News for the Week of February 10, 2014

Program Notes for the Week of 2/10/2014:

Is everyone as sick of shoveling snow as I am??  The groundhog says 6 more weeks of this mess - don't know if we will ever get that Spring outdoor season underway.


Scholarship Time:
We want to remind all our graduating Seniors of $2,000 in scholarship money that is available to soccer players at ALHS. One of the scholarships is the OHTSL/NOGSL scholarship which is explained in more detail below. Three years ago Maddie Bernard received this scholarship from the NOGSL, then two years ago Annie Lyons was awarded one, and last year Claire Jones received one, so you can see that it can be won by our girls.

2014 NOGSL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
The Ohio Travel Soccer League (OHTSL) is offering a scholarship program for the girl's and boy's division of OHTSL. Four (4), $1000 scholarship will be awarded in each division. Please see the cover letter for eligibility requirements. The completed application must be post marked by April 5, 2014. Recipients will be announced on the web site after May 3, 2014 and presentation of the scholarship will at the OHTSL All Star game on May 17, 2014.
Cover letter and application can be found under General->Scholarship tab, or you can click on these links:

• Cover Letter
• Scholarship Application

Please direct any questions, to Debbie at treasurer@ohtsl.com


The other scholarship is the Gino Strippoli Memorial Scholarship which is valued at $1,000. Applications for this scholarship are part of the Common Scholarship Application process and are available in the Guidance office at ALHS.  Deadline is 2/28/14 at 3:00 p.m.  Past winners of this scholarship include:

2013 - Claire Jones
2012 - Jocey Spitz
2011 - Sarah Hudson
2010 - Bridget Lyons
2009 - Laura Rickey
2008 - Sammy Stewart
2007 - Sarah Lyons

Shoregal Alumni Update:
Coach Daegen ran into an old Shoregal alumnus a few weeks ago and we would like to update everyone on what she is doing right now.  Her name is Hilary George and here is a short bio on her.  Hilary could be considered the greatest goalie to ever play for the Shoregals.  During her high school career, she recorded 30 shutouts and is our all-time leader in that category.  She played 4 yrs. on the Varsity from 1996 - 1999. 

After high school, she was awarded a scholarship to Gardner-Webb Univ. in North Carolina which is a Div. 1 college.  She played on the Varsity from 2000 - 2004 and during her time she recorded 14.5 shutouts which ranks second all-time at the school.  She was also named a first team All-America selection by the National Christian College Athletic Assn.  Hilary completed both a bachelor's and master's degrees at Gardner-Webb.

After college, she served as assistant women's soccer coach at Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. in Savannah, Georgia for 6 years.  She is now entering her third year as assistant coach at the Univ. of South Carolina - Beaufort. Hilary is also a certified strength & conditioning specialist.  She is talking about coming up to Avon Lake this summer and running some conditioning sessions with the girls - hopefully that will happen.

It is great to see that Hilary continued her playing career while getting an education and has now moved into the coaching ranks.  A great role model for young Shoregals!!

Here are some videos of the USCB Sandsharks for you to enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OlGTUA0LESs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o9NQ7T8-7jk

I will also be posting some of Hilary's conditioning videos over the next few weeks.


Shorty Sez:
We continue with our collection of motivtional sayings coming from the Twitter site called Women Love Sports which may be found at:

https://twitter.com/Women_Sports

Once there, here are some selected examples of tweets over the past week. Hope you find something that inspires you here:

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning. - Pele 

Talent wins games, but teamwork & intelligence win
championships. -Michael Jordan

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. 

One of the trademarks of a champion is that he can outlast you.  -Lou Brock

Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.