News for the Week of November 22, 2010

Progam Notes for the week of 11/22:


Happy Thanksgiving to all our soccer families!!!

We had a lot to be thankful this year soccer-wise - we had a dedicated group of girls who not only achieved on the field, but in the classroom as well.  We had supportive parents building the program behind the scenes and we had enthusiastic coaches working with the girls on the field.  We are definitely thankful for putting this all together to win the first SWC championship in the 18 year history of the program.


Indoor Soccer:
By this time you should have seen some e-mails come out about our plans for the second session of indoor soccer.  We will be playing at the Sportsplex once again this winter.  If you have not contacted John Kenny, please do so as soon as possible as we are putting together the player pool now and there are still spots available.

Postseason Awards:
The accolades continue to roll in for our fine season. This week the All Morning Journal teams were announced and the following Shoregals were recognized:

First Team All-Journal:
Jillian Strimbu

Second Team All-Journal:
Emily O'Connor

Congrats to these girls!!


Postseason Banquet:
Well, when you win you get perks and one of those perks is having an awards dinner in recognition of the SWC championship.  The banquet was held last Wednesday 11/17 and the reports that I have received tell me that it went off very well.  See a picture from the evening in the ShoreGallery.  Very well deserved by this group of girls who were also outstanding in the classroom.  I believe it was reported that the Varsity team GPA was 4.01 for this past year.  That is an amazing number as that indicates that the average was over 4.00.  Also congratulations to Maddie Bernard on being named team Scholar-Athlete.

Tidbits:
Kind of lost in the shuffle this year was the fact that the girls soccer program recorded its 16th consecutive winning season.  That combined with a tradition of extremely high academic performance really has made an impressive legacy for girls soccer at Avon Lake.  The girls soccer team along with the girls cross country team over the history of their programs have the best combination of athletic success along with academic achievement of any athletic team at Avon Lake.  It is shame that they don't receive more recognition of their superior efforts.