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[email protected] WCC ANNOUNCES WOMEN’S SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM University of Portland Senior Megan Rapinoe Earns Player of the Year Honors SAN BRUNO, Calif. - The University of Portland posted its second consecutive undefeated season in conference play and was rewarded on Wednesday when the All-WCC teams were announced. The Pilots landed three players on the All-WCC first team, including redshirt senior Megan Rapinoe, who earned WCC Player of the Year honors. Rapinoe was joined on the all-conference first team by teammates sophomore Sophie Schmidt and freshman Danielle Foxhoven, who was selected as the WCC Freshman of the Year. Rounding out this year’s awards was the Uni- versity of San Diego senior goalkeeper Brittany Cameron, who earned Defensive Player of the Year honors, while Portland Head Coach Garrett Smith took home his second consecutive Coach of the Year accolade. Rapinoe, who has faced a tremendous amount of adversity the past two seasons with season-ending knee injuries in 2006 and 2007, has enjoyed a standout senior season. The Redding, CA native led the WCC during conference play with five assists, while scoring three goals. Ra- pinoe is the seventh Pilot in WCC history to garner the league’s Player of the Year award, and the second straight, following former UP standouts Angie Woznuk (2007), Christine Sinclair (2005, 04, 02), Erin Misaki (2000), Justi Baumgardt (1996), Shannon MacMillan (1995, 93), and Tiffeny Milbrett (1994, 92).