2009 ALL-MIAC WOMEN'S SOCCER

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College women's soccer defenders Whitney Holman (SR, New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) and Kristi Castelic (SR, De Pere, Wis./West De Pere HS) earned All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recognition, Holman as a first-team recipient and Castelic as an honorable-mention recipient, it was announced recently.

Holman earned All-MIAC first-team honors for the first time, after earning All-MIAC honorable-mention honors the last two seasons. Holman was also named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team. This season's All-MIAC honorable-mention recognition is Castelic's first of her career.

Holman finished her senior campaign with three goals and two assists for eight points, including two game-winning goals. She started each of the 71 games in her Auggie career, with 10 goals and 10 assists for 30 points, including five game-winning goals, starting her career as a forward before being shifted to defense midway through her sophomore season.

A religion and psychology major with a 3.95 grade-point average, Holman earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first-team honors each of the last two seasons. She also earned NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All-Region honorable-mention honors last year, as well as Academic All-MIAC honors each of the last two seasons.  Also a sprinter for Augsburg's track and field team, Holman has earned multiple All-MIAC honors in both indoor and outdoor competition.

Holman was also named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team. As a part of the conference's sportsmanship initiative, members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition.

Castelic finished her senior season with three assists. She started 71 of the 72 games she played in her college career, with three goals and five assists for 11 points. She converted three penalty kicks in five attempts.

Augsburg finished 6-7-5 overall, 3-6-2 in MIAC play under 11th-season head coach Mike Navarre. In the four seasons the two seniors played, Augsburg finished 35-24-14 (.575), making two trips to the MIAC postseason playoffs.