Vote for Sophie Reiser for Soccer News Net National Player of the Year
11/19/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
NEW YORK -- Junior Sophie Reiser, who was recently named the Ivy League Women's Soccer Player of the Year last week, has been nominated for the Soccer News Net National Player of the Year Award. Reiser is one of four candidates for the award from the New York region and one of 32 candidates from around the country.
Reiser was a dominant force on the pitch all season long, closing the season with career highs in goals (12) and points (35), while tying her career high in assists (11). The Seattle native had a 13-game point-scoring streak to close out the season and ended up tying for the Ivy League-lead in goals and shots (75), while pacing the conference in points. Reiser was also named Ivy League Player of the Week on two separate occasions and earned a spot on the SoccerBuzz National Elite Team of the Week once. She was also chosen as a Columbia University Student-Athlete of the Month for both September and October, becoming the first two-time winner of the award.
The editors of each of the six sites in the Soccer News Net network nominated up to six local players, each of whom will be eligible for the regional player of the year award. The nominations include athletes playing at colleges within each site's coverage area, as well as athletes from the area playing collegiately elsewhere in the country. Six additional at-large selections rounded out the nominations.
Fans from across the country will be able to vote for the top collegiate player. Voting will begin Tuesday, November 18 and continue until December 15, and will be conducted on Big Apple Soccer (www.bigapplesoccer.com), ChicagoLand Soccer News (www.chicagolandsoccernews.com ), LA Soccer News (www.lasoccernews.com), New England Soccer News www.newenglandsoccernews.com), Philly Soccer News (www.phillysoccernews.com) and Dallas Soccer News (www.dallassoccernews.com). Online fan voting will account for 40% of the total toward the award. The remaining 60% of the vote will be cast by the editorial staffs of the six web sites.
