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Freshman Kelley Walsh Named Second Team All-MIAA

ALMA, Mich. - Freshman Kelley Walsh (Linden/Fenton) has earned second team All-MIAA honors after a successful 2006 season. Walsh led the team in points with 16, scoring eight goals from her forward position. She landed over 67 percent of her shots on goal, generating 31 scoring opportunities. With five goals in league play she ended the MIAA season tied for fourth in goals-scored and tied for eighth in total points with 10. As a team, the Scots finished 4-11-2 overall and 2-5-2 in MIAA games.

Teammates Rachel Comfort (Easpointe/South Lake), Christine Wheatley (Canton/Salem), Kim Hoeltzel (Clawson), Tara Fitzsimmons (Marshall) and Elizabeth Daley (Lum/Lapeer East) each earned coaches’ honorable mention recognition for their contributions this season.

Under the direction of first-year head coach Jeff Hosler, Alma College women’s soccer scored more goals this season than in either of the previous two years with the help of this year’s MIAA honorees.

Rachel Comfort, a senior leader for the Maroon and Cream, scored five goals and added two assists this season, second on the team in points to only Kelley Walsh. She was the go-two clutch player, converting on two penalty kick opportunities for the year.

Sophomore Christine Wheatley keyed a Scot defense that allowed fewer goals in MIAA action than in 2004 or 2005. She started in 16 of 17 games played this season. She registered her lone goal of the season in a 3-2 double overtime loss to Kalamazoo on Oct. 11.

Junior Kim Hoeltzel started all 17 games for the Scots, scoring a goal and adding an assist as a Scot midfielder. Freshman Tara Fitzsimmons, a speedy forward, was the team leader in shots with 40, landing 25 on goal, scoring four goals and adding three assists in her first year at the collegiate level. Finally, senior Elizabeth Daley battled against injury throughout the season, starting 13 games and notching an assist in her final season with the Scots.

Led by strong underclassmen with a standard set by this year’s seniors, Hosler’s inaugural season at the helm of the women’s soccer program met success in a season of rebuilding.

Posted: Fri, November 10th, 2006 at 4:27PM

 

Alma is one of seven Michigan colleges and universities to hold membership in the Omicron Delta Kappa Society, the national leadership society that recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership and exemplary character. The College also has 19 other national departmental honor societies.

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Coach Profile

Jeff Hosler

Jeff Hosler
Graduation: 2002

Jeff Hosler '02 joined the Alma College Athletics staff as the Scots women's soccer coach in 2006 and has helped the Maroon and Cream rise as one of the most talented young teams in the MIAA.

In his time at Alma, Hosler became one of the best players in the 30 years of Scots soccer. He remains the all-time assists leader and ranks in the top ten in career goals and in the top five in career points. He helped the Scots to their second MIAA title, first-ever NCAA Regional Championship and first-ever NCAA Final Four appearance in 1999 en route to first team All-MIAA and third team All-Mideast Region honors. He would go on to earn first team All-MIAA accolades again in 2001 and was named to the conference's second team in 2000.

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