Foreman Named Second Team Daktronics All-Region

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana State Billings women’s soccer junior, Kari Foreman, has been named to the Daktronics Second Team All-West Region, announced Tuesday.  She becomes just the third Yellowjacket to be named to a Daktronics All-Region team. 

The Lakewood, Colo., midfielder was second on the team in scoring with 21 points on nine goals and three assists.  She led the team with four game winners and was one of eight Yellowjackets to play and start all 20 games.  Foreman was third on the team in minutes played, logging 1794 minutes this season.

She earned honorable mention Great Northwest Athletic Conference honors this season and was named GNAC Player of the Week as well.  Foreman finished fourth in the league in points and points per game (1.05).  She also was fourth in goals and second in game-winning goals.

Foreman is joined by five other players from the GNAC on the second team, including goalkeeper Maddie Dickinson of Seattle Pacific, midfielder Kelly Irving of Western Washington, forward Jill Webb of Saint Martin’s and defenders Bryn Regan and Alicia Patten of WWU.

The GNAC had a total of nine players named to the 26-member squad.  Liz Franco of Cal State – Los Angeles was named Player of the Year.

Foreman joins former Yellowjackets Ally Stroup (first team, 2006) and Abby Bennett (second team, 2007) as selections to the Daktronics All-Region team at MSUB.

2009 Daktronics All-West Region

Player of the Year:          Liz Franco, Cal State Los Angeles, Forward

First Team
Goalie:                                 Kristin Armstrong, UC San Diego

Midfielders:                                 Ali Sward, Chico State
                                                Anne Wethe, UC San Diego
                                                Kelsey Jenkins, Seattle Pacific
                                                Amanda Matthews, Cal State Los Angeles

Forwards:                                   Liz Franco, Cal State Los Angeles
                                                Jocelyn Charette, Seattle Pacific
                                                Alex Conley, Cal State Los Angeles
                                                Jessica Murphy, Cal State Dominguez Hills

Defenders:                                  Caroline Hanna, Cal State Los Angeles
                                                Lindsay Catton, Sonoma State
                                                Taylor Sawyer, Seattle Pacific
                                                   Paige Peele, Cal State Dominguez Hills

Second Team
Goalie:                                 Maddie Dickinson, Seattle Pacific

Midfielders:                       Makenzie Pedrotti, Cal State Dominguez Hills
                                                Kari Foreman, Montana State-Billings
                                                Natasha Aiono, BYU-Hawaii
                                                Kelly Irving, Western Washington

Forwards:                            Mikala Wilkes, Dixie State
                                                Lisa Garcia, Cal State Stanislaus
                                                Emily Mearns, BYU-Hawaii
                                                Jill Webb, St. Martins

Defenders:                          Ellen Willson, UC San Diego
                                                Carly Bliss, San Francisco State
                                                Bryn Regan, Western Washington
                                                Alicia Patten, Western Washington