University of Minnesota Athletics
Beal Named NSCAA All-American
12/2/2016 12:00:00 AM | Soccer
The University of Minnesota's Rashida Beal (Germantown, Wisc.) has been named a 2016 Second Team All-American by the National Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
Beal has had an accomplished senior season and helped lead the Gophers to both the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles. Minnesota's defense recorded 14 shutouts and finished the season with a 0.50 goals against average. She has earned several honors including: Big Ten Defender of the Year, CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team, NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region First Team and All-Big Ten First Team.
Beal will finish her psychology and neuroscience studies a semester early, with hopes of playing professionally this spring.
First Team
Cassie Miller, Florida State
Maddie Bauer, Stanford
Kadeisha Buchanan, West Virginia
Christina Gibbons, Duke
Kaleigh Kurtz, South Carolina
Rachel Corboz, Georgetown
Ashley Lawrence, West Virginia
Alexis Shaffer, Virginia
Andi Sullivan, Stanford
Ashley Hatch, BYU
Savannah McCaskill, South Carolina
Margaret Purce, Harvard
Stephanie Ribeiro, Connecticut
Second Team
Jane Campbell, Stanford
Rashida Beal, Minnesota
Kirsten Crowley, Florida State
Mandy Freeman, Southern California
Taylor Isom, BYU
Morgan Andrews, Southern California
Chelsea Drennan, South Carolina
Rachel Hill, Connecticut
Rose Lavelle, Wisconsin
Mechaela Abam, West Virginia
Jenna Hellstrom, Kent State
Savannah Jordan, Florida
Lily Sender, UNLV
Third Team
Lauren Clem, Northwestern
Natalia Kuikka, Florida State
Jemma Purfield, South Alabama
Marina Paul, Georgetown
Catrina Atanda, Clemson
Alexa Ben, DePaul
Meggie Doughtery-Howard, Florida
Jessie Fleming, UCLA
Casie Ramsier, Auburn
Bridgette Andrzejewski, North Carolina
Kendall Ham, Bucknell
Jaycie Johnson, Nebraska
Tyler Lussi, Princeton
Tabby Tindell, Florida Gulf Coast
