Erin Jewell Earns Most Valuable Player Accolades for Second Consecutive Year

Columbia, Mo. –  For the second time in as many seasons, in a vote by league coaches, Erin Jewell, a senior forward for the William Woods University Owls, has been named the 2002 American Midwest Conference Most Valuable Player in women’s soccer. The Kelso, Wash. native, who appeared in 16 games in her final campaign as an Owl, scoring 12 goals and contributing seven assists.

Kelly Prince, a midfielder for the Missouri Baptist University Spartans, is the 2002 AMC Freshman of the Year. It is the third time in as many seasons that the a Spartan player has collected this award. In Prince’s first collegiate season, she tallied five goals and passed out 15 assists, helping her squad finish atop the AMC standings. Prince hails from Cary, Ill.

Aubrey Pepper, also a midfielder for the Spartans, is the 2002 recipient of the AMC Newcomer of the Year award. The Newcomer of the Year honor is handed out the top transfer-student in the AMC, as voted on by league coaches. Pepper is a native of Littleton, Co. In 20 games, she totaled nine goals and 11 assists during the regular season

The American Midwest Conference Coach of the Year is Juan Pablo Favero from Missouri Baptist University. Favero led the Spartans to a regular season mark of 16-2-2 and a conference record of 3-0-1.

The Fair Play & Sportsmanship Award is annually presented to one AMC women’s soccer squad based on two areas of sportsmanship. First, teams are awarded points based on their total number of red and yellow cards accumulated throughout the regular season. Second, AMC coaches vote on the squads, ranking their level of sportsmanship during their respective contests. The 2002 recipient of the Fair Play Award & Sportsmanship Award is Harris-Stowe State College.

A complete list of the 15-member first team, honorable mention squad and the academic all-conference team, are listed below Members of the academic all-conference team have earned at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

Most Valuable Player

Newcomer of the Year

Erin Jewell (SR), William Woods University

Aubrey Pepper (JR), Missouri Baptist University

Forward from Kelso, WA

Midfielder from Littleton, CO

Freshman of the Year

Coach of the Year

Kelly Prince, Missouri Baptist University
Midfielder from Cary, IL

Juan Pablo Favero, Missouri Baptist University
3-0-1 – First place regular season AMC finish

Forwards

Player

School

YR

Hometown

Lindsay Kennedy

Harris-Stowe State College

SR

Alton, IL

Kasey Stogsdill

McKendree College

SO

Troy, IL

Cally Gavlick

Missouri Baptist University

JR

Collinsville, IL

Erin Jewell

William Woods University

SR

Kelso, WA

Midfielders

Player

School

YR

Hometown

Jaime Dienell

McKendree College

SR

St. Louis, MO

Kelly Prince

Missouri Baptist University

FR

Cary, IL

Aubrey Pepper

Missouri Baptist University

JR

Littleton, CO

Fabiana Mendoza

Missouri Baptist University

SO

Montevideo, Uruguay

Katie Eason

William Woods University

FR

Fenton, MO

Defenders

Player

School

YR

Hometown

Billie Pilant

Hannibal-LaGrange College

SR

Independence, MO

Crystal Cavins

McKendree College

SR

Granite City, IL

Kelly Kutscher

McKendree College

SR

Springfield, IL

Salome Ojosh

Missouri Baptist University

SO

Nairobi, Kenya

Kristen Thaxton

William Woods University

SR

Troy, IL

Keepers

Player

School

YR

Hometown

Alicia Hutchinson

William Woods University

SR

Ontario, Canada

Forwards

Player

School

YR

Hometown

Keri Ousley

McKendree College

SO

Granite City, IL

Sarah Moranville

William Woods University

JR

Garden Grove, CA

Midfielders

Player

School

YR

Hometown

Lydia Anderson

Hannibal-LaGrange College

SO

Hannibal, MO

Stephanie Douglas

Harris-Stowe State College

SR

St. Louis, MO

Amanda Kirksey

McKendree College

JR

Collinsville, IL

Defenders

Player

School

YR

Hometown

Katherine Minx

Hannibal-LaGrange College

FR

Sunrise Beach, MO

April Werner

Missouri Baptist University

JR

Blue Springs, MO

Leah Martin

William Woods University

SR

St. Charles, MO

Hannibal-LaGrange College
Lydia Anderson, Billie Pilant, Penny Landers, Kylie Mathews, Jodie Nelson, Kristin Smyser

Harris-Stowe State College
Tara Bollwerk, Stephanie Douglas, Amber Guglielemencci,  Kara Kuehnel, Diana Leos, Stacey Niedbalski, Dianne Schepers, Nicole Spray,

McKendree College
Jennifer Caveny, Crystal Cavins, Jan DeLaney, Sara Kelemetc, Amanda Kirksey, Kelly Kutscher, Shannon Roth  

Missouri Baptist University
Jackie Corbett, Joey Hahn, Leah Gamblin, Fabiana Mendoza, Salome Ojosh, Jamie Raub, Monica Restivo, Jennifer Sproehnle, April Werner

William Woods University
Erin Jewell, Amanda Ellis, Kristen Franke, Leah Martin,Christy McPherson, Megan Neel, Jennifer Palmer, Kristin Thaxton