GNAC Women's Soccer

SPU's Teague Selected GNAC Player-of-Year; Connell Coach-of-the-Year


Teague	Connell

Seattle Pacific midfielder Meredith Teague has been selected the 2008 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Player-of-the-Year.

Teague (5-4, Sr., Redmond, WA – Bellevue Christian) ranks second in the conference in scoring this fall with 32 points on 12 goals and eight assists. She is also the third most prolific playmaker in GNAC history with 32 assists and is tied for 10th in career points with 78.

Western Washington coach Travis Connell, who led the Vikings to a 16-2-2 record and their first-ever GNAC women's soccer conference title with a 10-0-2 mark, was selected the GNAC Coach-of-the-Year. The 1996 Seattle Pacific University graduate also won the award in 2006.

In six seasons as the head coach for the Viking women, Connell has a record of 70-41-8. He also has compiled a 94-87-11 record in 10 seasons with WWU's men for an overall collegiate record of 164-128-19 in a total of 16 collegiate campaigns.

Forward Jill Jensen of Saint Martin's and midfielder Melinda Ingalls of Western Oregon were voted the GNAC Newcomer-of-the-Year and GNAC Freshman-of-the-Year, respectively.

Jensen (5-6, So., Puyallup, WA – Emerald Ridge), who is a transfer from the University of Oregon, led the conference in scoring with 38 points producing 15 goals and eight assists. Ingalls, who prepped at Wilsonville High School (Ore.), tied for fifth in scoring with 23 points. She had 10 goals and three assists.

Teague and Jensen were among seven unanimous selections to the GNAC all-conference team. Also earning unanimous accolades were Seattle Pacific forward Jocelyn Charette (5-10, Jr., Lakewood, WA – Curtis), SPU midfielder Shannon Oakes (5-5, Sr., Boise, ID), SPU defender Claire Grubbs (5-9, Sr., Sterling, VA – Potomac Falls), Western Washington defender Katie Warner (5-8, Sr., Burlington, WA – Burlington-Edison) and Viking goalkeeper Kyle Broadbent (5-9, Sr., Spokane, WA – Lewis & Clark).

Four players were repeat selections from a year ago – Teague, Oakes, Warner and Western Washington forward Claire Morgan (5-7, So., Bellingham, WA).

Western Washington and Seattle Pacific, who are the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in this week's NCAA West Region playoffs, led the first team all-star selections with four each. Central Washington, Montana State Billings and Saint Martin's all placed one player on the first team.

Six Named to Daktronics West Region All-Star Team

Six Great Northwest Athletic Conference players have been selected to the Daktronics NCAA Division II West Region soccer first team all-star teams.

Named to the women's first team were forward Jill Jensen of Saint Martin's, midfielders Meredith Teague and Shannon Oakes of Seattle Pacific and defenders Claire Grubbs of Seattle Pacific and Katie Warner of Western Washington.

Teague, who was selected the GNAC Player-of-the-Year on Tuesday, also earned Daktronics West Region Player-of-theYear honors. Sam Charles of Montana State Billings was the lone GNAC player named to the men's first team.

Earning second team women's honors were forwards Jocelyn Charette of Seattle Pacific and Claire Morgan of Western Washington, midfielder Kelly Irving of Western Washington and Viking goalkeeper Kyle Broadbent. WWU forward Samir Vejo was the lone GNAC player named to the men's second team.

WOMEN: First Team – Jill Jensen, Saint Martin's (F, 5-8, So., Puyallup, WA); Meredith Teague, Seattle Pacific (M, 5-4, Sr., Redmond, WA); Shannon Oakes, Seattle Pacific (M, 5-5, Sr., Boise, ID); Claire Grubbs, Seattle Pacific (D, 5-9, Sr., Sterling, VA); Katie Warner, Western Washington (D, 5-8, Sr., Burlington, WA). Second Team – Jocelyn Charette, Seattle Pacific (F, 5-10, Jr., Lakewood, WA); Claire Morgan, Western Washington (F, 5-8, So., Bellingham, WA); Kelly Irving, Western Washington (M, 5-6, Jr., Gig Harbor, WA); Kylie Broadbent, Western Washington (GK, 5-9, Sr., Spokane, WA). Player-of-the-Year – Meredith Teague, SPU. MEN: First Team – Sam Charles, Montana State Billings (F, Jr., Weymouth, England). Second Team – Samir Vejo, Western Washington (F, Sr., Trebinje, Bosnia).