Thirty-seven of the nation's top women's college soccer players, including UNC's Crystal Dunn, have been named finalists for the 2012 Soccer News Net College Boot award, recognizing the women's college player of the year.
Cast your vote for the Soccer News Net College Boot player of the year
The editors of each of the sites in the Soccer News Net network
nominated up to four local players for the award, each of which will be
eligible for the regional player of the year award. The nominations
included athletes playing at colleges within each site's coverage area,
as well as athletes from the area playing collegiately elsewhere in the
country. Nine additional at-large selections rounded out the
nominations.
Fans from across the country will be able to vote for the top collegiate
player. Voting will begin on Thursday, November 15 and continue until
December 15, and will be conducted on Big Apple Soccer (
www.bigapplesoccer.com), Chicagoland Soccer News (
www.chicagolandsoccernews.com), LA Soccer News ( www.lasoccernews.com),
New England Soccer News ( www.newenglandsoccernews.com), Philly Soccer
News ( www.phillysoccernews.com) and Dallas Soccer News. (
www.dallassoccernews.com)
Online fan voting will account for 40% of the total toward the award.
The remaining 60% of the vote will be cast by the Soccer News Net
editorial staff.
The winner of the popular vote will receive the Soccer News Net Supporter's Choice Award.
BIG APPLE SOCCER
Chrystal Dunn, Jr., F, North Carolina
Rockville Centre, NY (South Side HS/Albertson Fury 91)
Chrystal Dunn, a defender from Rockville Centre, N.Y., is the only
player in ACC history to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors twice.
After returning to Chapel Hill from helping the United States to the
2012 FIFA Under-20 World Cup gold medal, Dunn started the next 11 games
and helped the Tar Heel defense to three shutouts, all in ACC action,
and a 0.71 goals against average.
Cast your vote for the Soccer News Net College Boot player of the year
