College: All Conference Team selections for 2011

Tiffany Hurst, SRU Freeze (Montgomery HS ’08) is a first-time selection after seeing action as a defender and midfielder for San Diego State Aztecs. Hurst played and started all six Mountain West games.  Hurst was a part of a defense that held MW opponents to a league-low two goals, including one goal in four road games, and posted a conference-high four shutouts.

Haley Palmer, SRU Thunder, (Windsor HS ’10) a two-time all-MW selection, lands on the first team after earning second-team accolades as a freshman a year ago. San Diego State Aztec defender, Palmer started all 6 league games. Palmer was a member of a backline that allowed just two goals and blanked four opponents during the Mountain West season.

Courtney Parsons, SRU Freeze (Ursuline HS) received West Coast Conference 2^nd Team all conference as a senior for USD Toreros. She lead the team to 4 shutouts in conference play, tallying 22 saves and a GAA of .49. For the season, she recorded 58 total saves.

Hayley Johnson, SRU Earthquakes (Maria Carrillo HS) was named first team defender for UCSD in the CCAA conference.  She was second in team points and led the conference with 13 assists, tying the ranking for 2^nd most in nation.  Starting in all 20 games this year, she played one-third of a Triton back line that boasted the lowest goals against average in NCAA DII (.211) and had the lowest amount of goals allowed in the regular season with 4.

Christina Tognetti, SRU Tsunami (Ursuline HS)  received Honorable Mention for West Coast Conference as a junior forward for St Mary’s Gaels. The junior played in all 20 games, had 8 goals and 5 assists ranking 2^nd in team points.

Amanda Mendenhall, SRU Freeze (Rincon Valley Christian) was named to her third straight all-conference first team after handing out four assists from her midfield position, while helping anchored a Corban University defense. In four seasons as a Warrior, Mendenhall tallied 16 goals and 14 assists en route to registering 38 points in her 80 games.

Laura Bahno, SRU Hurricanes (Ursuline HS ’07) ,co-captain and defender, for Sacramento State,  finished her career with 37 consecutive starts dating back to her junior season and tallied 1 assist and 1 goal this season, was also honored with all-Big Sky conference honorable mention.  Bahno started and played all games as a freshman at SDSU.

Shayna Elkins, SRU Hurricanes (Montgomery HS ’08) a three-year captain for the Dominican University of Ca women’s soccer team, also received received  Honorable Mention to the All-Pacific West Conference Soccer Team. She tallied 8 goals in her 70 starts during her 4 years, and tied for  third this season with 3.  

John McFarlin, SRU Celtic (Santa Rosa HS ’11) was awarded Honorable Mention for Loyola Marymount for his breakout rookie season that included one goal and three assists.

Taylor Varnadore, SRU Celtics (Analy ’10) again earned All-CCAA honors, this year a 1^st team selection. The sophomore scored a team-high 12 goals, netting the second most goals in the conference this season, and is 11 on all-time list at Sonoma State,  earned CCAA Men's Soccer Player of the Week honors for the week of Sept. 12-18.

David Mendez, SRU Boca Jrs (Windsor, ’10)   a sophomore co-captain, was named to the second team among PacWest players.  Mendez led the Penguins this season in goals scored (five), total points (13),  

Trevor Hurst, SRU Magic (Piner HS ’06)  named to the All-CCAA First Team for the first time in his career after being tabbed to the Second Team in his first two seasons at Sonoma State in 2009 and 2010. He scored four goals and led the conference with 9 assists. He finishes his career with 61 matches and totaled 18 goals and 21 assists.

Patrick Sigler, SRU Strikers (Cardinal Newman HS) completed his Cal Poly soccer career by being selected to the All-Big West 1^st team.  Sigler departs the program as Cal Poly's career leader with 78 starts and was one of three backline defenders who set 2011 defensive records for fewest goals conceded and fewest goals allowed per game (0.94). He has been named to the first team twice before and once as second team over the last 4 yrs.
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