Nassif named ECAC Metro Offensive Player of the Year
DANBURY, Conn. (November 30, 2016) – Stevens Institute of Technology women's soccer senior
Raba Nassif was named ECAC Offensive Player of the Year Wednesday for the Metro Region.
The senior was recently named Empire 8 Conference Player of the Year, taking home the honor for the second consecutive season. The Northvale, NJ native also made her fourth straight appearance on the Empire 8 First Team after leading the Ducks, and the conference, in scoring with 23 goals. She recorded multi-goal games on seven occasions, including a pair of four-goal performances against conference opponents Utica (Oct. 15) and Elmira (Oct. 23). The talented forward led the team in goals (23), assists (15), points (61) and game-winners (5) and scored Stevens' first goal in the Empire 8 Conference Championship, helping the Ducks to their second straight crown.
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Raba Nassif was a tremendous force for our program and she concluded her fourth year with perhaps her finest season," said head coach
Jeff Parker. "She has put in a tremendous amount of work and preparation into so many aspects of our university and Stevens Women's Soccer and we are all extremely fortunate to being able to share our time here with her."
Nassif was also named to the ECAC Women's Soccer All-Metro First Team.