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For the
second consecutive year, the Martin Methodist women's soccer
team is being honored by the TSHF. The team, coached by Gerry
Cleary, won the 2007 NAIA National Championship in Daytona
Beach, Florida. Their final season record was 19-4-1 and they
were undefeated in the TranSouth Athletic Conference. The
team entered the tournament as the fifth-seed and captured
their second title in three seasons.
In addition
to being the 2007 NAIA Champions, the team was the TranSouth
Conference Champion for the fourth consecutive year, and the
NAIA Region XI Champion.
Martin
Methodist College had nine players chosen to the All-Region
XI Teams. Junior Lisa Mann was selected the Region XI Player
of the Year and head coach Gerry Cleary was selected Region
XI Coach of the Year. In addition, defender Marcia Silva earned
the Brine-NAIA Player of the Year honor for 2007 and six RedHawks
were selected NAIA All-Americans. On January 18th, Coach Cleary
was named the 2007 Brine-NAIA Women's Soccer National Coach
of the Year.
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