Scheffer Honored As Two-Time All-American
12/15/2009 12:15:02 PM
ITHACA, N.Y. –Senior midfielder Amy Scheffer (Schalmont/Schenectady) of the Ithaca College women’s soccer team has been named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-America team. Scheffer, a two-time all-American, was a second-team selection this year after earning third-team honors as a junior.
Scheffer was named Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Year for the second season in a row and was a first-team all-conference selection for the third consecutive year. She earned first-team Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Upstate NY and NSCAA all-region recognition and was the ECAC Upstate NY Offensive Player of the Year. A third-team all-American last fall, she scored a team-best 35 points on 16 goals and three assists. Her point total was the program’s fifth-highest single-season performance and her 16 goals (Ithaca’s fourth-highest single-season total) included a school-record eight game winners. Scheffer was a first-team all-region pick as a sophomore and junior. Her 96 points and 38 goals both rank second on Ithaca’s career lists and she scored a school-record 19 game-winning goals. Scheffer started all 68 matches over the past three seasons and earned first-team academic all-America honors this fall. She’s a four-time Empire 8 Player of the Week in her career, including twice this year. She was named MVP of last year’s Empire 8 Championship Tournament and shared that award with freshman teammate Rachael Palladino this fall.
A total of 16 Bombers have now made 23 appearances on the NSCAA all-America team since 1985. Scheffer is the program's sixth two-time all-American. Ithaca finished 16-5-2 and reached the quarterfinal round of the NCAA playoffs for the third year in a row. The Bombers won the Empire 8 regular-season and postseason tournament titles and made the program’s 20th trip to the NCAA playoffs (no school has made more).