MVC Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete Teams

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Three member of the University of Evansville women's soccer team were named to the Missouri Valley Conference's Scholar-Athlete Team on Tuesday for their work both on the soccer field and in the classroom.

Juniors Rachel Rosborough (Mt. Brydges, Ontario/Strathroy District Collegiate Institute) and Emily Wiebe (Mequon, Wis./Homestead) both earned first-team MVC Scholar-Athlete Team honors in a vote by the league's Sports Information Directors.  Fifth-year forward Emily Ormson (Folsom, Calif./Vista del Lago) also earned honorable-mention MVC Scholar-Athlete Team honors.

On the field, Rosborough was a third-team all-Valley performer in the defense, allowing just 10 of UE's 113 shots allowed in MVC play as UE's starting right-back, while playing every minute of league play.  In the classroom, Rosborough carries a 3.986 GPA in elementary education at UE.  Wiebe owns a perfect 4.00 GPA at UE in Civil Engineering, and played in 15 of UE's 16 matches, with nine starts, as a defensive midfielder.  Ormson, meanwhile, earned honorable-mention MVC Scholar-Athlete Team honors by sporting a 3.687 GPA in Communications in the classroom, and earning second-team all-Valley honors on the field while ranking fourth in the MVC in points (13) and third in goals scored (five).

Missouri State's Grace O'Keefe and UNI's Lauren Heinsch shared Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, as both players own perfect 4.00 GPAs at their institutions and earned first-team all-conference honors on the field. 

The criteria for the honor parallels the CSC (formerly CoSIDA) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular-season matches or played in the MVC Tournament. Student-athletes must have reached sopho­more athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen not eligible) and must have com­pleted at least one full academic year at their institution. Sports Information Directors at MVC institutions voted for the team. A total of 43 student-athletes met the criteria for the award.