N.C. Soccer

Charlotte Catholic senior Jane Cline, according to the national high school website MaxPreps, led the nation in goals scored this past season with 75, third best in N.C. history. She finished her high school career with 181…….Alexis Degler, a senior midfielder at Green Hope High School, has been named the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association State Player of the Year. Sta[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]te Coach of the Year winners were Providence Day’s Dan Dudley (Private 3A) Raleigh Charter’s Steven Grosso (Public 1A), Cuthbertson’s Nelson Garner (Public 2A), West Rowan’s Nick Brown (Public 2A) and Millbrook’s Matt Edwards (Millbrook). Ade Taiwo, a junior at Cardinal Gibbons, and the current Gatorade North Carolina Boys Player of the Year, was named NSCAA state POY last fall…..Chris Shaw has been named the new head women’s soccer coach at Barton College. Shaw replaces Kurt Bienias, who coached the Lady Bulldogs for one season. Shaw joins Barton after four years as an assistant coach at N.C. State University. He is the former women’s head coach at Mount Olive College…..High Point University women’s head coach Marty Beall has announced that Brandi Fontaine has been promoted from assistant coach to Associate Head Coach. Brian Periman has been added to the coaching staff as an assistant coach after spending last year on the coaching staff at the University of Arizona training goalkeepers…..The Carolina RailHawks earned the $15,000 U.S. Open Cup bonus by being the last Division II team (NASL) in the tournament. Orlando City earned the $15,000 bonus that goes to the last Division III team (USL PRO) teams in the tournament…..Duke’s athletic program has set up the Ana Hunt Fund to help raise money to assist in rebuilding of the home of Blue Devil junior Ana Hunt, whose family lost their home in the tragic Moore, Okla, tornado on May 20, 2013. The fund will be available through the end of the 2013 Duke women’s soccer season. Anyone wishing to donate can contact Jocelyn Fisher of the Iron Dukes at (919) 613-7478 or jfisher@duaa.duke.edu. Hunt, a rising junior has appeared in 11 career contests over the past two seasons.