COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Army midfielder Liz Betterbed added her second All-America honor in 2009 to her growing list of accolades as a First Team selection to the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award All-America Team announced Friday evening at the NCAA Women’s College Cup in College Station, Texas.

Texas A&M defender Emily Peterson, who overcame a serious physical disability to lead her team to the 2009 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship round of 16, was selected as the Lowe’s Senior Class Award winner.

A recent Rhodes Scholarship winner, Betterbed was a Top 10 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award finalist who won the fan voting and was among five scholar-athletes chosen for first team honors. She is the first Army women’s soccer player and the second female athlete to receive this honor, joining Lindsey Gerheim who was named to the All-America squad as a first team selection in the inaugural Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for softball in 2007.

Betterbed joined Peterson on the first team along with the University of Portland’s Kelsey Davis, Blakely Mattern of the University of South Carolina and Stanford University’s Kelley O’Hara.

The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I women’s coaches, national soccer media and fans, is awarded annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in NCAAR Division I women’s soccer. The announcement and trophy presentation were made by Lowe’s, an Betterbed Named A Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award First Team All-America official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, during the 2009 Women’s College CupTM in College Station, Texas.

Courtesy: Army Athletic Communications
Release: 12/06/2009