SPU Has 3 Named to All-Region Soccer Selection
December 10, 2003

SEATTLE (Dec. 10) – Jennifer Hull, Shannon Lovejoy and Heidi Jacobson became the first Seattle Pacific University women’s soccer players to earn all-Far West Region honors from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Hull (Jr., Eugene, Or./Sheldon) and Lovejoy (So., Seattle, Wa./Seattle Prep) each made the first team while Jacobson (So., Kirkland, Wa./Cedar Park Christian) was voted to the second team. Each had been a first team all-Great Northwest Athletic Conference selection last month.

Hull finished the regular season as the NCAA Division II leader in goals-against average and led the GNAC with 12 shutouts. Lovejoy was the only sophomore or freshman on the regional first team and led the GNAC in scoring with 17 goals and 38 points. Jacobson was the Falcons’ No. 2 scorer with seven goals and 22 points.

Seattle Pacific won its second straight conference championship, qualified for the NCAA playoffs and finished 17-2-2 and ranked No. 23 in the nation. Coach Chuck Sekyra expects 10 of his 11 starters to return.