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Post Season Soccer - Matches & Awards / 2018 off-season thread
- Thread starter MarkW
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While watching a World Cup match, thought I'd look and see how the incoming Buff soccer players did their senior years.
1st, noticed the below tweet. Congrats to incoming Buff midfielder Emily Groark for being named a High School All-American by the "United Soccer Coaches" organization!
Direct link to article about her honor- https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hig...5866924537.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true
Also, in what I believe was a separate list (???), looks like she was also named All American (2nd team) by USA Today/ Topdrawersoccer - http://usatodayhss.com/2018/america...usa-girls-soccer-second-team-2#slideIdslide-5
AND, she was also named her state's (Missouri's) Class 3*** Co-Offensive player of the year per http://www.ozarkssportszone.com/2018/06/14/2018-class-3-all-state-girls-soccer-team/ . (***From what I could find, looks like Class 3 is the 2nd highest division for Missouri high school soccer.)
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Also, as a nice sign of the depth of this incoming Buff's class, looks like all 4 of the incoming CU "true""** freshmen were in the nation-wide 250 player topdrawersoccer "All-American Watchlist" shown at https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/high-school-soccer/all-america/women/spring-2018/5024/27/nopage-0 . Including Ms. Groark, the other 3 incoming "true" freshmen*** Buffs are :
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With the strength in the Pac 12, the Buffs need these kind of classes to be competitive, especially if they want to crack the top 3 of Stanford, UCLA and USC. Per the teaser (free) start to topdrawersoccer's premium list of their top ranked recruiting classes this year (https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/2018-womens-recruiting-rankings:-june_aid44216), looks like Stanford's class is ranked #1 in the nation and USC's #2, and I'd be shocked if UCLA is far behind. (I don't have a premium subscription to that website, so can't see for sure.)
1st, noticed the below tweet. Congrats to incoming Buff midfielder Emily Groark for being named a High School All-American by the "United Soccer Coaches" organization!
Direct link to article about her honor- https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hig...5866924537.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true
Also, in what I believe was a separate list (???), looks like she was also named All American (2nd team) by USA Today/ Topdrawersoccer - http://usatodayhss.com/2018/america...usa-girls-soccer-second-team-2#slideIdslide-5
AND, she was also named her state's (Missouri's) Class 3*** Co-Offensive player of the year per http://www.ozarkssportszone.com/2018/06/14/2018-class-3-all-state-girls-soccer-team/ . (***From what I could find, looks like Class 3 is the 2nd highest division for Missouri high school soccer.)
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Also, as a nice sign of the depth of this incoming Buff's class, looks like all 4 of the incoming CU "true""** freshmen were in the nation-wide 250 player topdrawersoccer "All-American Watchlist" shown at https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/high-school-soccer/all-america/women/spring-2018/5024/27/nopage-0 . Including Ms. Groark, the other 3 incoming "true" freshmen*** Buffs are :
- Colorado (Windsor) forward Chaynee Kingsbury (She was also named Colorado's 4A player of the year per https://www.greeleytribune.com/sports/windsor-dominates-chsaa-4a-girls-soccer-all-state-list/ .)
- California defender Jesse Loren (Her club team evidently recently won the 1st Girls' Developmental Academy Championship per the below tweet.) AND
- California midfielder Kayleigh Webb (In what I assume is one of if not THE strongest soccer states, looks like she was named All-State per https://www.sdhoc.com/2017-all-cif-girls-soccer-team after her senior season. Per her CU roster page, she was also All-CIF 1st team her junior year.)
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With the strength in the Pac 12, the Buffs need these kind of classes to be competitive, especially if they want to crack the top 3 of Stanford, UCLA and USC. Per the teaser (free) start to topdrawersoccer's premium list of their top ranked recruiting classes this year (https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/2018-womens-recruiting-rankings:-june_aid44216), looks like Stanford's class is ranked #1 in the nation and USC's #2, and I'd be shocked if UCLA is far behind. (I don't have a premium subscription to that website, so can't see for sure.)
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MarkW
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Thanks for the update on some of the newcomers AztecBuff! This season the Buffs just could be competitive with the top tier teams in the conference. And they also should make a deep run in the NCAA tourney. There will be more depth and talent this season compared to any other in program history.