College Women: MAC names 15 candidates for Player of the Year

Here are the candidates for the 10th annual Missouri Athletic Club Collegiate Player of the Year award, which is the official NSCAA/adidas award for Division I players. The winner will be selected by a vote of NSCAA-member Division I coaches and will be honored at an awards banquet at the Missouri Athletic Cup on Jan. 5. The winner will also be honored at the NSCAA convention later in January in Indianapolis: Goalkeeper — Karina LeBlanc (Nebraska, sr.). Defenders — Jenny Benson (Nebraska, sr.), Danielle Borgman (North Carolina, jr.), Danielle Slaton (Santa Clara, jr.). Midfielders — Meghan Anderson (Nebraska, jr.), Isabelle Harvey (USC, sr.), Jena Kluegel (North Carolina, jr.), Lori Lindsey (Virginia, jr.), Anne Makinen (Notre Dame, sr.), Aly Wagner (Santa Clara, soph.). Forwards — Susan Bush (North Carolina, soph.), Mary-Frances Monroe (Connecticut, jr.), Nikki Thole (Missouri, sr.), Abby Wambach (Florida, jr.), Christie Welsh (Penn State, soph.). NSCAA coaches also named five players to watch this season: forwards Missy Gregg (Dayton, soph.) and Alyssa Ramsey (North Carolina, fr.) and midfielders Aleisha Cramer (BYU, fr.), Joanna Lohman (Penn State, fr.) and Veronica Zepeda (Santa Clara, fr.).