2008 Daktronics Division II Women’s Soccer All-Central Region

Playoff Teams dominate All-Central Region squad

Metro State’s Cito named Player of the Year

By: Chris Day, Adams State Sports Information Director

ALAMOSA, Colo.— Nov. 12, 2008 - Players from the six teams going to the NCAA Division II Central Regional Tournament earned eight of the 11 first team spots and 14 overall selections to the Daktronics All-Central Region Women’s Soccer team that was announced Tuesday.
Highlighting the list was Metro State senior defender Nicole Cito, who was tabbed as the Central Region Player of the Year. A 2-time Daktronics All-America selection, Cito was earlier named as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year and anchored a Roadrunner defense that allowed just 10 goals in 21 matching while earning the No. 1 seed in the regional tournament that begins Friday in Denver and Winona, Minn., home of the No. 2 seed Winona State Warriors, who had four total players on the team, including three first-team selections.
In total, 13 different institutions had at least one player selected to the first or second teams with eight different squads earning representation on the first team. The first team selections are now placed on the national ballot for Daktronics All-America honors that will be announced Dec. 2.
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2008 Daktronics All-Central Region Women’s Soccer Team

First Team
Pos., Name, School, Yr., Hometown
F, Carter Cornett, Regis, Sr., Edmond, Okla.
F, Kayla Mitchell, Colorado Mines, Jr., Ontario, Ore.
F, Becca Mays, Metro State, Jr., San Antonio, Texas
MF, Amelia Kasten, Winona State, Sr., Rochester, Minn.
MF, Amy Campbell, Upper Iowa, Jr., Cary, Ill.
MF, Ashlee Ellefsen, Bemidji State, So., Hugo, Minn.
D, Nicole Cito, Metro State, Sr., Littleton, Colo.
D, Heidi Woerle, Winona State, Sr., Coon Rapids, Minn.
D, Maria Leider, Minnesota-Duluth, So., Duluth, Minn.
D, Kelly Sadler, Minnesota State-Mankato, Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D.
GK, Amanda Diehm, Winona State, Sr., Simi Valley, Minn.

Second Team
Pos., Name, School, Yr., Hometown
F, Carly Petersen, Minnesota State-Mankato, Sr., Verona, Wisc.
F, Lauren Sturdivant, Winona State, So., Eagan, Minn.
F, Daniela Ramirez, Mesa State, So., Rupert, Idaho
MF, Jessica Janusz, Mary (N.D.), Sr., Bismarck, N.D.
MF, Maggie Fedor, Northern State, So., Monticello, Minn.
MF, Tara Evangelist, St. Cloud State, Jr., Mahtomedi, Minn.
D, Heidi Boersma, Regis, Jr., Littleton, Colo.
D, Jill Goodrich, Augustana (S.D.), So., Coralville, Iowa
D, Joanna Drenen, Mary (N.D.), Jr., Burnsville, Minn.
D, Corrine Johnson, Colorado Mines, Sr., Highlands Ranch, Colo.
GK, Sheila Reynolds, Minnesota State-Mankato, Jr., St. Charles, Ill.

Central Region Player of the Year: Nicole Cito, Metro State