Graham, Finnell Notch Weekly Women's Soccer Awards
Graham, Finnell Notch Weekly Women's Soccer Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois' Miranda Graham and Kansas City's Jami Finnell were named The Summit League's Offensive and Defensive Women's Soccer Players of the Week for their performances Aug. 20-26.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Miranda Graham, Western Illinois
Sr., M (Schoolcraft, Mich./Schoolcraft)
Graham collects her first career Offensive Player of the Week honor after leading the Fighting Leathernecks to a perfect 2-0 record last week. The senior scored the match-winner in the 15th minute and then assisted on an insurance goal by Chrissy Campbell 19 seconds later in the win over 2011 NCAA Tournament participant Arkansas-Pine Bluff. In a 4-1 win at UALR, she scored the first goal of the match in the second minute after connecting on a rebounded save. For the week, Graham scored two goals on six shots with one assist for five points.
Also nominated: Arianne Mason, Fort Wayne; Ashley Doreski, IUPUI; Taylor Bare, Kansas City; Jaclyn Scanlan, North Dakota State; Marlen Knoph, Oakland; Jenny Teslow, South Dakota.
Previous honorees: 8/20 – Kyla Kellermann, OU.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jami Finnell, Kansas City
Sr., GK (Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Southwest)
Finnell records her fourth career Defensive Player of the Week award and second-straight this season after securing a 1-0 shutout victory at Southeast Missouri State last week. She collected eight saves in the match and stopped a crucial penalty kick in the 88th minute to preserve the win. With her eight saves in the match, Finnell became The Summit League's all-time career saves leader. She now has 436 saves her in four-year career, surpassing Western Illinois' Summer Perala's (1999-2001) 429 career stops.
Also nominated: Sam Pavlika, Fort Wayne; Brianna Bowery, Oakland; Sierra Bonham, North Dakota State; Victoria Kappel, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: 8/20 – Jami Finnell, UMKC.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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