Dec. 15, 2005

Memphis, Tenn. - For the third straight year, the Memphis women's soccer team had a player named to the NSCAA/Adidas All-Central Region team as junior forward Shoko Mikami was named to the third team that was released on Thursday. Mikami had a record-setting year for the Lady Tigers as she set the school record for points in a season with 42 and tied the record for assists in a season with 12.

Mikami follows her former teammate Leanne McGee, who made the NSCAA All-Central Region second team last year, and fellow Japan native Yuiko Konno, who made the All-Central Region third team in 2003. Prior to 2003, Memphis had never had a player honored on the NSCAA All-Central Region team.

The Chiba, Japan native had one of the finest seasons ever for a Tiger women's soccer player. By recording a goal and two assists in Memphis' season-ending loss to UTEP in the Conference USA tournament, she was able to eclipse the previous record for 40 points in a season. With those two assists, she also tied the record for assists in a season with Christy Caswell, who also had 12 in 1996. Her 15 goals on the year is second only Jessica Gjertsen's 18 in 2000. Mikami also recorded two hat tricks this year, the first two by a Memphis player since Gjertsen had three in 2000. The two games in which she had hat tricks were two of three multiple-goal matches she had this year. Mikami finished the season 12th in the country in points per game and tied for 11th in the nation in assists per game. She also won the C-USA regular season "triple crown" as she led the league in assists and points and tied for the lead in goals during the regular season.

First Team
Pos. Name Year School Hometown
GK Tyler Griffin  Jr. Vanderbilt   Charlotte, N.C.
D  Holly Gault  Jr. Kansas  Spring Hill, Kan.
D  Kasey Moore Fr. Texas Mission Viejo, Calif.
D  Kim Perkins  Jr. Vanderbilt  Highland Ranch, Colo.
M  Ali Christoph Jr. Tennessee  Columbus, Ohio
M Jennifer Hance  Fr. Mississippi Sugar Land, Texas
M Courtney Hulcer  Jr. Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo.
M Fran Munnelly  Sr. Colorado  Arvada, Colo.
F Katie Griffin  Jr. Colorado  Scottsdale, Ariz.
F Ashlee Pistorius  So. Texas A&M Bloomington, Ill.
F Brittany Timko  Jr. Nebraska  Coquitlam, B.C.

Second Team
Pos. Name Year School Hometown
GK Jessica Keller  Sr. Colorado  Highlands Ranch, Colo.
D  Sasha Andrews Sr. Nebraska  Edmonton, Alberta
D Monica Buff  Jr. Vanderbilt  Lilburn, Ga.
D Laura Munnelly  Jr. Colorado  Arvada, Colo.
M  Kelly Ferguson  Sr. Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo.
M Lauren Maclver Sr. Oklahoma  Tulsa, Okla.
M Chrissy Strini  So. Mississippi Cordova, Tenn.
F  Kimber Bailey  So. SMU Garland, Texas
F Melissa Garey  So. Texas A&M Gonzales, La.
F Genna Gorman  So. Tennessee Lakewood, Colo.
F Maureen Hughes  Jr. Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo.

Third Team
Pos. Name Year School Hometown
GK Joanna Haig  So. Iowa State Inver Grover Heights, Minn.
D Susanne Collins  Jr. SMU  Boca Raton, Fla.
D Erin Droeger  Sr. Rice  Huntington Beach, Calif.
D Ivonne Valentin Sr. Creighton  Papillion, Neb.
M  Caitlin Kennedy So. Texas Euless, Texas
M Sophia Mundy  Jr. Houston Katy, Texas
M Laura Probst  Sr. Texas A&M  Arvada, Colo.
F Kelsey Carpenter  So. Texas  Allen, Texas
F Shoko Mikami  Jr. Memphis  Chiba, Japan 
F Kylee Rossi Fr. Tennessee  Pennington, N.J.
F Caroline Smith Sr. Kansas  Edina, Minn.