Grubbs, Martinez All-Americans

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Seattle Pacific defender Claire Grubbs and forward Sarah Martinez have been named to the Daktronics Women's Soccer All-American team.

Both players were second team selections. Grubbs (Jr., Sterling, VA) led a SPU defense, which has allowed just 10 goals in 23 games, including just three in their last 13 contests. She also has five points (two goals, 1 assist).

Martinez (Sr., Bothell, WA), who earlier was named the GNAC Player-of-the-Year, is the GNAC scoring leader this fall with 43 points, including 17 goals and nine assists. She is also the GNAC career leader in points (120) and goals (49).

Only one other Far West Region player was selected to the All-American team - Chico State midfielder Katherine Bagwell.

Porter, McNutt Academic All-Americans

For the second consecutive year, Seattle University midfielder Ashley Porter has earned ESPN The Magazine second team Academic All-America honors.

Porter, a senior from Redmond, Wash., was just one of two GNAC players and only three from District VIII (West Region) to make the team.

Northwest Nazarene forward Katie McNutt and Whitworth midfielder Jael Hagerott were the only other players from the West to make the team.

Porter completed her athletic career with a GNAC record 48 assists, including 14 each of the past three seasons. She also ended up sixth on SU's all-time point list and seventh on the GNAC career chart with 86.

McNutt finished her career eighth on the GNAC's all-time point list with 85 and fifth in goals with 39.

Academically, Porter presently carries a 3.81 grade point average while majoring in marketing.

She is the vice-president of SU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), a three-time Academic All-GNAC selection, and a three-time ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic All-District VIII selection.

McNutt, a senior from Vancouver, Wash., has a near-perfect 3.99 cumulative GPA in her career at Northwest Nazarene. She is an elementary education major.

Martinez GNAC Player-of-the-Year, Sekyra Top Coach in GNAC

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Seattle Pacific forward Sarah Martinez has been selected the 2007 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Player-of-the-Year.

Martinez, who also was selected the GNAC Player-of-the-Year two years ago, received six of a possible eight first-place votes to join Seattle University's Tafara Pulse (2002-03) as the only player in league history to win the award twice.

Martinez also joined an elite group earning first-team all-conference honors for the fourth time. Pulse (2001-04) and Ana Gutierrez of Seattle University (2003-06) and Shannon Lovejoy of Seattle Pacific (2002-05) are the only other players to accomplish that feat.

All-Region Teams

DAKTRONICS (SIDs): First Team, Forwards - Sarah Martinez, SPU (Sr., Bothell, WA); Leah Wymer, Seattle (Sr., Bothell, WA). . Midfielders - Meredith Teague, SPU (Jr., Redmond, WA). Defenders - Madison Collins, Seattle (Jr., Boise, ID); Claire Grubbs, SPU (Jr., Sterling, VA). Player-of-the-Year - Sarah Martinez, SPU. Second Team, Forwards - Claire Morgan, WWU (Fr., Bellingham, WA). Midfielders - Kara Hamby, SPU (Sr., Spokane, WA); Shannon Oakes, SPU (Jr., Boise, ID); Ashley Porter, Seattle (Sr., Redmond, WA). Defenders - Abby Bennett, MSU Billings (Sr., Linvingston, MT); Katie Warner, WWU (Jr., Burlington, WA). Goalkeeper - Jesslyn Rahn, SPU (So., Eugene, OR).

COSIDA (Academic): Forward - Katie McNutt, NNU (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.99, Vancouver, WA). Midfield - Ashley Porter, Seattle (Marketing, Sr., 3.81, Redmond, WA); Amanda Font, WWU (Computer Science, Sr., 3.89, Federal Way, WA). Defender - Kate Edstrom, Seattle (Nursing, So., 3.96, Portland, OR); Claire Grubbs, SPU (Psychology, Jr., 3.95, Sterling, VA); Mickey Peland, Seattle (Spanish, Sr., 3.86, Seattle). Goalkeeper - Amanda Peters, NNU (Biology & Chemistry, Sr., 4.00, Spokane, WA).

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