Boston College Athletics
Women's Soccer Announces 2012 Signing Class
February 24, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Feb. 24, 2012
Chestnut Hill, MA - The Boston College Women's Soccer team and head coach Alison Foley has announced, the freshman signing class for the 2012 season, along with a transfer student-athlete. The Eagles signed seven freshmen to National Letters of Intent. The newest additions to the Eagles team include goalkeeper Emily Armstrong; midfielder Lauren Bernard; central midfielder Janna Jeffrey; forward Bria Washington; midfielder Colby Woeltz and twin sisters Madison and McKenzie Meehan. BC will also welcome transfer student, junior Alexa Gaul from Texas. The incoming freshman class is currently ranked eighth by TopDrawerSoccer.
Here is a look at the 2012 Eagles soccer signing class:
Emily Armstrong, Goalkeeper, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
No. 3 goalkeeper and 32 overall in Top Drawer Soccer Top 100...No. 3 ESPN Top 150...2011 National Team Camp (2/11)...2010 Regional ODP...2009 Region 1 ODP, 2009, U-17 National Team camp (6/09)...played at Perkiomen Valley High School ... NSCAA High School All-Region II team, 2011...Pennsylvania All-State Team, 2011...ESPN Starting 11, 2011...ESPN Fall All-Star,2010, Southeastern All-Star, 2011, 2010...PAC-10 MVP, 2011...All-Conference, 2010, 2011...Team MVP, 2009, 2011...played for FC Pennsylvania from 2006-2011...Placed fourth at the USYS National Championships in 2011...third place in 2009...Region 1 Premier League Champions in 2008, 2011...Eastern PA State Champions in 2007-2011
Lauren Bernard, Midfielder, Colchester, VT
No. 11 player in 2012 class as ranked by TopDrawerSoccer.com...Played at Colchester High School for Jeff Paul...led the team in scoring in 2009, 2010, 2011...Member of Nordic Soccer Club from 2001-2011...top scorer for the team every season...Vermont Girls Soccer Player of the Year, 2011...VT. All-State team...Metro Division 1 first team selection, 2011...All-State, and All-Region, 2010, Metro Division 1 first team, 2010, State Finalist...2010 and 2011 Gatorade Player of the Year...2011 ODP Thanksgiving Interregional...2011 Regional 1 ODP..2011 U-18 National Team Camp (1/11)...2010 NSCAA High School All-American.
Janna Jeffrey, Central Midfielder, Richardson, TX
No. 8 player in the regional and 43 overall as ranked by TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 150 Players...Played at Ursuline Academy in Dallas...TAPPS League Offensive Player of the Year, 2011 ...All-State in 2010, 2010...All-District team in 2009, 2010, 2011...Newcomer of the Year, 2009...Region III ODP Program, 2004-2011...National Team Pool, 2009, 2010...Played for Red Soccer Club 94 in 2011 and Sting Soccer Club 93...Was a member of Dallas Texans 93 from 2006-2008...Won State Cup in 2009 and 2010.
Bria Washington, Forward, Kennesaw, GA
Played at Woodward Academy for three years...helped Woodward win the State Championship in her junior season...scored 19 goals and had 11 assists in 2011,which is a single season scoring record at Woodward...the team MVP in 2011...called into U-15 National Camp in April 2009...2011 Regional III Spain trip attendee...ESPN Rise All-American second team selection as a junior...2010 ESPN Rise All-Area team as a sophomore...Georgia State ODP team from 2005-2011...USYS ODP Thanksgiving in 2008 and 2009...USYS Soccer Southern Regional Champions in 2001...Plays for No. Atlantic Soccer Assoc...helped NASA earn the state titles in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011...ranked 83 on ESPN Rise Class of 2012.
Madison Meehan, Midfielder/Forward, Smithfield, RI
Played at LaSalle Academy and helped the team win four straight Rhode Island State Championships...Team captain...Had 10 goals and 44 assists...The 44 assists led the nation in that category...RI All-State in 2009, 2010 and 2011... Played for Keith Caldwell and Fred Marks on the Scorpions Soccer Club...Helped the Scorpions to the State Cup Championship in 2009, 2010 and 2011...Region I Champion in 2009, 2010, 2011...2011 USYS National Champion Best 11...2010 Region I ODP ...National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society student...AP Scholar Award...Also played basketball in 2009 and 2010...Runs track and is All-New England in the 4x800, All-State in the 1000m, 1500m and the 4x800m.
McKenzie Meehan, Forward, Smithfield, RI
Played at LaSalle and helped the team win four straight Rhode Island State Championships and compile a record of 76-0-7 record while playing at LaSalle...Scored 80 goals, which led the country in goals scored and had 28 assists as a senior...Finished her career with 181 goals and 28 assists...2009, 2010, 2011 Rhode Island All-State first team and NSCAA High School All-Region...2011, 2010 RI Gatorade Player of the Year and 2011 ECNL PDA Showcase All-Event team...2010 ECNL Winter Showcase All-Event team...2010, 2011 NSCAA High School All-American...2010 Region I ODP ...Played for the Scorpions from 2009-2011 and helped the team capture the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Mass. State Cup Championship...2009 and 2011 Mass. State Cup MVP.
Colby "Coco" Woeltz, Central Midfielder, Boston, MA
Played at Noble And Greenough...nine goals, 15 assists for 33 points as a senior...notched eight goals and 12 assists as a junior...MVP of the Independent School League, 2011...Boston Globe All-Scholastic, 2011...All-ISL first team, 2011...Team captain...Led team to ISL Championship in 2008, 2009 and 2011...All-State team...All-Region selection...All-New England honoree...Under 16 and Under 17 Olympic Development program regional teams...Plays for the Stars of Mass, which won the State Cup in 2011...2011 NSCAA All-Region team and All-American selection.
Alexa Gaul, Goalkeeper, Naperville, Ill.
A transfer from Texas, Gaul started 21 games for the Longhorns last season and finished with an 11-9-1 record and seven shutouts...Posted a GAA of 1.06 with 69 saves...She had two goals in one assist as a goalkeeper last season...Scored her first career goal vs. Kansas on Sept. 30...Also scored against Texas Tech on a free kick on Oct. 16...Has compiled a 30-22-8 overall record with 19 shutouts ...As a sophomore she registered her career-highs in GAA (0.99), saves (80) and shutouts (8)...A Herman Trophy Watch List member in 2011...A member of the US Under-20 National team that played in La Manga, Spain ... Played for the U-23 Women's National Team that won the Four Nations Tournament in England in July of 2010 ... Member of the Under-17 Women's World Cup team in 2008.
