CLICK HERE or on the AWARDS tab for the CS360 awards home page (which includes the full release for this week Primetime Performer honorees, with headshots plus to-be-added player text/details and action photos).
CLICK HERE for the initial CS360 Primetime Performers (Sept. 1).
CLICK HERE for the previous week's CS360 Primetime Performers (Sept. 8).
Note: check back to this release later, as player tribute capsules will be added to this release for all 18 players (list of honorees below, for Sept. 8-13)
contact: Pete LaFeur (editor@collegesoccer360.com)
Jordan Angeli (Santa Clara ... 6th-Yr.-Sr./D ... Lakewood, CO) Michelle Enyeart (Portland ... Sr./M ... Hemet, CA) Kelly Henderson (Boston College ... Sr./D ... Baldwin, NY)
only 13 total shots, 4 combined SOG and 3 CKs in wins over #7 Notre Dame (2-0)
and #9 Purdue (3-1); scored on 35-yard strike to open scoring vs. ND
(4-0 vs. Marist & Long Beach) to 7 combined shots, 2 SOG and 3 CKs
Bry McCarthy (West Virginia ... Fr./F ... Ajax, Ontario)
Mariah Nogueira (Stanford ... Fr./M ... Westminster, CA)
helped limit ND and #9 Purdue (2-1) to 14 combined shots, 6 SOG and 5 CKs
Kelley O'Hara (Stanford ... Sr./F ... Fayetteville, GA)
Returned from injury to play lead role (8 saves) in OT win over #4 Florida St. (1-0)
Brooke Thigpen (Florida ... Fr./M ... Jacksonville, FL)
Scored on 28-yd free kick to beat #16 Kansas (2-1), also helping beat TCU (3-1)
vs. #9 Purdue (3-1), after 2-0 win over #7 Notre Dame (2-0)
Registered tying goal in comeback vs. #13 Rutgers (2-1), then scored vs. Brown (1-0)
Courtney Whidden (Central Florida ... Sr./F ... Palm Harbor, FL)
Note: check back to this page later, as player tribute capsules will be added for all 18 players (similar to the previous weeks – see links below) ... rankings above refer to the CS360 Composite National rankings; class years indicate academic status, with several players having an additional year of eligibility.
CLICK HERE for the initial CS360 Primetime Performers (Sept. 1).
CLICK HERE for the previous week's CS360 Primetime Performers (Sept. 8).
Sept.. 15, 2009 contact: Pete LaFeur (editor@collegesoccer360.com)
CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performers of the Week #3 (Sept. 8-13)
The second week of September provided many clutch performances from players throughout the nation, with 18 of them honored by CollegeSoccer360.com as the third group of Primetime Performers of the Week.
Each week for the rest of the season, CS360 will honor players based on any/all of the following "primetime" criteria (i.e. not solely based on raw stats):
• Must have been playing for a top-25 team or against such a top-level opponent (this requirement may be expanded late in the regular season, based on the importance of non-top-25 games in terms of conference tournament and/or NCAA qualification).
• Involved in clutch performances, such as gamewinning goals, noteworthy comebacks, late scores, team leadership, etc.
• Performing at a top level against a team rated highly nationally (or within its own conference)., with bonus consideration for key performances away from home field.
• Overcoming adversity or extreme circumstances (for the team and/or individual).
For this third week of Primetime Performer honorees, CS360 again has selected 18 players (listed at the top of this release), to represent the number on a typical "travel" top-18 squad (the usual number of honorees will be 18). This honoree group includes five forwards, eight midfielders, four defenders and one goalkeeper. They come from 15 different teams (two each from Central Florida, Santa Clara and Stanford) and four of them are California natives, plus two each from Colorado, Florida and New York, along with one each from Brazil, Colorado, England, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Ontario and Texas. The 18 include a rare 6th-year senior, 10 seniors, no juniors, one sophomore and six freshmen.
North Carolina and Stanford each have produced four Primetime Performer honorees spanning the past three weeks, followed by BYU, UCF, Portland and SCU with three each. Santa Clara sixth-year defender Jordan Angeli (also honored the previous week) has joined BYU freshman forward Carlee Payne as players who already have repeated as a Primtetime Performer this season.
Headshots for each of the 18 players (as available) are included in the righthand sidebar and capsule tributes (with action photos) will follow below.
(The setup/template for this page still needs some design/conistency tweaks. CS360 plans to continue announcing the Primetime Performers on Tuesdays, along with the updated Composite National Rankings).
Note: player tribute capsules (with action photos) will be added to this release, on a continuing basis (similar to the past two weeks) ... all photos are courtesy of the various schools and their photographic staffs.