenders Lindsay Catton (Sonoma State), Taylor Sawyer (Seattle Pacific) and Paige Peele (Cal State Dominguez Hills).
Player of the Year:
Liz Franco, Cal State Los Angeles, Forward
First Team
Goalie:
Kristin Armstrong, UC San Diego
Midfielders:
Ali Sward, Chico State
Anne Wethe, UC San Diego
Kelsey Jenkins, Seattle Pacific
Amanda Matthews, Cal State Los Angeles
Forwards:
Liz Franco, Cal State Los Angeles
Jocelyn Charette, Seattle Pacific
Alex Conley, Cal State Los Angeles
Jessica Murphy, Cal State Dominguez Hills
Defenders:
Caroline Hanna, Cal State Los Angeles
Lindsay Catton, Sonoma State
Taylor Sawyer, Seattle Pacific
Paige Peele, Cal State Dominguez Hills
Second Team
Goalie: Maddie Dickinson, Seattle Pacific
Midfielders:
Makenzie Pedrotti, Cal State Dominguez Hills
Kari Foreman, Montana State-Billings
Natasha Aiono, BYU-Hawaii
Kelly Irving, Western Washington
Forwards:
Mikala Wilkes, Dixie State
Lisa Garcia, Cal State Stanislaus
Emily Mearns, BYU-Hawaii
Jill Webb, St. Martin’s
Defenders:
Ellen Willson, UC San Diego
Carly Bliss, San Francisco State
Alicia Patten, Western Washington