Women's Soccer | 6/9/2021 12:16:41 PM
Five student-athletes from the Empire 8 were selected to the 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District® Women’s Soccer Teams, which recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. Nazareth College seniors Lauren Begy, Caleigh Cahoon and Kristen Prohaska along with Keuka junior Renee Vito and Russell Sage junior Hallie Klosterman garnered NCAA Division III District 3 honors.
The 2020-21 Academic All-District® Women’s Soccer Teams, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CoSIDA Academic All-America® program separately recognizes soccer honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and the NAIA.
First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in early July.
Begy, of Rochester, NY, served as team captain for the Golden Flyers in 2021 and started all nine games as a defender. She contributed two assists and spearheaded a defensive unit that yielded just four goals in nine games and helped produce six shutouts. She was the Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-E8 first team honors. In the classroom, Begy is a physical therapy major with a 3.91 grade-point average.
Cahoon, of Sloatsburg, NY, also was a team captain and started all nine games as a midfielder. She led the Empire 8 in scoring with 16 points on six goals and four assists and was named the Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Year and garnered first team accolades. She also is a physical therapy major with a 3.49 grade-point average.
Prohaska, of Lockport, NY, returned to the soccer pitch in 2021 after missing the 2019 season due to injury and she produced six goals and three assists in six games as a starting forward for the Golden Flyers. She earned All-Empire 8 first team plaudits. As a physical therapy major, Prohaska has a 3.99 grade-point average.
Vito, a native of Rochester, NY, has a 3.89 grade-point average as an occupational science major. Keuka joined the Empire 8 for the 2020-21 season and will make its official debut on the pitch for the 2021 fall season. She has appeared in 31 games over her first two seasons with Keuka on defense and has one assist.
Klosterman helped lead Russell Sage to the program's very first Empire 8 Championship crown on April 17 and was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. She is also a star in the classroom with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average as a physical therapy major. A native of Modena, NY, Klosterman was a 2021 Empire 8 First Team selection. She finished the season with five goals and had two game-winning goals with an assist and earned a pair of Empire 8 Player of the Week citations over the course of the spring campaign.
Begy, Cahoon, Klosterman and Prohaska were previously named to the 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches Division III Women’s Scholar All-East Region team. Begy and Cahoon were also named to the Division III Women’s Scholar All-America team.
The Division II and III CoSIDA Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2020-21 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CoSIDA Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
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