Selections for Whitman Women's Soccer
WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Sammie Arthur, a first-year forward who led the Whitman College women's soccer team in scoring this fall, has earned All-Northwest Conference First-Team honors.
Arthur, a graduate of Branson School in Ross, Calif., is one of four Missionaries who earned all-conference honors.
Katey Schmitz, a junior midfielder/forward, was named to the All-NWC Second Team. Senior midfielder Sara Weihmann and sophomore forward Mckenzie Hoffman received honorable mention recognition.
Arthur finished the season with 11 goals and three assists for 25 points. She scored two goals, including the game winner, in a late-season 3-2 overtime victory at Linfield. She also booted the game-winning goal in a 2-1 overtime victory against Linfield earlier in the season. Of Whitman's ten victories this fall, Arthur finished three of them with overtime goals.
Schmitz, a graduate of Bellevue (Wash.) High School, contributed six assists and one goal this season. She earned NWC first-team honors in her first year at Whitman, when she led the Missionaries in scoring with seven goals. She also was named that season to the NCAA Div. III West Region Third Team.
Hoffman, a graduate of Eastlake High School (Sammamish, Wash.), was named Whitman's second-leading scorer this season with eight goals and had two assists. Hoffman earned NWC second-team honors last season, when she led Whitman in scoring with eight goals and one assist.
Weihmann, a graduate of West Linn (Ore.) High School, finished her senior season with four goals and two assists, making it the most productive scoring season of her four years at Whitman.
The Whitman women's team finished its fall season with a 10-9 win-loss record.