Women's Soccer

Complete Academic All-OAC Team (.pdf)

Leanne Kasburg	Lindsey Cooper

BEREA, OHIO – Two Baldwin-Wallace College women’s soccer student-athletes have been named to the 2011 Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference squad announced today (Tuesday, November 22, 2011).

Senior defender Leanne Kasburg (Cuyahoga Falls) was selected to the Academic All-OAC team and junior midfielder Lindsey Cooper (Westerville/New Albany) was tabbed as honorable mention.

Kasburg, a senior political science major with a 3.5 grade point average, is earning her first career OAC honor.   She is a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma honor society.  This season, Kasburg appeared in all 20 games with 19 starts and recorded her first career assist.  She anchored a defense that allowed 25 goals for a 1.23 goals per game average.  Kasburg ends her Yellow Jacket career as a four-year letterwinner and after playing in 68 games.  She recorded two goals, including one game-winner and one assist for five points.

Cooper, who transferred from NCAA Division I High Point (N.C.) University in 2009, carries a 3.3 grade point average in pre-physical therapy.   She is earning her first Academic All-OAC accolade.   This season, Cooper finished second on the team in scoring with 14 points on career and team-best six goals and two assists.  She was first on the team with three game-winning goals, shots with 51 and shots on-goal with 21. In addition, Cooper was named second-team All-OAC this fall, after being tabbed as honorable mention in 2010.

FOR MORE B-W Sports Information, please contact Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. or Assistant SID Jeff Miller by phone at 440-826-2780 and email at jefmille@bw.edu Fans can access the latest B-W athletics information at www.bw.edu/athletics and we invite you to join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bwyellowjackets and Twitter athttp://twitter.com/bwathletics.