Thirty-five players have earned distinction on both the field and the classroom as they comprise the 2008 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School Scholar All-America Team.

The Scholar All-America selections were recognized at the annual All-America Luncheon, held in St. Louis, Mo., on Jan. 17, as part of the 2009 NSCAA Convention.

2008 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School Scholar All-America Team

Goalkeepers
Name, School, Hometown
Laura Bush, Highlands High School, Fort Thomas, Ky.
Lindsay Dickerson, St. Francis High School, Mountain View, Calif.
Melissa Orgera, Broadneck High School, Annapolis, Md.

Defenders
Allyssa Abel, Victor Senior High School, Victor, N.Y.
Alice Blackwell, Travelers Rest High School, Travelers Rest, S.C.
Bailey Bodell, St. John's College High School, Washington, D.C.
Kristen Bowen, Friendswood High School, Friendswood, Texas
Alexandra Fowler, Notre Dame Regional High School, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Katherine Heckard,  Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Va.
Bailey Kleis,Mandeville High School, Mandeville, La.
Gwendolyn Lawson, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Francesca Murillo, Murrieta Valley High School, Murrieta, Calif.
Kiley Naylor,Ursuline Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio
Lisa Sliwinski, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas

Midfielders
Jacquelyn Blake-Hedges, Saint Mary's Ryken High School, Leonardtown, Md.
Cheyenne Braga, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Olney, Md.
Amber Brooks, The Pennington School, Pennington, N.J.
Jessica Cooke, Leonardtown High School, Leonardtown, Md.
Anna Curfman,  Stone Bridge School, Chesapeake, Va.
Amanda Essay, Kingwood High School, Kingwood,  Texas
Molly Hrudka, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Haley Hutchens, Irmo High School, Columbia, S.C.
Staci Johnson, Circleville High School, Circleville, Ohio
Deena Levey, Bexley High School, Bexley, Ohio
Mariah Nogueira, Marina High School, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Anne Song, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio
Jennifer Thompson, Harrison High School, Harrison, Ark.
Sarah Vinson, Amelia High School, Batavia, Ohio
Trisha Wladecki, Avon Lake High School, Avon Lake, Ohio
Bess Goodman, Grimsley High School, Greensboro, N.C.
Emily Gross, Dripping Springs High School, Dripping Springs,Texas
Marissa Holden, Plano East High School, Plano,Texas
Jordan Jackson, Blue Valley West High School, Overland Park, Kan.
Heidi Sabatura, The Pennington School, Pennington, N.J.
Virginia Wilson, J.L. Mann Academy, Greenville, S.C.

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