TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology men's and women's soccer teams combined for three
academic all-district awards from ESPN The Magazine, in
results released today by the College Sports Information
Directors of America.
Seniors Jennifer Gordon (Zionsville) and
Matt Trowbridge (Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre) each earned
first-team academic all-district honors, while senior Rachel
Miller (Spring, Texas/Klein Collins) captured third-team
accolades.
Gordon and Trowbridge will advance to the
national ballot, with the Academic All-America teams scheduled
for release on Nov. 19 (men) and Nov. 20 (women).
Gordon has scored seven goals this season and
leads NCAA Division III with 25 assists for a total of 39 points. The
biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering double major recorded four
assists in Wednesday's 4-2 Rose-Hulman victory over Manchester for the
second-most assists in a game in school history.
Gordon
holds Rose-Hulman's career school record with 48 assists and ranks fourth in
school history with 82 points.
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Matt Trowbridge -- first-team Academic All-District |
Trowbridge earned the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
scoring championship this season with 21 goals. His total was more than
twice the goals of any other player in the HCAC regular season (10) and his
marks of 45 career goals and 110 points stand second in school history.
The civil engineering major earned four HCAC Player of the
Week honors and ranks ninth nationally in goals (21) and 13th in points (47).
His totals included seven game-winning efforts during a 12-6-1 season.
Miller led the HCAC in goals against average (0.64) and has
established a single-season school record with 18 victories as the Engineer
netminder in 2007. Her efforts include 47 saves and a save percentage of
.825.
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Rachel Miller -- third-team Academic All-District |
The biomedical engineering major ranks second in school
history in career goals against average (0.93) and holds career school marks
with 32 victories and 10 shutouts in goal.
The Rose-Hulman women's soccer team stands 18-2 on the season
and hosts Transylvania University in the HCAC Tournament championship game on
Saturday. The winner of Saturday's matchup earns an automatic bid to the
NCAA Division III Tournament.