December 5, 2003
Sarah Weesies Named to Great Lakes All-Region Third Team
Calvin College freshman Sarah Weesies has added one more post-season honor to
her impressive first-year campaign on the Calvin women's soccer team.
A native of Kalamazoo and a graduate of Kalamazoo Christian High School,
Weesies has been named to the Division III Great Lakes All-Region third team by
the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. It marks the fourth
consecutive year that a Calvin women's soccer player has received Great Lakes
All-Region accolades.
A forward, Weesies posted totals of 20 goals, 14 assists and 54 points this
year to lead the Calvin women's soccer team in all three categories. Her
season assist total matched the Calvin single-season record also held by Tracy
Veurink (1991) and Larissa Onderlinde (2001). Like Weesies, Onderlinde is also
a graduate of Kalamazoo Christian High School. The 2003 point total of 54 by
Weesies matched the sixth-best single-season total in Calvin women's soccer
history, also established by Onderlinde in 2001 and Julie DeGraaf in 1992.
Weesies also led the MIAA in goals (16), assists (13) and points (45) in
league play and was voted the MIAA's MVP. A two-time MIAA Offensive Player of
the Week this fall, Weesies was also named to the All-MIAA first team. In
addition, she helped spark a Calvin offense that led the MIAA in scoring this
year with 51 goals in 14 conference games.
Calvin finished the season with a 12-5-2 overall record and second in the
MIAA with a 10-2-2 league mark. Calvin opened the year 0-4-1 overall and 0-2-1
in the MIAA but won 12 of its final 14 games including 10 of its last 11 in
conference play to finish second in the final MIAA standings, one point behind
league champion Hope. With its 12 victories, Calvin also reached the
double-digit plateau in victories for the 15th straight year.
In 16 years of collegiate soccer, Calvin has a won-loss-tie record of 211-75-9
for a winning percentage of .731.
NSCAA Great Lakes All-Region Selections
1993 Kristin Penzotti (2nd Team), Kendra Douma (3rd Team)
1994 Kristin Penzotti (2nd Team)
1995 Tara Dyk (1st Team), Cindy Feinauer (2nd Team), Erin Henkel (3rd Team)
1996 Cindy Feinauer (1st Team), Cara Jansen (3rd Team), Tara Dyk (3rd Team)
1997 Tara Dyk (1st Team), Amber Wiersma (1st Team), Cara Jansen (2nd Team)
1998 Tara Dyk (1st Team), Cara Jansen (2nd Team)
2000 Tricia Dyk (2nd team)
2001 Tricia Dyk (2nd team)
2002 Tricia Dyk (3rd team), Kristin Carlson (3rd team)
2003 Sarah Weesies (3rd team)
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Fri Dec 5 17:03:22 2003
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