University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Caitlin Leumas Named to All-Conference USA Third Team
11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Nov. 1, 2011
IRVING, Texas - Junior defender Caitlin Leumas was named to the All-Conference USA Women's Soccer Third Team today in an announcement from Conference USA.
Leumas is a three-year letterwinner for the Golden Eagles on the back line and has maintained a flawless 4.0 GPA at Southern Miss as a Kinesiotherapy major. She started every game and played every minute this season and has 51 consecutive starts dating back to her freshman year.
The team's defensive star has also played 4794 of a possible 5006 minutes in her career, missing just 212 minutes over the first three games of her freshman campaign.
"Caitlin is very deserving of this award," said coach Scott Ebke. "She has been as consistent on our back line this year as any coach or team could ask for and is very hard to attack against. Our coaching staff along with our players congratulates Caitlin on her award."
The award was also a first for a Southern Miss soccer player since forward Sarah McFadden earned second team honors in 2008.
The squads were voted on by the league's 12 coaches and also included Player and Coach of the year honors. Memphis, C-USA's regular season champion, took the Offensive, Defensive and Coach of the Year awards while Colorado College wrapped up Midfielder and Freshman of the Year.
All-Conference Awards
Offensive Player of the Year
Christabel Oduro, Memphis
Defensive Player of the Year
Lizzy Simonin, Memphis
Midfielder of the Year
Jessie Ayers, Colorado College
Freshman of the Year
Jessie Ayers, Colorado College
Coach of the Year
Brooks Monaghan, Memphis
All-Conference First Team
F: Lauren DiGregorio, Colorado College
F: Christabel Oduro, Memphis
F: Jessica Howard, Rice
F: Tiffini Turpin, UAB
F: Tishia Jewell, UCF
MF: Jessie Ayers, Colorado College
MF: Kimmy Cummings, East Carolina
MF: Mallory Baum, SMU
D: Lizzy Simonin, Memphis
D: Kaitlyn Eidson, SMU
D: Marissa Diggs, UCF
GK: Elise Kuhar-Pitters, Memphis
All-Conference Second Team
F: Britney Lyman, Colorado College
F: Amanda Malkiewicz, East Carolina
F: Jessica Zavalza, Houston
MF: Lizzy Hildebrandt, Memphis
MF: Stacie Hubbard, UCF
MF: Azia Nicholson, UTEP
D: Beth Wright, Colorado College
D: Lauren LaGro, Rice
D: Claire Hulcer, Tulsa
GK: Aline Reis, UCF
All-Conference Third Team
F: Claire Nicholson, Tulsa
F: Tess Hall, UTEP
F: Katie Dorman, UTEP
MF: Sharis Lachappelle, Houston
MF: Angela DeSumma, Marshall
MF: Quynh Nhu Truong, Rice
MF: Jordan O'Brien, Tulsa
MF: Carolyn Polcari, UAB
D: Stephanie Derieg, Houston
D: Courtney Smith, SMU
D: Caitlin Leumas, Southern Miss
GK: Amy Czyz, Rice
All-Freshman Team
Jessie Ayers, MF, Colorado College
Kaeli Vandersluis, F, Colorado College
Kelley Johnson, D/MF, East Carolina
Sharis Lachappelle, MF, Houston
Kylie Davis, MF, Memphis
Natalia Gomez-Junco, MF, Memphis
Amy Czyz, GK, Rice
Quynh Nhu Truong, MF, Rice
Rikki Clarke, MF, SMU
Carleigh Williams, D, UCF
Sarah Dilling, GK, UTEP
