In exclusive voting by the head women's soccer coaches of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), Carly Shade of Trinity University was selected the Offensive Player-of-the-Year, and Sarah Oxford of Sewanee-University of the South and Meredith Rinaker of DePauw University each received three votes to share SCAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors.

In the same balloting, Julie Roebel of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology was voted the league's Newcomer-of-the-Year. Lance Key of Trinity, after leading his Tigers to an undefeated season, was tabbed as SCAC Women's Coach-of-the-Year.

After missing half of last season due to injury, senior forward Carly Shade bounced back with a stellar senior season in 2004. Shade led Trinity with 13 goals (tied for league lead) and 29 points this season (second in the SCAC), establishing career highs in both categories. For her career, Shade is eighth on Trinity's all-time list in goals (34) and assists (20) and sixth in total points (88).

Shade received eight votes for Offensive POTY, and Kate Nickols of DePauw received the remaining two votes.

Senior back Sarah Oxford, an NSCAA All-South region performer a year ago, started at left back all 18 games for the 2004 Sewanee Tigers and led the team to its most successful season in school history. Sewanee's women achieved its highest-ever conference finish (second) and was ranked as high as No. 5 in the South Region. Oxford led the defense to a school record 10 shutouts and was selected as the Week 6 Defensive Player of the Week in the SCAC.

Meredith Rinaker, a senior midfielder, led the DePauw defensive effort from the midfield against a tough schedule that included a 2-3 mark against teams currently in the round of 16 of the Division III Championships. Not only did she have a defensive presence, she also was valuable in the Tigers' attack attempting 25 shots and producing one goal - a game-winner against Earlham. Rinaker was a First Team All-American on last year's squad that made it all the way to the Women's Final Four.

Oxford and Rinaker both received three votes in the Defensive POTY balloting while Kayla Birdwell of Trinity and Kathleen Stynes of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology each received two votes.

Julie Roebel of Rose-Hulman, a first-year forward, led the SCAC in scoring with 13 goals and six assists for 32 points, marking the second-consecutive year that an Engineer has led the league in points (Jessica Farmer accomplished the feat in 2003 with 46 points). Roebel is also the first freshman since 1995 (Sara Morgan of Centre) to lead the league in scoring. She also tied for the league lead in game-winning goals with four.

Roebel paced the Newcomer balloting with four votes, followed by Jessica Koenig of Trinity who received two. Ashley Money of Oglethorpe, Maggie Adams and Kelly Bryant, both of Sewanee, and Lauren Andrews of Trinity all received one vote each.

Lance Key, in his first season as the head women's soccer coach at Trinity, guided the Tigers to the 2004 league title with a perfect 8-0-0 conference record. Trinity finished the regular season with an unblemished 16-0-0 mark and the No. 1 ranking in the nation. Key becomes the first person in SCAC history to be selected as both Coach-of-the-Year and Player-of-the-Year during a career. A three-time All-American for Trinity, Key was the SCAC Men's Soccer Player-of-the-Year in 1999.

In the balloting for COTY, Key received five votes, followed closely by Jack Flatau of Southwestern University with three. Jon Akin of Oglethorpe University and Nick Cowell of Sewanee each received one vote.

2004 SCAC Women's Offensive Player-of-the-Year
Carly Shade Trinity University Sr. Forward Westminster, Colo.

2004 SCAC Women's Defensive Co-Players-of-the-Year
Sarah Oxford Sewanee-Univ. of the South Sr. Back Winston Salem, N.C.
Meredith Rinaker DePauw University Sr. Midfielder Omaha, Neb.

2004 SCAC Women's Newcomer-of-the-Year
Julie Roebel Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Fy. Forward Cincinnati, Ohio

2004 SCAC Women's Coach-of-the-Year
Lance Key Trinity University 8-0-0 SCAC / 16-0-0 Overall / SCAC Champs
NCAA Tournament / No. 1 national ranking

2004 All-SCAC Women's Soccer First Team
18 Kate Nickols DePauw F Sr. St. Charles, Ill.
17 Lauren Andrews Trinity D Jr. Houston, Texas
17 Meredith Rinaker DePauw M Sr. Omaha, Neb.
17 Carly Shade Trinity F Sr. Westminster, Colo.
16 Kathleen Stynes Rose-Hulman B So. Okemos, Mich.
15 Sarah Oxford Sewanee LB Sr. Winston Salem, N.C.
14 Kayla Birdwell Trinity D Jr. San Antonio, Texas
12 Heather Foote Trinity M Sr. Albuquerque, N.M.
12 Jessie Miller Hendrix M Sr. Springdale, Ark.
11 Stephanie Bull Trinity GK Jr. Albuquerque, N.M.
*11 Meghan Davis Rhodes F Jr. Collierville, Tenn.
*11 Robin Thompson Southwestern M Jr. Houston, Texas

*Two players tied for the final first-team positional spot

Vote totals (listed first) were calculated by awarding two points for a first-team vote and one point for a second-team vote.

2004 All-SCAC Women's Soccer Second Team
10 Laura Johnston Sewanee CB Jr. Atlanta, Ga.
10 Kim Schreiner DePauw M Sr. Indianapolis, Ind.
9 Lindsey Abel Southwestern M So. Spring, Texas
9 Stacie Beverly Rhodes D Sr. Lynn Haven, Fla.
9 Akele Jeffers Oglethorpe F Fy. Toronto, Canada
9 Julie Roebel Rose-Hulman F Fy. Cincinnati, Ohio
8 Tayloe Steedman Sewanee GK So. Athens, Ga.
7 Nikki Hollabaugh Centre F Sr. Apex, N.C.
7 Amy Sibilia Rose-Hulman M Sr. Omaha, Neb.
5 Crissy Harter DePauw F Jr. Zionsville, Ind.
5 Maggie Ray Centre CM Sr. Lexington, Ky.

2004 All-SCAC Women's Soccer Third Team
5 Ashley Money Oglethorpe GK Fy. Orlando, Fla.
4 Maggie Adams Sewanee M Fy. Mountain Brook, Ala.
4 Katie Maloomian Sewanee F Jr. Charlotte, N.C.
4 Katie Norfleet Sewanee RB Jr. Davidson, N.C.
4 Mimi Tang Southwestern D Fy. Arlington, Texas
*3 Brenna Bussart Millsaps M Fy. Shreveport, La.
*3 Kelly Bryant Sewanee M Fy. Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
*3 Jessica Card Trinity M So. Dallas, Texas
*3 Alexia Donohue Trinity F Sr. Austin, Texas
*3 Davis Federspiel DePauw CB So. Lexington, Ky.
*3 Mary Beth Robinson DePauw F So. Carmel, Ind.
*3 Becky Salzbrenner Trinity D Sr. Albuquerque, N.M.
*3 Claire Walker Trinity M Jr. Albuquerque, N.M.
*3 Lindsey Yeakel Centre B Sr. Louisville, Ky.

*Nine players tied for the final six third-team positional spots

Vote totals (listed first) were calculated by awarding two points for a first-team vote and one point for a second-team vote.

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