West Virginia University | 2012 Women's Soccer Q: What has been the key ingredient of your success in building this program? Izzo-Brown: Hard work. If you have kids with the right attitude, anything can happen. To be the very best, you must work hard and earn your full potential. Q: When you are on the road recruiting, what is the most important thing you look for in a student-athlete? Izzo-Brown: The most important thing is athletic ability. After that we look for hard workers who are competitive and technical. We want them to have a strong desire to compete and to be the best. Q: What is the one thing about West Virginia women’s soccer that sells the program to a potential studentathlete? Izzo-Brown: I think it is the family atmosphere we have here. Once you commit to West Virginia, you commit to a family. You immediately have people who care about you. Q: Where do you see the future of this program going? Izzo-Brown: I see us going to a Final Four and winning a national championship. That’s our vision. That’s our goal. And we are very close to making it happen. crowd can impact the momentum of a game and serve as a 12th player in the stands. Q: Your team has won 10 straight NSCAA team academic awards. How have your teams been able to achieve academic and athletic success at the same time? Izzo-Brown: As a staff, we’ve tried to send the message that you have to be motivated on and off the field to be successful. The philosophy has always been that you just can’t turn it on and off. Everything you do must be approached with the best of your ability. Having a large number of Academic All-Americans on the wall next to soccer All-Americans says a lot about our girls. We are proud of the NSCAA team academic awards because it shows we are getting it done on the field and in the classroom. Q: Justify the following statement: the Big 12 Conference is a soccer powerhouse. Izzo-Brown: Top to bottom, soccer in the Big 12 is probably the most balanced conference in the country. Last fall, every soccer program in the Conference finished in the top 100 in the NCAA RPI. On any given day, anyone can win or lose in this conference. You have to be prepared for 90 minutes of intense soccer any time you step on the field for a Big 12 match. We are excited to add to the league’s tradition of sending quality teams to the NCAA Championships.
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