RHODES' GUNTER; SOUTHWESTERN'S HUDSON; TRINITY'S KING LEAD VOTING FOR SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE’S 15TH ANNIVERSARY WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM

SUWANEE, Ga. – Rhodes College forward Jenny Gunter, Southwestern University defender Shawna Hudson and Trinity University midfielder Becky King highlight an impressive list of past standouts named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s 15th Anniversary women’s soccer team.

Gunter ranks second in league history for goals (71), assists (39) and points scored (181). A four-time First Team All-SCAC selection, Gunter led the league in scoring her freshman (21) and sophomore (22) seasons. Her last three years in Memphis, she led Rhodes to an overall mark of 51-4-2.

Hudson is the only Southwestern women's soccer player to receive First Team All-SCAC honors four times. The former defender posted eight goals, 11 assists and 27 points in her career, including a career-high 22 points (eight goals, six assists) in 1999.

King is a three-time All-SCAC honoree, also earning the 2000 Player of the Year honor. In that senior season of 2000, King finished with 22 goals and nine assists for 53 total points (second at Trinity and eighth in SCAC). In her career, King is the school's record-holder in goals (seventh in SCAC), second in school history in points (eighth in SCAC), and fourth in assists (ninth in SCAC). She was a two-time All-American (1999, 2000), and finished with three career hat tricks in three different seasons.

Joining Gunter on the team are forwards Sara Morgan of Centre, Stephanie Benning of Hendrix, Jessica Farmer of Rose-Hulman and Jennifer Heselmeyer and Katy Holland - both of Trinity.

A four-time First Team All-SCAC performer, Centre's Morgan is the league's all-time leading scorer with 96 goals and 34 assists for 226 points. Her career point total currently ranks 18th on the all-time Division III scoring list. Morgan set the league's single-season scoring mark her senior season with 26 goals (1998) and was named the SCAC Player-of-the-Year.

Benning is Hendrix's all-time leading scorer with 64 goals, 17 assists and 145 points, which ranks her fourth on the SCAC career scoring charts. She became the school's first fall sports conference Player-of-the-Year when she won the award her senior season (2001). That same year, Benning led her team to a fourth-place finish in the SCAC, the program's best-ever finish.

Farmer is Rose-Hulman's all-time leading scorer for goals (60) and total points (139) and second for assists (19). Her points scored total is good for fifth on the SCAC career chart. The four-time All-SCAC performer led the Engineers to their best-ever finish in the league in 2003 (third place) and was awarded as the league's Offensive Player-of-the-Year

Heselmeyer is one of only three forwards to be a four-time First Team All-SCAC player. She is second in school history in career goals (eighth in SCAC ranks) and third in career points. Her 18 goals in 1993 tied her for the fourth-highest single season total in school history.

Holland was a three-time member of the All-SCAC First Team, including the 1999 Player of the Year award.  Holland netted four career hat tricks - most in school history - and was named an All-American in 1998. Holland ranks sixth in school history in goals scored, and is eighth in career points. 

Other midfielder joining Trinity's King on the team are Meredith Rinaker and Corinne Scott of DePauw, Susan Kasperbauer of Millsaps, Rachel Day of Rhodes, Asha Kays of Sewanee and Erica Adelstein of Trinity.

Rinaker was named First Team All-American in 2003 after leading the Tigers to the national semifinals. The following year, she was recognized as the SCAC Defensive Co-Player-of-the-Year. For her career, Rinaker finished with 16 goals and eight assists for 40 points and is just one of three DePauw players to receive All-American recognition.

Scott is another former DePauw All-American, receiving Third Team honors as a sophomore in 2001. She ranks seventh on the school's all-time scoring list with 94 points (39 goals, 16 assists). Scott was a senior on the 2003 national semifinal team, and along with Rinaker, was selected to the National Championship All-Tournament Team. Scott scored the Tigers' lone goal in their national semifinal match against Chicago to send the game to overtime.

Kasperbauer is the only Millsaps player to earn First Team All-SCAC honors three times in her career and is the school's all-time leading scorer with 37 goals and 14 assists for 88 points. Her career average of 1.76 points per game ranks just outside of the league's all-time top 10 list.

Rhodes' Day is third on the SCAC's all-time scoring list with 147 points (56 goals, 35 assists). The four-time First Team All-SCAC selection was voted the 1996 Co-Player-of-the-Year, the only Rhodes' player to ever receive the honor. Day teamed with fellow anniversary team honoree Jenny Gunter for four years to form the highest-scoring duo in SCAC women's soccer history (328 points combined).

Kays is one of just two Sewanee women's players to earn First Team All-SCAC honors three times in their career. Kays capped her career with 38 points (13 goals, 12 assists) in 1996 - which was good for fourth in the league. She finished her four years on the Mountain with 34 goals, 14 assists and 82 points.

Adelstein is a two-time All-American (2001, 2002) and a three-time All-SCAC honoree. She was the 2002 SCAC Player-of-the-Year after setting a Trinity and SCAC record with 20 assists. Adelstein is the all-time assists leader in both school and conference ranks, as well as being Trinity's all-time leader in points with 134 (tied for sixth in SCAC). She is also tied for fourth in career goals scored at Trinity with 38.

In addition to Hudson, other defenders making the All-Anniversary team are Tinnie Waterston of Oglethorpe and the Trinity trio of Kayla Birdwell, Sarah Newland and Tanya Zwick.

Oglethorpe's Waterston was a three-time All-SCAC performer, culminating with a First Team selection her senior year in 1996. That year, she had 11 goals and six assists for a team-high 28 points to finish seventh in the league in scoring. Waterston was just the third Petrel to earn First Team honors in the program's first six years in the SCAC.

Birdwell is a two-time All-American that was also named to the All-SCAC teams in 2003 and 2004. Birdwell was the 2003 Co-Defensive Player-of-the-Year, leading the team to a GAA of just 0.55, which is one of Trinity's and the SCAC's best-ever marks.

Newland was a four-time All-SCAC honoree, earning First Team honors from 1996-98. Trinity's defenses from 1995-98 were among the best in the SCAC under Newland's leadership, with the team setting a school record with 16 shutouts in 1996 (also the school and SCAC record for shutouts/game), and also finishing with 15 shutouts in her senior season (1998).

Zwick is a four-time First Team All-SCAC player, earning the 1995 Player-of-the-Year award and All-American honors in both 1994 and 1995. Zwick's 18 assists in 1993 rank second in both Trinity and SCAC single-season history, and her 0.95 assists per game that year set the school and SCAC record. Zwick is second at Trinity and third in the SCAC in career assists, as well as being ninth in school history in overall points (80).

Making the All-Anniversary team as goalkeepers were Jessica Chisley of Centre and Deb Hutcheson of Trinity.

Centre's Chisley, currently the assistant women's soccer coach at her alma mater, was an All-SCAC selection all four years, including First Team selections her freshman and sophomore seasons. She was Centre's Defensive Most Valuable Player all four years and the SCAC's Defensive Co-Player-of-the-Year in 2003. For her career, Chisley posted a goals against average of 1.26 (11th all-time in SCAC history) with 395 saves in almost 5,000 minutes in goal.

Hutcheson was a four-time All-SCAC player, earning 1996 Co-Player-of-the-Year honors - one of only two goalkeepers to earn the honor. Hutcheson is Trinity's all-time leader in saves and shutouts, and her single-season save totals rank fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh in school history. She is third in school history in goals against average (GAA) with a mark of 0.61, which is good for fourth all-time in SCAC history. Hutcheson has the third and fourth best GAA marks in Trinity single-season history, with both marks ranking in the top 10 in SCAC history.

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference will be announcing 15th Anniversary teams in all 18 sports during the 2005-06 academic year. The SCAC was formed in 1991 after a reorganization of its predecessor, the College Athletic Conference (CAC). The CAC dates to 1962 with four charter members: Centre College, Southwestern @ Memphis (now Rhodes College), Sewanee-The University of the South, and Washington & Lee (Va.) University. Washington (Mo.) University joined the CAC later that same year.

The SCAC was formed to provide an association through which the member institutions may encourage organized competition in intercollegiate sports among teams representative of their respective student bodies. Members of this conference share a commitment to priority of the overall quality of academic standards and quality educational experiences.

The SCAC’s 15th Anniversary teams were selected in each sport through balloting by present coaches and administrators. Athletes who participated in conference competition between the fall of 1991 through the spring of 2005 and had been named to at least two All-SCAC teams were eligible for selection.

x First Team All-SCAC
+ Second Team All-SCAC
& Third Team All-SCAC
# Player-of-the-Year
% Defensive Player-of-the-Year
(the SCAC began naming a Defensive Player-of-the-Year in 2003)

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