Charlotte Moran, the executive director of the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association, has been selected to receive the 2007 NSCAA Women’s Committee Award of Excellence.

Moran has been involved in soccer for more than 20 years, beginning at the grassroots level as a team manager and a national state association president. A staunch supporter of girls and women soccer players, she has hosted women’s national team games in Pennsylvania, promoted the professional women’s league and encouraged clubs and schools to offer girls’ soccer.

The US Youth Soccer Region I Girls’ ODP Administrator for a number of years, she has worked with the girls in her region to teach a love the game, not only as a player but a spectator. On many occasions she has addressed girls’ teams and organizations, sharing with them of the unique qualities of the game and how the team concept fostered in the game helps them in their personal growth.

The award is sponsored by the Washington Area Girls Soccer League (WAGS) and was established in 1999 to recognize those who have brought honor and distinction to women's soccer. WAGS has supplied sponsorship funds from this award to be used in the promotion of the women's game through various inner-city programs. Funds also will be donated to charities that promote female soccer participation.

Past NSCAA Women's Committee Award of Excellence Recipients
1999-2000 - April Heinrichs, U.S. Women’s National Team
2000-2001 - Michelle Akers, U.S. Women’s National Team, FIFA Female Player of the Century
2001-2002 - Lauren Gregg, WUSA Vice President of Player Personnel and Technical Director
2002-2003 - Michelle Morgan, Amherst College
2003-2004 - Adele Dolansky, Washington Area Girls Soccer League
2004-2005 - Colleen Hacker, Pacific Lutheran University
2005-2006 - Lynn Berling-Manuel, CEO and Publisher of Soccer America
2006-2007 - Anson Dorrance, University of North Carolina Women's Coach

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