TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology freshman Molly Richardson (Orange
Park, Fla./St. John's Country Day) has been named the Heartland Collegiate
Athletic Conference Player of the Month for September in results released
today.
To earn the award, Richardson was selected as the top female athlete in any sport at any
institution during the month of September by league sports information
directors. Each college is permitted one nominee for the entire athletic
department per month, and the nine nominees are placed on one ballot for
voting.
Richardson is the first
Rose-Hulman women's soccer player to claim the award. She stands
as the sixth Fightin' Engineer student athlete to capture Player of the
Month honors in the college's two years in the HCAC.
Richardson helped lead the
Engineers to a 10-2 record and a perfect 4-0 league mark during the month of
September. She leads the HCAC with 11 goals and 25 points, and was
named league Player of the Week after tallying game winning goals against
Defiance and Mount St. Joseph.
The freshman midfielder netted
eight of her 11 goals during the Engineers' school record seven-game winning
streak that closed the month.
Rose-Hulman opens the month of
October with a matchup at HCAC in-state rival Anderson University on Tuesday
afternoon.
