Nov. 8, 2007

Morgantown, W.Va. - The Georgetown University women's soccer team received two postseason awards tonight, it was announced at the annual BIG EAST Conference Awards Banquet, held the night before the BIG EAST Championship semifinals in Morgantown, W.Va. Freshman midfielder Ingrid Wells (Upper Montclair, N.J./Upper Montclair) was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team and was tabbed the Rookie of the Year while Head Coach Dave Nolan received BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors. Senior forward Sara Jordan (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team.

Wells was named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week after she closed the regular season by being named to the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week, which was her second-consecutive BIG EAST Rookie of the Week honor. She is currently ranked fifth nationally in assists per game, averaging 0.65 per contest. Wells has dished out 13 assists - good enough to tie for the league lead and ties her with Nicole DePalma for the GU single-season record, set in 2002 - the same year DePalma set the single-game record with five assists against Howard. In a 5-0 win over Cincinnati, Wells recorded a season-high four assists. In league-play, Wells tallied a conference-high 10 assists, a 0.83 assist/game average. The freshman has 25 points for the 2007 campaign, leaving her one point behind the single-season record of 26, set by Jessie Beers-Altman in 2002. Wells is the first Georgetown women's soccer player to win a BIG EAST Conference postseason award.

In his fourth year as head coach of the women's soccer program, Nolan picked up Coach of the Year Honors after directing the Hoyas to the best season in school history. This is the third time the Blue and Gray has reached the postseason during his four-year tutelage and the six league wins is a program record. Not only was this Nolan's first BIG EAST Coach of the Year recognition, but Nolan is also the first Georgetown women's soccer coach to have this award bestowed upon him. Nolan has an overall record of 40-32-7. During the 2005 campaign, Nolan led the Hoyas to a 12-win season, a then-season high and now, just two years later, the Hoyas have 14 wins and are poised to play in the program's third-ever BIG EAST Conference semifinal.

Jordan shares the team-lead in goals (6) with Wells. Jordan's six goals paired with her five assists amounts to 17 points, good for second on the Georgetown squad. Of her five goals this season, three have been game winners, including two league match-ups against Marquette and South Florida. Jordan is tied for second in career assists (18) with Christina Brunner, who tallied 18 from 1994-97. She has started every game this season for the Blue and gray and is tied for second in assists. She is currently ranked in the all-time top 10 at GU in all three major offensive categories: goals (8th); assists (t-2nd); points (7th). She had a multi-assist game in a win over crosstown foe George Washington and dished out assists on game-winners against Cincinnati and DePaul.

The Hoyas square off against No. 11 Notre Dame (NSCAA/adidas Division I Coaches Poll) tomorrow, November 9 at 5 p.m. at Dick Dlesk Stadium on the campus of West Virginia University. It will be televised live on CSTV.