Carroll College junior goakeeper Jamie Carter garnered Honorable Mention NAIA All-America recognition for women’s soccer.
The Camas High School graduate played in all 22 games for the Saints this year and recorded 10 individual shutouts but was part of all 12 team shutouts.
Carter was earlier named First Team All-Conference and Defensive Player of the Year for the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
Carter only allowed 15 goals on the season — 0.69 goals a game — while totaling 76, finishing the season with a record of 14-6-2.
Carter recorded an 0.835 save percentage while holding teams scoreless 11 times this season.
The Saints won the CCC regular season and tournament championships in their first year after moving from the Frontier Conference.
Carter was named the Frontier MVP as a sophomore.
Carroll reached the NAIA National Tournament this fall for the first time since 2007, but fell in the first round to eventual champion Spring Arbor of Michigan.
Indoor track and field
GNAC recognizes Crusaders’ Van Valey
Northwest Nazarene University junior Taylor Van Valey was named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week after opening indoor season with an NCAA Division II national provisional qualifying mark in the weight throw.
The Hockinson High School graduate’s second throw Saturday at the Jackson’s Open meet hosted by Boise State University resulted in a mark of 53 feet, 7.5 inches, good for third place in the meet.
Van Valey, who also plays volleyball for the Crusaders, placed fourth in the shot put at 42-0.
Women’s basketball
CSU-Pueblo’s Anderson honored by RMAC
Colorado State-Pueblo sophomore guard/forward Tuileisu Anderson was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Thunderwolves to a sweep of Western New Mexico (77-52 on Friday) and New Mexico Highlands (79-55 on Saturday).
The Union High School graduate averaged 17.5 points in the two games on 13-of-25 (65 percent) shooting. She made three three-pointers Friday, matching her career high, and a career-high four assists. She is fifth in the RMAC in scoring with an average of 14.6 a game, and leads the conference with 3.4 steals a game. She is fourth in NCAA-II with 31 steals this season.
Anderson was named RMAC Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 30.
Men’s soccer
Beavers’ Doholis among MLS invitees
Oregon State senior forward/midfielder Mikhail Doholis is among 59 NCAA Division I players invited to participate in Major League Soccer’s player combine. Top collegiate players from across the country will showcase their talents in front of representatives from all 20 MLS clubs in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Jan. 7-12, 2016.
All invited players will be eligible for selection in the 2016 SuperDraft, Jan. 14 in Baltimore. A committee of MLS coaches and NCAA Division I coaches from every conference selected the invitees, all of whom completed their college eligibility this season.
Doholis, a Union High School graduate, had a goal and four assists while starting all 18 games for the Beavers as a senior.
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