National Players of the Year #2 Cindy Daws 1997 Graduate Midfielder Northridge, Calif.
HONORS & AWARDS 1996 Hermann Trophy Winner 1996 M.A.C. Player of the Year 1997 Honda-Broderick Cup NSCAA All-American (1993-94, 1996)
Received prestigious Honda-Broderick Cup, honoring nation’s outstanding collegiate woman athlete of 1996-97 … also recipient of both the 1996 Hermann Trophy and Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year Award … dominated central midfield with possession
#17 Jen Renola 1997 Graduate Goalkeeper Los Gatos, Calif.
HONORS & AWARDS 1996 NSCAA Player of the Year 1996 NCAA Today Top VIII selection 1996-97 BIG EAST Scholar Athlete of the Year 1996-97 CoSIDA Fall/Winter At-Large Academic All-American of the Year 1996-97 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship NSCAA All-American (1994-96)
Voted 1996 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Player of the Year … one of 11 players named to the NCAA 25th Anniversary Division I Women’s Soccer Team (she was on hand to be honored at the 2006 College Cup in Cary, N.C.) … first Notre Dame studentathlete chosen for NCAA Today’s Top VIII Award, honoring excellence in athletics, academics and leadership … BIG
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and distribution … joined classmate Jen Renola as a captain for 1995 national championship team and 1996 runner-up squad … one of five players in NCAA history ever to reach 60 career goals (61; 7th in ND history) and 60-plus assists (67; 5th in ND history/8th in NCAA record book) … ended career as ND’s all-time point leader (189, now t-4th). AS A SENIOR: Closed career with rare 20G-20A season (26G-20A), a feat matched by just 10 other players in D-I history … her 72 points in 1996 remain the ND season record (14th in NCAA history) … earned NSCAA first team All-America honors … named BIG EAST Championship MVP … named Soccer America’s midfielder MVP … assisted on winning goal in 2-1 victory over top-ranked North Carolina … scored twice in BIG EAST final versus 4th-ranked Connecticut (4-3). AS A JUNIOR: Scored matchwinner on direct free kick in 125th minute (third overtime) of NCAA title game versus Portland (1-0) … named MVP of NCAA semifinals and finals … finalist for national player of the year, despite missing four games (foot surgery) and totalling just 22 points (7G-8A). AS A SOPHOMORE: Started slowly after undergoing foot surgery … named a consensus first team AllAmerican (12G-19A) … second in balloting for the MAC
and Hermann player-of-the-year awards … dueled with fellow midfielder Tisha Venturini in 0-0 tie that snapped North Carolina’s 92-match win streak. AS A FRESHMAN: Named NSCAA first team AllAmerican (only freshman on squad), after totaling 16G20A in rookie season … earned Midwest Region most valuable offensive player and national freshman of the year honors from Soccer News … named Midwestern Collegiate Conference newcomer of the year and first team all-MCC … recorded eight points in MCC tournament play, earning MVP honors … totaled points in first nine matches of her college career. PREP & PERSONAL: Earned all-league and all-California Interscholastic Federation honors for three years and garnered NSCAA prep All-America honors at Louisville (Calif.) High School … graduated from Notre Dame in 1997 with bachelor’s degree in psychology.
EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 1996-97, another Notre Dame first … CoSIDA Fall/Winter At-Large Academic All-American of the Year … first Notre Dame women’s soccer player to earn NCAA postgraduate scholarship … also received Notre Dame’s prestigious Byron V. Kanaley Award (for exemplary student-athlete leadership) … started all 98 matches in her career … joined classmate Cindy Daws as captains for 1995 NCAA title team and again in 1996 … most proficient goalkeeper in Irish history (32 solo shutouts/30 shared; 0.69 career GAA; 8,111 minutes played). AS A SENIOR: Named NSCAA first team AllAmerican … Soccer America’s goalkeeper MVP … voted to CoSIDA Fall/Winter At-Large Academic All-America first team … played one of her best career matches in her last, making numerous point-blank and breakaway saves in 1-0 overtime loss to North Carolina in NCAA final … voted to NCAA all-tournament team for outstanding play in semifinal and final … finalist for Missouri Athletic Club player of the year … scored as field player versus Villanova. AS A JUNIOR: Second-team Soccer America AllAmerica selection after posting career-high 13 solo shutouts (18 overall) and 0.59 goals-against average … NCAA all-tournament pick after shutting out all four tournament opponents (part of six clean sheets in six postseason outings, including two BIG EAST Championship contests), including top-ranked North Carolina and 2nd-ranked Portland in the semifinals and finals, respectively.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Consensus All-American (first team NSCAA) … shut out 7th-ranked Portland (1-0) in NCAA semifinals on Pilots’ home field … had careerhigh 11 saves in 0-0 tie that halted No. 1 North Carolina’s record-setting 92-match win streak … preserved earlier 2-1 win at Portland when she stopped Shannon MacMillan’s breakaway. AS A FRESHMAN: Named to Soccer America Freshman All-America team … made seven saves versus top-ranked North Carolina and several tough stops in 3-2 win over 8th-ranked Duke. PREP & PERSONAL: USYSA prep All-American at Saratoga High School … graduated from Notre Dame in 1997 with 3.67 cumulative GPA and bachelor’s degrees in English and computer applications.
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Daws’ Career Statistics Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 Totals
GP/GS Sh G A Pts GW 22/22 103 16 20 52 3 25/25 90 12 19 43 0 21/18 62 7 8 22 2 26/26 99 26 20 72 3 94/91 354 61 67 189 8
Renola’s Career Statistics Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 Totals
GP/GS GA GAA SV ShO 22/22 16 0.76 67 7 (6) 25/25 15 0.64 77 9 (6) 25/25 15 0.59 68 13 (5) 26/26 16 0.78 55 3 (13) 98/98 62 0.69 267 32 (30)
W-L-T 19-3-0 23-1-1 21-2-2 24-2-0 87-8-3