Four Gator Soccer Players on 2007 Preseason All-SEC List

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Four University of Florida soccer players are among the first soccer coaches preseason All-Southeastern Conference team, the league office released Thursday. Florida, the preseason pick by the coaches to repeat as SEC champions, led all teams with its four selections.

Florida's Stacy Bishop and Georgia's Carrie Patterson were unanimous selections. The coaches preseason All-SEC team consists of a minimum of
11 players. Each SEC Head Soccer Coach voted for three forwards, three midfielders, three defenders, one goalkeeper and one at-large candidate.
No ties were broken. The Gators among the SEC Soccer Preseason List
includes:

Ameera Abdullah (Jr., MF)
● 2006 NSCAA All-America third team
● 2006 SoccerBuzz.com All-America third team
● All-SEC first team & SEC All-Tournament team in 2006
● Two-time SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9 & Oct 16,
2006) & SoccerBuzz.com National Team of the Week (Oct.18, 2006)
● Second among 2006 UF scorers with 11 goals and 24 points

Stacy Bishop (RS-Sr., F)
● 2006 NSCAA All-America third team
● All-SEC first team & SEC All-Tournament team in 2006
● SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 28, 2006)
● SoccerBuzz.com National Team of the Week (Sept. 8, 2006)
● Led UF points in (30), goals (12), assists (6) and game-winning
goals (6) in 2006

Melanie Booth (RS-SR, D/MF)
● Member of Canadian National Team - will participate in 2007 FIFA
Women's World Cup in China in September of 2007
● NSCAA All-America first team (2005)
● Three-time All-SEC selection (first team/2005; second team/2004,
2003)
● Three-time All-America selection by SoccerBuzz.com
● Three-time NSCAA All-Southeast Region first team selection

Lauren Hyde (So., D)
● Soccer America Freshman All-America second team
● All-SEC first team & SEC All-Tournament team in 2006
● Led UF in 2006 in total minutes played from her center back
position, averaging more than 91 minutes per match

Florida will be tested in a pre-season exhibition match versus Texas A&M, set for Saturday, Aug. 25. Match time is set for 6 p.m. at the James G. Pressly Stadium. Saturday's exhibition match features two NSCAA Preseason top-15 teams, as Texas A&M is No. 5 and Florida checks in at No. 13 on the list released Aug. 14. Both teams are the defending champion in their conference, as Texas A&M took the Big 12 crown with
its 9-1 record. The Gator team will be signing autographs following
Saturday's exhibition match. Play for the 2007 season starts Friday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. when Florida plays host to Indiana.

A complete list of the 2007 SEC Soccer Coaches Preseason All-SEC team follows.

2007 Coaches Preseason All-Southeastern Conference Team
Name School Position Height Class Hometown
Stacy Bishop Florida# F 5-10 RS-Sr. Land O' Lakes,
Fla.
Carrie Patterson Georgia# F 5-7 So. Atlanta,
Ga.
Emily Redberg Tennessee F 5-4 Sr. Brooklyn Park,
Minn.
Kylee Rossi Tennessee F 5-8 Jr. Pennington,
N.J.
Ameera Abdullah Florida MF 5-3 Jr. Denver, Colo.
Chrissy Strini Ole Miss MF 5-5 Sr. Cordova, Tenn.
Ashley Kirk South Carolina MF 5-4 Sr. Macon, Ga.
Katie Schulz Vanderbilt MF 5-5 Jr. Peachtree, Ga.
Melanie Booth Florida D 5-8 RS-Sr. Burlington, Canada
Lauren Hyde Florida D 5-9 So. Carmel, Ind.
Chelsea Potts LSU D 5-10 So. Aurora, Ill.
Blakely Mattern South Carolina D
5-9 So. Simpsonville, S.C.
Allison Whitworth Auburn GK 5-9 Jr. Birmingham,
Ala.
Jaimel Johnson Tennessee GK 5-8 Jr. Dayton, Ohio
#-Unanimous Selection; Ties were not broken