Danesha Adams (UCLA/Shaker Heights, Ohio), Kerri Hanks (Notre Dame/Allen, Texas), Stephanie Lopez (Portland/Elk Grove, Calif.) and Virginia’s Becky Sauerbrunn (St. Louis, Mo.) received honors for the third time with the announcement of the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Women’s NCAA Division I All-America Team.

Fifteen schools were represented by more than one player, with three placing three on the team: North Carolina with Yael Averbuch (Upper Montclair, N.J.), Tobin Heath (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Jessica Maxwell (Colleyville, Texas); West Virginia with Ashley Banks (Annandale, Va.), Greer Barnes (Rye, N.Y.), and Amanda Cicchini (Oakville, Ont.); and UCLA with Adams, Lauren Cheney (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Christina DiMartino (Massapequa Park, N.Y.).

Nine players received honors for the second time: Averbuch, Cheney, DiMartino, Maxwell, Stanford’s Rachel Buehler (Del Mar, Calif.), BYU’s Katie Larkin (Draper, Utah), Texas’ Kasey Moore (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Texas A&M’s Ashlee Pistorius (Bloomington, Ill.) and Hofstra’s Sue Weber (Islip, N.Y.),

National champion Southern California had two players selected: sophomore goalkeeper Kristin Olsen (Orange, Calif.) and junior midfielder Ashley Nick (Monrovia, Calif.).

Cheney and Pistorius were joined by Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi (Tokyo, Japan) as the three finalists for the 2007 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, which will be presented in St. Louis on Friday, Jan. 11.

2007 NSCAA/adidas NCAA Women’s Division I All-America Team

First Team
Pos., Name, Class, School, Hometown
K, Alyssa Naeher , So., Penn State, Seymour, Conn.
D, Nikki Krzysik, Jr., Virginia, Clifton, N.J.
D, Stephanie Lopez **, Sr., Portland, Elk Grove, Calif.
D, Becky Sauerbrunn *, Sr., Virginia, St. Louis, Mo.
D, Brittany Taylor, Jr., Connecticut, Campbell Hall, N.Y.
M, Yael Averbuch *, Jr., North Carolina, Upper Montclair, N.J.
M, Tobin Heath, So., North Carolina, Basking Ridge, N.J.
M, Meghan Schnur, Sr., Connecticut, Butler, Pa.
F, Brittany Bock, Jr., Notre Dame, Naperville, Ill.
F, Lauren Cheney *, So., UCLA, Indianapolis, Ind.
F, Parrissa Eyorokon, Sr., Purdue, West Chester, Ohio
F, Kerri Hanks **, Jr., Notre Dame, Allen, Texas
F, Mami Yamaguchi, Jr., Florida State, Tallahassee, Fla.

Second Team
K, Kristin Olsen, So., USC, Orange, Calif.
D, Greer Barnes, Jr., West Virginia, Rye, N.Y.
D, Melanie Booth, Sr., Florida, Burlington, Ont.
D, Rachel Buehler *, Sr., Stanford, Del Mar, Calif.D, Jessica Maxwell *, Sr., North Carolina, Colleyville, Texas
M, Amanda Cicchini, Jr., West Virginia, Oakville, Ont.
M, Christina DiMartino *, Jr., UCLA, Massapequa Park, N.Y.
M, Ashley Nick, Jr., USC, Monrovia, Calif.
M, Ingrid Wells, Fr., Georgetown, Upper Montclair, N.J.
F, Annie Lowry, Sr., James Madison, Butler, Pa.
F, Kelley O'Hara, So., Stanford, Fayetteville, Ga.
F, Carrie Patterson, So., Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.
F, Katie Schoepfer, So., Penn State, Waterford, Conn.

Third Team
K, Jaimel Johnson, Jr., Tennessee, Springboro, Ohio
D, Kira Bilecky, Sr., Purdue, Washington, D.C.
D, Lauren Hyde, So., Florida, Carmel, Ind.
D, Kasey Moore *, Jr., Texas, Mission Viejo, Calif.
D, Sue Weber, Sr., Hofstra, Islip, N.Y.
M, Danesha Adams **, Sr., UCLA, Shaker Heights, Ohio
M, Danielle Collins, Jr., William & Mary, Cream Ridge, N.J.
M, Kimmy Germain, Jr., James Madison, McLean, Va.
M, Angie Woznuk, Sr., Portland, El Cajon, Calif.
F, Ashley Banks, Sr., West Virginia, Annandale, Va.
F, Brooke DeRosa, Sr., Hofstra, Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
F, Katie Larkin *, Jr., Brigham Young, Draper, Utah
F, Ashlee Pistorius *, Sr., Texas A&M, Bloomington, Ill.
F, Claire Zimmeck, Jr., William & Mary, Fairfax, Va.

* indicates prior selection

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