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Nov 17, 2009

Mitchell tabbed Daktronics Central Region Player of the Year; Stark and Woodworth earn Second Team honors


GOLDEN, Colo. – Colorado School of Mines’ Kayla Mitchell, Jessica Stark and Megan Woodworth all earned Daktronics All-Central Region honors as announced this afternoon. The team was voted on by the sports information directors of the 25 institutions in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) that have women’s soccer. Mitchell was selected as the Central Region Player of the Year and was named to the First Team. Stark and Woodworth both earned Second Team All-Region honors.

Mitchell, a senior forward from Ontario, Ore. (Ontario H.S.), was selected as the 2009 RMAC Player of the Year and was a unanimous First Team All-RMAC pick. This season, Mitchell leads the conference in goals (30), points (69) and game-winning goals (14). Mitchell ranks sixth in Division II in goals per game (1.30) and points per game (3.00). During the conference season, Mitchell was named RMAC Offensive Player of the Week four times and was selected as the RMAC Women’s Athlete for the Month of October. Mitchell has five hat tricks this season, including a four-goal performance against CSU-Pueblo, and established CSM single-game records for points (8) and goals. For her efforts in the classroom, Mitchell was selected as the 2009 RMAC Women’s Soccer Academic Player of the Year, was named First Team Academic All-RMAC and earned CoSIDA / ESPN the Magazine First Team Academic All-District honors.

Stark, a junior defender from Abilene, Texas (Cooper H.S.), earned Second Team All-RMAC honors this season. Stark and the Oredigger defense rank first in the RMAC with 14 shutouts, second in goals allowed (tied – 18) and third in goals against average (0.78). This season, Stark has started all 23 games scoring seven goals and tallying one assist. Stark also earned First Team Academic All-RMAC recognition and was named CoSIDA / ESPN the Magazine First Team Academic All-District.

Woodworth, a midfielder from Centennial, Colo. (Smoky Hill H.S.), became the first CSM women’s soccer player to earn First Team All-RMAC honors as a true freshman. Woodworth ranks seventh in the RMAC in assists (tied – 7), eighth in points (23) and 10th in goals (tied – 8).

The third-seeded Orediggers (19-4) will play the #1 seed Metro State in the Central Region championship match on Friday, Nov. 20th at Auraria Field on the campus of Metro State at 11:00 am. The winner will advance to the quarterfinals to face the winner of the Midwest Region championship match between Grand Valley State and Northern Kentucky on Sunday, Nov. 22nd at 1:00 pm at Auraria Field.

For more information about Colorado School of Mines Athletics, please contact Assistant Sports Information Director Katie Simons at ksimons@mines.edu.

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