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Princeton University Athletics
Negron, Matheson Named First-Team All-America
December 10, 2004 | Women's Soccer
Dec. 10, 2004
Esmeralda Negron and Diana Matheson, the keystones of Princeton's run to the NCAA Final Four in women's soccer, were both named adidas/NSCAA first-team All-Americas, it was announced Friday.
Negron and Matheson become the second and third players in Princeton history and 10th and 11th players in Ivy League history to be named first-team All-America. Their selection comes 24 years after Nena Odim was a first-team All-America for the Tigers in 1980, the first year of varsity women's soccer at Princeton.
Negron, a senior from Harrington Park, N.J., set Princeton single-season records with 20 goals, 12 assists and 52 points while earning her second-straight Ivy League Player of the Year Award and third first-team All-Ivy honor. She will graduate as Princeton's career leader with 47 goals and 111 points, and she is second all-time in assists at Princeton with 17. She had four career overtime goals, including one this season in a 2-1 win over Harvard. Matheson, a freshman from Oakville, Ont., was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and, like Negron, a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection. She becomes the third freshman in three years to be a first-team All-America after a season in which she scored seven goals and had seven assists while emerging as the field general for the Tigers.
Princeton went 19-3 while becoming the first Ivy League school ever to reach the Final Four. Princeton was a perfect 7-0 in the Ivy League.
Tiger head coach Julie Shackford was named Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year and is one of six finalists for national honors.
adidas/NSCAA Division I Women's Soccer All-America Teams
First Team
G, Nicole Barnhart*, Jr., Stanford, Gilbertville, Pa.
D, Keeley Dowling**, Sr., Tennessee, Carmel, Ind.
D, Holly Gault, So., Kansas, Spring Hill, Kan.
D, Natalie Jacobs, Jr., Penn State, Centreville, Va.
M, Lori Chalupny*, Jr., North Carolina, St. Louis, Mo.
M, Lindsey Huie**, Jr., Portland, Laguna Woods, Calif.
M, Diana Matheson, Fr., Princeton, Oakville, Ontario
M, Leslie Osborn, Sr., Santa Clara, Menomonee Falls, Wis.
F, Esmeralda Negron*, Sr., Princeton, Harrington Park, N.J.
F, Heather O'Reilly*, So., North Carolina , East Brunswick, N.J.
F, Christine Sinclair*, Jr., Portland, Burnaby, Canada
F, Tiffany Weimer*, So., Penn State, North Haven, Conn.
Second Team
G, Meghan Miller, Sr., Kansas, Seattle, Wash.
D, Haley Hunt, Jr., Stanford, San Marino, Calif.
D, Melissa Miller*, So., Ohio State, Cincinnati, Ohio
D, Melissa Tancredi*, Sr., Notre Dame, Ancaster, Ontario
M, Lara Dickenmann, Fr., Ohio State, Kriens, Switzerland
M, Sarah Huffman, Jr., Virginia, Flower Mound, Texas
M, Jill Oakes, Jr., UCLA, West Hills, Calif.
F, Christina Frimpong, Sr., Washington , Vancouver, Wash.
F, Tara Hurless*, Sr., Illinois, Rockford, Ill.
F, Megan Kakadelas, Sr., Santa Clara, Carlsbad, Calif.
F, Katie Thorlakson, Jr., Notre Dame, Langley, British Columbia
Third Team
G, Erin McLeod, Jr., Penn State, Calgary, Alberta
D, Liza Barber, Sr., Harvard, Des Moines, Iowa
D, Ronda Brooks, So., Auburn, Marietta, Ga.
D, Jennifer Simonetti, Sr., Dayton, Copley, Ohio
M, Jennifer Buczkowski, So., Notre Dame, Elk Grove, Ill.
M, Fran Munnelly, Jr., Colorado, Arvada, Colo.
M, Brittany Timko, So., Nebraska, Coquitlam, British Columbia
F, Kristen Graczyk*, Sr., Connecticut, Corona, Calif.
F, Laura Kane, Sr., West Virginia , Pottstown, Pa.
F, Iris Mora*, Jr., UCLA, Cancun, Mexico
F, Caroline Smith*, Jr., Kansas , Edina, Minn.
* repeat selection