Three Gators among Top Drawer Soccer's National Teams of the Season
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 | Soccer
Three University of Florida players appear on TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Season, the outlet released this morning. Midfielder Erika Tymrak is part of the second team and fellow senior midfielder Holly King appears on the third team. Freshman center defender Christen Westphal is an All-Rookie Team second-team selection.
Top Southeastern Conference honors went to the pair of Gator seniors. Tymrak is the SEC Offensive Player of the Year while King picked up the SEC Defensive Player of the Year award.
Tymrak is among the 15 semifinalist for the 2012 Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, collegiate soccer's highest individual honor. Florida's 2012 leader in goals (9), assists (12), points (30) and game-winning goals (5), Tymrak finished her career with her name dotting several Gator charts. She appears third on the Gators' career charts in assists (40), sixth in points (104) and eighth for goals (32). Six times in 2012, Tymrak was named to various national teams of the week, including being named the Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week following her golden goal at then No. 2 Duke in late August. After scoring a goal in each of Florida's three matches and notching three assists during the course of the SEC Tournament, Tymrak picked up her second SEC Tournament MVP honor.
King joined Tymrak on the All-SEC first team. She started every match at holding midfield and was second among the Gator field players with her average of 85.4 minutes per match. She finished fifth among the 2012 Gators with a career season-high 14 points. King also had career-highs for goals (5) and assists (4). Four of her goals came on consecutive Sundays in September, including heading in the game-winner versus New Mexico and providing UF with the tying goal at Auburn. She earned her second consecutive spot on the SEC All-Tournament team in 2012.
Westphal was one of three freshmen to earn All-SEC honors in 2012, appearing on the second team. A consistent presence on the Gator backline, Westphal played the entirety of 20 of Florida's 25 matches and led the team's field players with her average of 87.2 minutes per match. She also was named to the SEC All-Freshman and SEC All-Tournament teams.
| TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Season – Upperclassmen | ||
| First Team | ||
| GK | Emily Oliver | Stanford |
| D | Kassey Kallman | Florida State |
| D | Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall | BYU |
| D | Alina Garciamendez | Stanford |
| M | Amber Brooks | North Carolina |
| M | Kristen Mewis | Boston College |
| M | Christine Nairn | Penn State |
| M | Julie Johnston | Santa Clara |
| F | Maya Hayes | Penn State |
| F | Zakiya Bywaters | UCLA |
| F | Crystal Dunn | North Carolina |
| Second Team | ||
| GK | Haley Kopmeyer | Michigan |
| D | Ines Jaurena | Florida State |
| D | Whitney Church | Penn State |
| D | Rachel Quon | Stanford |
| MF | Morgan Brian | Virginia |
| MF | Aly Miller | Marquette |
| MF | Vanessa DiBernardo | Illinois |
| MF | Sarah Killion | UCLA |
| MF | Erika Tymrak | Florida |
| F | Laura Weinberg | Duke |
| F | Caroline Miller | Virginia |
| Third Team | ||
| GK | Adrianna Franch | Oklahoma State |
| D | Annie Steinlage | Michigan State |
| D | Kendall Johnson | Portland |
| D | Bry McCarthy | West Virginia |
| M | Daphne Corboz | Georgetown |
| MF | Holly King | Florida |
| M | Cloee Colohan | BYU |
| F | Colleen Williams | Dayton |
| F | Kealia Ohai | North Carolina |
| F | Chioma Ubogagu | Stanford |
| F | Jonelle Filigno | Rutgers |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Season – Freshmen | ||
| First Team | ||
| GK | Abby Smith | Texas |
| D | Cari Roccaro | Notre Dame |
| D | Laura Liedle | Stanford |
| D | Katie Naughton | Notre Dame |
| M | Merel Van Dongen | Alabama |
| M | Cassie Pecht | Duke |
| M | Raquel Rodriguez | Penn State |
| F | Michele Murphy | BYU |
| F | Janine Beckie | Texas Tech |
| F | Summer Green | North Carolina |
| F | Makenzy Doniak | Virginia |
| Second Team | ||
| GK | Emma Newins | Georgetown |
| D | Christen Westphal | Florida |
| D | Hanna Gardner | North Carolina |
| D | Maya Theuer | Stanford |
| M | Ashley Meier | Virginia Tech |
| M | Dani Weatherholt | Santa Clara |
| M | Mallory Weber | Penn State |
| F | Taylor Smith | UCLA |
| F | McKenzie Meehan | Boston College |
| F | Crystal Thomas | Notre Dame |
| F | Ifeoma Onumona | California |
