Virginia Soccer

Katie Gebhard has joined the coaching staff at Randolph-Macon College as assistant women’s soccer coach. The Wyckoff, NJ, native comes to Ashland from Stevens Institute of Technology where she served as an assistant last year. She played for four years at Lynchburg College, contributing to ODAC titles in 2008, 2010 and 2011 as well as four NCAA tournament appearances. Dur[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]ing her final collegiate season, Gebhard was an assistant girls’ varsity soccer coach at Heritage HS in Lynchburg…. The James Madison University men’s soccer team awards for 2012 have been announced. Senior Paul Wyatt (Modbury, England/Ivybridge) received the team’s most valuable offensive player award. He led JMU in in goals (9) and points (21) in 2012. Senior Dale Robins-Bailey (England) and freshman Bjarki Aoalsteinsson (Iceland) shared the etam’s most valuable defensive player award. Senior Lauren Wilson receivd the women’s team most Valuable Offensive player award for the second year in a row. She was the Dukes’ leader in goals (8) and points (18). Senior Amalya Clayton (Springfield, VA) was the team’s most valuable defensive player anchoring a defense that limited opponents to an average of 1.46 goals with five shutouts……Hampden-Sydney College’s 26th class to be inducted into its Athletics Hallof Fame includes Josh Dickens, a 2002 graduate who is one o two H-S soccer players in school history to earn All-Region honors three times. His 89 career points ranked fourth all-time in school soccer history. The four-man HOF class will be inducted Nov. 9 in the Kirk Athletic Center…..University of Virginia rising junior midfielder Morgan Brian (St. Simons Island, Ga.) made her debut in mid-June for the senior United States Women’s National Team in a 4-1 victory over South Korea at Gillette Stadium. She became the seventh Virginia player to earn a cap with the full national team when she entered the game as a substitute in the 77th minute.