NSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-CENTRAL REGION

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College women's soccer player Whitney Holman (SR, New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Scholar All-Central Region team as an honorable-mention recipient, it was announced recently.

A religion and psychology major with a 3.95 grade-point average, Holman earned NSCAA Scholar All-Region honorable-mention honors for the second straight year. Holman also earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first-team honors each of the last two seasons, in addition to earning Academic All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors each of the last two years.

Holman earned All-MIAC first-team honors for the first time this season, after earning All-MIAC honorable-mention honors the last two seasons. Holman was also named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team this season.

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.

Also a sprinter for Augsburg's track and field team, Holman has earned multiple All-MIAC honors in both indoor and outdoor competition.

Augsburg finished 6-7-5 overall, 3-6-2 in MIAC play in 2009 under 11th-season head coach Mike Navarre. In Holman's four seasons with the Auggies, Augsburg finished 35-24-14 (.575), making two trips to the MIAC postseason playoffs.