News for the Week of April 25, 2011

Program Notes for the Week of 4/25/2011:


Player Updates:
From time to time we like to mention noteworthy accomplishments by our team members.  This week we would like recognize two players who will be going to the Regional ODP camp this summer.  Those players are freshman Emily O'Connor and incoming freshman Sarah Nasr.   The Olympic Development Program (ODP) was established in 1977 as a nationwide process dedicated to the identification and training of players for state, regional, and national teams.  The United States is divided into 4 regions and youth soccer in this area is part of the Ohio North association which is a part of Region II.  This region is comprised of 14 states in the Midwest and encompasses 850,000 soccer players. 

Emily O'Connor is a member of the 1995 age group State team for Ohio which consists of 18 players and Sarah Nasr is a member of the 1997 age group State team which consists of 35 players.   These State team members are then invited each summer to a Regional ODP camp in DeKalb, Ill. where they train and compete for a spot on the Regional team.  So, you can see that it is quite an honor to make the State team and be invited to the Regional camp as only a small pct. of all the girls playing are selected for these teams.
Congrats to Emily & Sarah!!


Shorepals Meeting:
The next Shorepals meeting will be held on Thursday May 12th at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Firehouse at the corner of Lake Rd. & Rt. 83.  We will be discussing our preparations for Father's Day along with the Alumni picnic and the Teambuilding outing plus many other activities.


Soccer Site of the Week:
This week we will highlight the site that was part of the College Recruiting presentation last week at ALHS:

http://www.dynamitesports.com/

Once there, they have a recruiting handbook available for purchase and have a newsletter that you can subscribe to also along with some other recruiting tools.


Everyone have a safe and enjoyable Spring Break!!!