FRESNO, Calif. - The 2011 women's soccer all-WAC teams were announced Wednesday night at the league's annual banquet, as selected by the conference's eight head coaches. WAC regular-season champion Utah State led all teams with five players on the conference first team, as well as two players on the second team. The Aggies also won all four of the end-of-season awards.
Senior forward Shantel Flanary was named the WAC's Offensive Player of the Year, while junior defender Natalie Norris received Defensive Player of the Year honors. Taryn Rose was named the league's Freshman of the Year and Heather Cairns was named Coach of the Year.
Flanary, a senior forward from Highland, Utah (Lone Peak HS), earned her second Player of the Year honor after she scored 10 goals and added four assists for the season. Flanary was named 2009 WAC Offensive Player of the Year and was the 2008 Freshman of the Year.
Norris, a junior defender from Sandy, Utah (Alta HS), was voted Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Norris anchored the defense for the Aggies that allowed only three goals during conference play this season.
Rose, a freshman from North Salt Lake, Utah (Woods Cross HS), helped lead USU to the WAC regular-season title. She stared every match of the season and helped anchor a Utah State defense that recorded nine shutouts, including five in WAC play.
Cairns, who is in her sixth season, led the Utah State to a conference championship and 13 victories in the regular season, the most in school history. This is her second Coach of the Year award, having been honored in 2008.
First Team all-WAC
Callie Hancock, F, Jr., Fresno State
Chelsea Small, F, Jr., Idaho
Shantel Flanary, F, Sr., Utah State
Molly Nizzoli, MF, Sr., Fresno State
Jill Flockhart, MF, Jr., Idaho
Kendra Pemberton, MF, So., Utah State
Lauren Lindstrom, D, So., Fresno State
Kendall VanDine, D, Sr., Fresno State
Summer Tillotson, D, Sr., Utah State
Natalie Norris, D, So., Utah State
Molli Merrill, GK, Sr., Utah State
Second Team all-WAC
Skye Shimabukuro, F, Hawai'i
Yolanda McMillion, F, Jr., New Mexico State
Kelsey Lord, F, Jr., San Jose State
Vanessa Gonzalez, MF, Jr., Fresno State
Laura Dodd, MF, Sr., Fresno State
Lauren Sanchez, MF, Sr., San Jose State
Chandra Salmon-Christensen, D, Sr., Utah State
Brittani Lum, D, Sr., Hawai'i
Jessica Ingram, D, Sr., San Jose State
Taryn Rose, D, Fr., Utah State
Meghan Maiwald, GK, Sr., San Jose State
Offensive Player of the Year: Shantel Flanary, F, Sr., Utah State
Defensive Player of the Year: Natalie Norris, Jr., D, Utah State
Freshman of the Year: Taryn Rose, D, Fr., Utah State
Coach of the Year: Heather Cairns, Utah State