Women's Soccer | 11/10/2009 12:33:00 PM

MONMOUTH, Ore. - Rachelle Kliewer of the Western Oregon University soccer team was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year, Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Kliewer, a forward from Tualatin, Ore. (Tualatin High School), finished fifth in the GNAC in scoring with 19 points and was tied for fifth with eight goals. She was also named to the GNAC all-star first team in her first season with the Wolves.

Other student-athletes that received all-conference honorable mention selections were midfielder Chelsy Okuma, goalie Brittney Rigtrup and defender Naomi Shimabuku. This was a second straight honorable mention for Shimabuku and the first for both Okuma and Rigtrup.


2009 GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-STAR TEAM
First Team - *Jill (Jensen) Webb, SMU (F, 5-6, Jr., Puyallup, WA); *Jocelyn Charette, SPU (F, 5-10, Sr., Lakewood, WA); Amanda Johnson, SPU (F, 5-7, Jr., Duvall, WA); Jaucelyn Richter, MSUB (F, 5-5, Fr., Billings, MT); Rachelle Kliewer, WOU (F, 5-8, Jr., Tualatin, OR); *Kelly Irving, WWU (M., 5-6, Sr., Gig Harbor, WA); Kayci Donatelli, SMU (M, 5-7, Jr., Seattle, WA); Kelsey Jenkins, SPU (M, 5-8, So., Kent, WA); *Taylor Sawyer, SPU (D, 5-5, Fr., Gig Harbor, WA); *Alicia Patten, WWU (D, 5-9, So., Seattle, WA); Jessica Andrews, CWU (D, 5-5, Sr., Spanaway, WA); Maddie Dickinson, SPU (GK, 5-4, Jr., Vancouver, WA).

Second Team - Molly Shannon, WWU (F, 5-10, Jr., Bellingham, WA); Stacey Beckman, NNU (F, 5-8, Jr., Olympia, WA); Serena Tomaso, CWU (F, 5-4, So., Enumclaw, WA); Kaycie Hutchins, CWU (M, 5-7, Jr., Port Orchard, WA); Kasey Hostetler, WWU (M, 5-8, Sr., Richland, WA); Savanna Hanson, SPU (M, 5-8, So., Centennial, CO); Janae Godoy, SPU (M, 5-4, Sr., Yakima, WA); Brynn Regan, WWU (D, 5-9, Sr., Mercer Island, WA); Jessie Cahill, NNU (D, 5-5, So., Henderson, NV); Cayla Dixon, SMU (D, 5-2, Jr., Federal Way, WA) ; Kylie Broadbent, WWU (GK, 5-9, Sr., Spokane, WA).

Honorable Mention - Jennifer Larson, MSUB (F, 5-4, Fr., Mesa, AZ); Chelsea Libby, MSUB (F, 5-7, Sr., Puyallup, WA); Emily Frankland, WWU (F, 5-4, Jr., Sammamish, WA); Claire Morgan, WWU (F, 5-8, Jr., Bellingham, WA); Macey McGovert, NNU (M, 5-5, So., Boise, ID); Kari Foreman, MSUB (M, 5-5, Jr., Lakewood, CO); Stephanie Janigo, WWU (M, 5-4, Sr., Bellingham, WA); Chelsy Okuma, WOU (M, 5-2, Fr., Honolulu, HI); Jenny Baker, SMU (M, 5-6, Jr., Eatonville, WA); Ellie Eckroth, CWU (M, 5-2, Jr., Auburn, WA); Marie Smith, NNU (D, 5-9, Jr., Bellingham, WA); Liz Gross, NNU (D, 5-10, Jr., Everett, WA); Samantha Boehm, MSUB (D, 5-7, Jr., Wilsonville, OR); Taylor Lundquist, SPU (D, 5-8, Fr., San Jose, CA); Naomi Shimabuku, WOU (D, 5-3, Jr., Aiea, HI); Hilary Franks, CWU (D, 5-9, So., Yakima, WA); Tanya Zickefoose, NNU (GK, 5-6, Fr., Edmonds, WA); Brittney Rigtrup, WOU (GK, 5-7, Jr., Renton, WA) ; Ashley Engel, SMU (GK, 5-7, So., Burien, WA); Amber Easterbrook, CWU (GK, 5-5, Sr., Kent, WA).