BATON ROUGE — LSU midfielder Malorie Rutledge continues to add to her already impressive postseason resume as she is the first Tiger in program history to receive All-America honors from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America with a third-team selection this weekend.
Rutledge’s selection to the 2008 NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division I Women’s All-America Team comes on the heels of being named a first-team All-Central Region performer by the organization on Saturday.
In addition, Rutledge has also been honored as the 2008 SEC Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-SEC performer, in addition to being named a second-team member of Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the Season. She is the first LSU Tiger to earn SEC Player of the Year honors.
The native of Sharpsburg, Ga., wrapped up the 2008 season as the SEC’s top point scorer with an impressive nine goals and 18 assists for 36 points, including seven goals and a league-leading 10 assists and 24 points in conference play. With her 18 assists on the season, Rutledge shattered her own single-season school record and now ranks No. 2 all-time for a single-season in the SEC.
Not only that, but Rutledge finished the campaign ranked No. 1 in the NCAA with an average of 0.90 assists per game and No. 2 nationally in total assists.
2008 NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division I Women’s All-America Team
First Team
Pos., Name, Class, School, Hometown
GK, Alyssa Naeher, Jr., Penn State, Seymour, Calif.
D, Carrie Dew, Sr., Notre Dame, Encinitas, Calif.
D, Becky Edwards, Jr., Florida State, Downingtown, Pa.
D, Nikki Krzysik, Sr., Virginia, Clifton, N.J.
M, Amanda DaCosta, So., Florida State, Katonah, N.Y.
M, Christina DiMartino, Sr., UCLA, Massapequa, N.Y.
M, Teresa Noyola, Fr., Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif.
F, Lauren Cheney, Jr., UCLA, Indianapolis, Ind.
F, Kerri Hanks, Sr., Notre Dame, Allen, Texas
F, Casey Nogueira, Jr., North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
F, Lindsay Taylor, Fr., Stanford, Los Altos, Calif.
Second Team
Pos., Name, Class, School, Hometown
GK, Erin Guthrie, Jr., Rutgers, Sparta, N.J.
GK, Aline Reis, Fr., Central Florida, Campinas, Brazil
D, Marisa Abegg, Sr., Stanford, Elk Grove, Calif.
D, Erin Hardy, Sr., UCLA, Costa Mesa, Calif.
D, Sarah Wagenfuhr, Sr., Florida State, Colorado Springs, Colo.
M, Yael Averbuch, Sr., North Carolina, Upper Montclair, N.J.
M, Carolyn Blank, Jr., West Virginia, Toms River, N.J.
M, Tobin Heath, Jr., North Carolina, Basking Ridge, N.J.
M, Megan Rapinoe, Sr., Portland, Redding, Calif.
F, Ameera Abdullah, Sr., Florida, Denver, Colo.
F, Brittany Bock, Sr., Notre Dame, Naperville, Ill.
F, Kelley O’Hara, Jr., Stanford, Fayetteville, Ga.
F, Sanna Talonen, So., Florida State, Tampere, Finland
F, Claire Zimmeck, Sr., William & Mary, Fairfax, Va.
Third Team
Pos., Name, Class, School, Hometown
GK, Jill Mastroianni, Fr., Boston College, Durham, Conn.
D, Greer Barnes, Sr., West Virginia, Rye, N.Y.
D, Whitney Engen, Jr., North Carolina, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.
D, Kasey Moore, Sr., Texas, Mission Viejo, Calif.
M, Hailey Beam, Jr., Charlotte, Charlotte, N.C.
M, Danielle Collins, Sr., William & Mary, Cream, N.J.
M, Ahna Johnson, Sr., Fairfield, Hamden, Conn.
M, Yolanda Odenyo, Sr., Oklahoma State, Uppsala, Sweden
M, Malorie Rutledge, Jr., LSU, Sharpsburg, Ga.
M, Sarah Teegarden, Sr., Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Batavia, Ill.
F, Laura Heyboer, Fr., Michigan State, Hudsonville, Mich.
F, Christina Julien, Jr., James Madison, Williamstown, Ontario
F, Katie Larkin, Sr., BYU, Draper, Utah
F, Veronica Napoli, Fr., Northeastern, Newport, R.I.
F, Amy Rodriguez, Sr., Southern California, Lake Forest, Calif.