During their 11-day trip to Europe the LMU women's soccer team will be updating friends and family here on LMULions.com. Our seventh update comes courtesy Cori McGovern.
Personifying the true meaning of student-athlete, LMU women's soccer players Jaide Garcia, Tawni Martino and Cori McGovern were all named to the 2011 West Coast Conference women's soccer All-Academic Honorable Mention team.
Briefly... Cori McGovern enters her third season with the Lions... 2010 Honorable Mention All-WCC... tenacious ball-winner... composed on the ball and a fierce competitor...
At LMU...
2010... Honorable Mention All-WCC... Honorable Mention Fall All-Academic... #19 on TopDrawerSoccer.com WCC Players to Watch... WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll... National Scholar-Athlete... started 18 games... provided three assists for three points... attempted 11 shots, putting three on goal... supplied game-winning assist in 2-1 win over Denver (Aug. 27)... also had assists vs. Tennessee-Martin (Sept. 5) and San Diego (Nov. 5)...
2009... WCC All-Freshman Team... started 17 of her 19 appearances... scored two goals and added an assist for five points... logged 1348 minutes, the third-most of any LMU freshman... attempted 17 shots, six of which were on goal... scored first collegiate goal in debut in win at UNLV (Aug. 21)... also scored opener in 2-1 win at Arizona (Oct. 2)... supplied assist on opening goal in 3-0 win over Cal State Bakersfield (Sept. 27)...
High School... four-year letterwinner at Monte Vista High School in Danville, Calif. for coach Greg Fish... named all-city and All-East Bay Athletic League as a junior and senior... three-time all-region selection... team captain as a senior... helped lead MVHS to EBAL championships in 2007 and 2008... played club soccer for the Mustang Mavericks, winning the NorCal Championship in 2003, 2007, and 2008... 2007 CIF-NCS finalists and 2008 CIF-NCS semifinalists... won 2008 Surf Cup...
Personal... Cori Alexis McGovern was born on March 16, 1991 in Mountain View, CA... parents are Joe and Debbie McGovern... has a younger brother, Bryce... chose LMU over San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara, and Colorado... honor roll student... volunteered with Loaves and Fishes... high school teammate of Amanda Owens... majoring in education...