Florida Soccer Players Katie Fraine and Tahnai Annis Receive Weekly Honors
Monday, September 8, 2008 | Soccer
Two University of Florida soccer players picked up weekly honors following yesterday's 1-0 upset win at No. 4 Florida State. Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Katie Fraine is part of the TopDrawer Soccer.com National Team of the Week while Tahnai Annis (pronounced Tah-NAY ANN-is) is the Southeastern Conference's Freshman Soccer Player of the Week. Both honors were announced Monday afternoon.
Fraine (Titusville, Fla./Titusville H.S.) turned in a career-best seven saves Sunday at Florida State. Fraine patrolled her box throughout the match, ending several Seminole chances off corner kicks and making some spectacular diving saves to help preserve the Gators' first shutout of 2008. The win was UF's first versus a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) top-four team since the 1-0 2OT win at then No. 3 UCLA in 2001 NCAA Quarterfinal action. This is Fraine's first appearance on a national team of the week of her Gator career.
Annis (Zanesville, Ohio/Pickerington North H.S.) scored the only goal of the match versus Florida State. She struck the bouncing ball that was sent into the box by junior Ashlee Elliott to score at the far post corner. Annis and senior Megan Kerns share Florida's 2008 lead with three goals each. This is the second such honor for Annis, as she was named the recipient of the same award on Aug. 25.
| TopDrawerSoccer.com Players of the Week for Sept. 1-7 | ||
| Name | Pos. | School |
| Katie Fraine | GK | Florida |
| Kendyl Pele | D | Washington |
| Carrie Dew | D | Notre Dame |
| Kasey Moore | D | Texas |
| Emily Cressy | MF | Kansas |
| Deana Everett | MF | West Virginia |
| Danielle Foxhoven | F | Portland |
| Jackie Santacaterina | MF | Illinois |
| Elisabeth Redmond | F | Duke |
| Lauren Cheney | F | UCLA |
| Lyndsay Taylor | F | Stanford |
| Southeastern Conference Players of the Week for Sept. 1-7 | ||
| Name | Honor | School |
| Tahnai Annis | Freshman | Florida |
| Kelly O'Connor | Offensive | Arkansas |
| Megan Eddings | Defensive | Vanderbilt |
She's the first Florida freshman since 1998 to turn in three goals through the first five matches of the season. Aimee Wagstaff (who scored the first goal in the program's history in 1995) leads with five goals through five matches, while Annis joins former Gator standouts Abby Wambach (1998) and Sarah Yohe (1996) as UF freshmen with three goals through the opening five matches of their collegiate careers.
Next up, the Gators play host to No. 15 Illinois (4-1, 0-0 Big 10) on Friday, Sept. 12. Match time is set for 7 p.m. at the James G. Pressly Stadium. The match can also be heard live on WRUF AM 850 with Adam Schick and Matthew Stubbington covering the action. Live streaming video and audio of Friday's match is available on GatorVision. Check www.GatorZone.com for complete information. Admission is free for all Gator soccer regular-season matches.
