(KANSAS CITY, KS)---Davis & Elkins senior midfielder Megan Beal has been selected as a second team All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. She is joined on the All-Atlantic Region first squad by teammates Allison Dant and Cole Dant.
Beal, a Pilesgrove, NJ native, helped D&E to a 10-0-0 WVIAC regular season mark and a 14-5-0 overall record by recording ten goals and four assists. The first team All-WVIAC honoree also earned Daktronics first team all-region honors as selected by Atlantic Region sports information directors.
Alderson-Broaddus freshmen Megan Johnson and Kasie Shoemaker were named to the second team NSCAA All-Atlantic Region squad. The pair helped the Battlers improve to 12-4-1 in only the program's second season.
D&E keeper Jacqueline Krum, Pitt Johnstown defender Emily Babik, Wheeling Jesuit forward Kara Houston, and Davis & Elkins forward Kim Brown represented the WVIAC on the third team.
The complete NSCAA All-Atlantic Region squad follows:
First Team:
GK-Lyndsie Bernardini (Fr., West Chester)
D-Chelsea Deeter (Jr., Kutztown)
D-Laura Piazza (Sr., Gannon)
D-Allison Dant (Fr., Davis & Elkins)
M-Samantha Regney (Jr., California)
M-Jessica Bennett (Jr., West Chester)
M-Megan Beal (Sr., Davis & Elkins)
F-Amanda Heister (Sr., California)
F-Cole Dant (Jr., Davis & Elkins)
F-Sarah Romasco (Sr., Indiana)
F-Sarah Oswald (Jr., West Chester)
Second Team:
GK-Kelly Brennan (Soph., Indiana)
D-Megan Johnson (Fr., Alderson-Broaddus)
D-Kayla Klimasko (Soph., California)
D-Cindi Nickles (Jr., West Chester)
M-Amanda Sherbaugh (Soph., Gannon)
M-Kelly Modes (Sr., Bloomsburg)
M-Shannon Pennock (Soph., Kutztown)
F-Heather Robbins (Soph., Indiana)
F-Alison Hindley (Jr., Slippery Rock)
F-Chelsea Bressler (Soph., Kutztown)
F-Kasie Shoemaker (Fr., Alderson-Broaddus)
Third Team:
GK-Jacqueline Krum (Sr., Davis & Elkins)
D-Carly Collins (Fr., East Stroudsburg)
D-Jamie Schroter (Jr., Mercyhurst)
D-Kristine Preski (Jr., Bloomsburg)
D-Emily Babik (Sr., Pitt Johnstown)
M-Crystal Zerbe (Fr., East Stroudsburg)
M-Sam Paolino (Sr., West Chester)
M-Paige Virgara (Soph., Indiana)
F-Lindsay Foder (Jr., East Stroudsburg)
F-Kim Brown (Fr., Davis & Elkins)
F-Kara Houston (Jr., Wheeling Jesuit)
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