2003 FERRIS WOMEN’S SOCCER AWARD WINNERS RECOGNIZED
Emily Rogers Garners Offensive MVP Kudos After Record-Breaking Season
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| Senior forward Emily Rogers was honored as Ferris' 2003 Most Valuable Offensive Player |
The Ferris State University women's soccer team held its 2003 postseason awards banquet Saturday (Nov. 22) at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Big Rapids, Mich.
Ferris State concluded the 2003 campaign with an 11-5-1 overall mark under first-year head coach Melissa Eging, which represented the program's best performance in its five-year history and included a fourth-place 5-3 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) finish.
Senior forward Emily Rogers (Traverse City/Central) received the squad’s Most Valuable Offensive Player Award for the fourth consecutive year after setting school single-season records with 38 total points and 12 assists this campaign. Rogers ranked second overall among the GLIAC’s leaders this season in assists (0.71 apg), third in points (2.24 ppg) and fifth in goals (0.76 gpg). The 2000 All-GLIAC Second-Team honoree also tallied the league’s second-best mark with four game-winning goals in 2003. Rogers earned the GLIAC’s Player of the Week Award (Oct. 10) following back-to-back multiple goal efforts at Northwood (10/2) and versus Saginaw Valley State (10/5). She finished the year ranked 10th in assists and 22nd in points among the NCAA Division II’s national statistical leaders. The 5-6 Rogers concluded her career as Ferris' all-time leader in points (119), goals (45) and assists (29).
The Most Valuable Defensive Player Award was presented to senior defender Gayle Lukes (Kokomo, Ind./Western), who compiled 15 career points on six goals and three assists. Lukes appeared in 58 contests and tallied one career game-winning goal at Alma (9/20/00). The four-year letterwinner notched her only point in 17 outings this campaign with an assist in Ferris’ league-opening victory at Northwood (10/2).
Freshman defender Teresa Henderson (Walled Lake/Bishop Foley) garnered team Most Improved Player Award recognition. The 5-10 Henderson saw action in 15 contests this campaign and made her first career start in the Bulldogs’ season-finale at Grand Valley State (11/8). Henderson scored her first collegiate goal in FSU’s 2-1 overtime triumph at Northern Michigan (10/12), which accounted for her two points this campaign. She also totaled four shots in her initial season.
The Bulldogs, who won eight of their final 11 outings this campaign, opened the year with a school-record three consecutive wins and compiled a program-best 5-2-1 road mark in 2003. Ferris also set school single-season records for most goals (40), assists (36) and points (116) this campaign. Nine seniors completed their eligibility including midfielder Holly Alexander (Belmont/Rockford), defender Kristin Bator (Saginaw/Heritage), midfielder Mandy Cafmeyer (Greenville), goalkeeper Alana Dombrowski (Gaylord), midfielder/defender Julia Hitchingham (Owosso), midfielder Sara Ideran (Bloomington, Ill./Normal), forward Diana Jacobson (Stillman Valley, Ill.), Lukes and Rogers.
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