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2008 FAVC Coach of the Year and 2008 All-City Public School Coach of the Year Pat Winkler is hoping to repeat last year’s 2008 FAVC Buckeye Championship run. With a current 3-1 record, Coach Winkler believes the Lady Eagles can match last year’s championship and possibly make a run in the State tournament this year. The majority of key match-ups this year are away, including the Tuesday, October 13th match against Loveland. The Lady Eagles final game of the 2009 season at Charity Lucas Stadium is on Tuesday, October 6th against Anderson.
Mollie Patton Named NSCAA Scholar All-Americans Mollie Patton was named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Scholar All-Americans, as a third team selection. It is the second academic honor this season for Patton and her first All-America honor after earning a selection to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team earlier this year.
To be eligible for Scholar All-America honors, student-athletes must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average throughout their career; start more than 50 percent of all games and be a significant contributor to the team; be nominated by an institution that is a current NSCAA College Services member; and be a junior or above in academic standing at the current institution. Along with the All-America honors, was named Scholar All-Region second team honors in the South region.
Patton holds a 3.82 grade point average in exercise science while in pharmacy school at South Carolina. She had a breakout junior season in goal and finished the year ranked third in the nation with 15 solo shutouts, third nationally with 19 wins and 10th nationally with a 0.516 goals against average. Patton currently holds the South Carolina single season (15) and career (22) shutout records after only 47 career games. This season, Patton set the SEC record for consecutive shutouts with seven straight after opening the year with a 771:38 shutout streak.
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