All-time leading scorer Alex Cowling claimed Female Athlete of the Year while Colin Welmon and Anthony Ireland shared the Male Athlete of the Year honor.
The Lions close out the 2012 regular-season on Thursday, hosting WCC opponent BYU.
At LMU...
2012... One of two freshmen to start all 19 matches... tied for the team high with 11 points on three goals and five assists... All-WCC Honorable Mention... All-WCC Freshman Team... NSCAA All-West Region Third Team... tallied her first collegiate points by contributing a goal and assist in a 2-0 win over UC Irvine (Aug. 24)... also scored in a 3-2 win over Utah Valley (Sept. 30) and a 3-2 win over Saint Mary's (Oct. 14)... tallied assists against No. 11 Wisconsin (Sept. 2), No. 1 UCLA (Sept. 7), Saint Mary's (Oct. 14) and No. 15 Pepperdine (Oct. 19)... took a team-high 44 shots, including 20 on frame...
High School...
Three-sport athlete at Roosevelt High School, lettering in soccer, cross country and track... four-year varsity letterwinner in soccer and two-time team captain... three-time All-Big VIII selection... two-time honorable mention All-American...earned the 2012 Principals Athlete of the Year award... named 2012 Big VIII Athlete of the Year... league MVP in 2010, 2011 and 2012... four-year varsity letterwinner in cross country... earned the Coaches Award in 2008... three-year varsity letterwinner in track, competing in the 800m... four-year honors student... four-year Scholar-Athlete... carried a 4.5 cumulative GPA... twice earned the Superintendent's/Board of Education Award... was involved with the Region IV ODP since 2010, competing in the 2010 and 2011 ODP Thanksgiving interregional tournaments... also a member of the Cal South 94 girls team that won the 2011 USYS ODP National Championship...
Personal...
Joceyln Ann Blankenship was born June 10, 1994, in Clovis, Calif.... parents are Paul and Tammy Blankenship... father, Paul, played baseball at Fresno State... has one younger sister, Ashley... also considered attending Santa Clara, Pepperdine, South Carolina, Ohio State, Georgetown, Cal, Texas A&M and TCU... chose LMU because of the small campus, academics and proximity to family... undeclared major...