Dec. 17, 2014
NSCAA Scholar All-North/Central Region Teams
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Missouri State women's soccer players were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Scholar All-North/Central Region teams, the organization announced this week. Senior Kelsey Fouch added a first team selection to her long list of accomplishments at MSU while juniors Molly Brewer and Alix Opfer were named to the third team.
Fouch becomes the first MSU player to earn the first-team honor after being named to the second team a season ago. She was named to the all-region third team earlier this month. She was an All-MVC first team selection for the second-consecutive season and picked up two MVC Defensive Player of the Week laurels on the year (Sept. 9 and Oct. 17). She was also named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete first team and the Capital One Academic All-District VI first team. Fouch earned MVC All-Tournament team honors and was a Senior CLASS Award candidate. The vocal defensive leader, Fouch played the most minutes on the team this season (1,733) and was one of four players to start every match. This season, she was second on the team with five assists and scored her first career goal, the game-winner, at UNI in the MVC Tournament quarterfinal.
Brewer earns her first all-region selection with the third team honor after pocketing her second-straight first team MVC Scholar-Athlete honor this year. She earned her second-consecutive All-MVC second team laurel this season. She was named MVC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3) and MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 4) after scoring a goal in back-to-back matches in Tulsa. She led the Bears with eight assists and was second on the team with six goals. Her 14 career assists ranks are tied for second in school history and her 40 career points is the fourth-best total in program history. Brewer also earned Capital One Academic All-District VI first team honors this year.
Opfer also picks up her first all-region honor after earning her second-straight MVC Scholar-Athlete honorable mention award this season. She picked up her first league honor since being named to the MVC All-Freshman team in 2012 with an All-MVC honorable mention accolade this season. The versatile junior played significant minutes both in the midfield and on the back line. She scored her first career goal this season, a game-tying tally late in an eventual draw against Oral Roberts (Aug. 31). Opfer knocked home a header shot in the MVC Tournament semifinals and earned All-Tournament team honors as a result. She has started 55 of 56 career matches through three seasons.
To qualify for NSCAA Scholar-All-Region honors, the student-athlete must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) throughout her career; start more than 50 percent of all games and be a significant contributor to the team among other criteria.
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