Fort Wayne’s Foor, Omaha’s Shelton Named #SummitWSOC Players of the Week
Fort Wayne’s Foor, Omaha’s Shelton Named #SummitWSOC Players of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne forward Chloee Foor was named Summit League Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week while Omaha goalkeeper Haley Shelton garnered the league's Defensive Player of the Week award for their performances during the season-opening weekend, Aug. 19-21. The honors mark the first weekly awards of the season.
CHLOEE FOOR, FORT WAYNE
Fr. // F // Fenton, Mich.
- Earned her first Player of the Week honor after making collegiate debut
- Scored team's lone goal in her first college game, a 2-1 loss to Western Michigan
- Factored into both Mastodon goals with an assist and a marker in 2-0 victory over Eastern Illinois
- Leads The Summit League with five points and two goals
Also nominated: Tori Minnich, IUPUI; Amy Yang, North Dakota State; Carlie Cook, Omaha; Caitlyn Hanslovan, Oral Roberts; Amanda Carpio, South Dakota; Mary Street, Western Illinois.
HALEY SHELTON, OMAHA
Sr. // GK // Kansas City, Mo.
- Garnered her first career Player of the Week award after a shutout victory over Kansas City
- Made eight saves in season debut to record her first shutout since the 2014 season
- Stopped Kansas City breakaway attempts to preserve a 2-0 win in a game that was scoreless into the 75th minute
Also nominated: Lauren Lawrence, Fort Wayne; Monica Polgar, North Dakota State; Parker Rytz, South Dakota; Nicole Inskeep, South Dakota State; Jennifer Currie, Western Illinois.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Celebrating its 35th season of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts 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 eight NCAA Champions along with over 80 Academic All-Americans, 75 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league, visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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