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Two Columbus State Players Named to Daktronics Women's Soccer All-Southeast Region Teams
Columbus, Ga -- Columbus State's highly-decorated women's soccer program has produced two more All-Southeast Regional players in 2009. Senior forward Gina Goforth has been named to the first team and will be eligible for Daktronics NCAA Division II All-America selection. Senior Kelly Nimmo is goalkeeper for the second team.
Goforth, a four-year player and three-year starter from Fayetteville, led the team in goals this season with 13 and also contributed three assists for 29 total points. The 13 goals this season give her 48 in her career, good for fourth all-time in the Peach Belt Conference, and tops in a career in the short history of the CSU program. She has helped lead the Cougars to four consecutive Peach Belt Conference titles in her career, along with three consecutive PBC Tournament titles from 2006-2008. She is making her fourth trip to the NCAA postseason tournament with the 2009 team.
Nimmo, a native of Safety Harbor, Fla., patiently waited three years for her opportunity to start at the goalkeeper position and has made the most of it this season. She has posted a 16-2-2 record this season and has allowed just seven goals in the team's 21 games for a 0.44 goals-against average. She has made 56 saves, including a career-high 10 in last week's Southeast Regional win over Armstrong Atlantic State, for a 0.889 save percentage. She was tops in the nation for a large part of the season in goals-against average and earned All-Peach Belt Conference honors.
The full team selections are as follows:
First-Team (Pos., Name, Yr., School)
F, Kristin Burton*, Sr., Armstrong Atlantic State University
F, Connie Axiotis , So., Belmont Abbey College
F, Trenna Howell, So., Carson-Newman College
F, Gina Goforth, Sr., Columbus State University
M, Elizabeth Hawes, Fr., Lenoir-Rhyne University
M, Vickie Rich, So., Lees-McRae College
M, Morgan Mitchell , Fr., Armstrong Atlantic State University
M, Maria Borland, Fr., Catawba College
D, Alexa Baird, Jr., Catawba College
D, Catherine Hauck*, So., Lenior-Rhyne University
D, Melissa Morris*, Jr., Carson-Newman College
D, Casey Smith, Jr., North Georgia College & State University
GK, Mary Rob Plunkett, Jr., Georgia College & State University
Region Player of the Year: Kristin Burton, Armstrong Atlantic State University
Second-Team (Pos., Name, Yr., School)
F, Kristen Wright, Fr., Queens University of Charlotte
F, Anna Svensson , Fr., UNC Pembroke
F, Kelly Adams*, So., Wingate University
F, Tramicka James, Fr., Tusculum College
M, Sarah Taylor, So., Lincoln Memorial University
M, Sandra Kaelin, So., Carson-Newman College
M, Andrea Saevik, Fr., Carson-Newman College
M, Alyssa Wombwell, So., Pfeiffer University
D, Claire Duncan, So., Tusculum College
D, Ashley Bradford, Sr., Tusculum College
D, Megan Mastalerz, So., Wingate University
D, Amanda Maddock*, Sr., Belmont Abbey College
D, Morgan Cobb, Sr., Georgia College & State University
GK, Kelly Nimmo, Sr., Columbus State University
*-indicates was a member of the 2008 Daktronics All-Southeast Region Team
