News for the Week of Nov. 21, 2011

Program Notes for the Week of 11/21/2011:

Postseason Awards:
Over the next few weeks we will recap the many postseason awards earned by our Shoregals.  This week we are pleased to announce that Jillian Strimbu was named to the Division I All-Ohio 2nd team by the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association. She was the only Division I girl from Lorain County to earn a spot on the All-Ohio squad. The senior midfielder scored 10 goals and contributed 9 assists during the 2011
season.  A four year letter winner for the Shoregals, she finished her high school career with 34 goals which is 5th all-time in program history and 19 career assists.

Jillian, who was a team captain for the Shoregals, was also named 1st team All Southwestern Conference, 1st team All Greater Cleveland, and played in both the
Greater Cleveland All-Star game and the Lorain County All-Star game. In the Lorain County game, she scored 2 goals and assisted on another goal. Jillian also excels in the classroom where she is ranked number 3 in her class.

Strimbu becomes the 8th All-Ohio player in the 19 year history of the girls soccer program at Avon Lake following former players:

Tani Lopez            2009    2nd team

Trisha Wladecki    2008    2nd team

Caitlin Bodzioney  2005    3rd team

Kelsey King          2001    3rd team

Jeannie Stuckey    2000    2nd team

Meg Ryan            1999    3rd team

Michelle Burke     1997    Honorable Mention


Soccer Site of the Week:
We will continue with our spotlight of local premier clubs. This week we will feature Cleveland Futbol Club which can be found at:

http://www.clevelandfc.net/ (Cleveland Futbol Club)

One of the elite clubs in the Cleveland area. Shoregal Emily O'Connor plays with this club on the U-17 team. Check them out.


Happy Thanksgiving to all our Shoregal Soccer families!!