Just For Kicks
Andrea Alfiler, a midfielder for Azusa Pacific, capped her collegiate soccer career by being named the NAIA Women''s Player of the Year. Alfiler becomes the
best in NAIAIt is the third time she has received first-team NAIA All-American honors.
The Kapaa High School grad has been invited to participate in 2002 Umbro Select All-Star Classic featuring the top collegiate women's soccer players from around the nation.
Alfiler also was named to the all-tournament team at the 18th annual NAIA National Women's Tournament. She tied for the assist lead with two and was second in total points with six. Azusa Pacific was eliminated by Oklahoma City in a semifinal match on penalty kicks after a double overtime 2-2 tie.
The senior started 86 of 88 matches for the Cougars and finishes her career with 22 goals on 137 shots and 21 assists.
Alfiler, the 2001 Golden State Athletic Conference Player of the Year, is not the first player from Hawaii to win that award.
Jennifer Wills, an Iolani alumnus, was named GSAC Player of the Year in 1995 while playing for Westmont College. She was an all-GSAC pick in 1994 and 1997, but was slowed by a severe ankle injury in 1996.
Wills also was an honorable mention NAIA All-American and was named to the NAIA All-Tournament team in 1997.
She is sixth on Westmont's career lists for goals (36), assists (21) and points (93).
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Starr Johnson (Punahou), has been named to the Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic first team for the second consecutive season. The four-year letter winner from Kailua has a 3.70 grade point average and is majoring in ethnic studies. Johnson anchored the Ducks defense and scored her only two collegiate goals this year.
Chalise Baysa, who was born in Honolulu and spent her early years on Kauai, concluded her career as Oregon's all-time leader in points (69) and goals scored (31). She was an all-Pacific 10 Conference second team pick as a freshman, sophomore and senior.
Chelsea Akimoto, a midfielder for the Notre Dame de Namur University Argonauts in Belmont, Calif., was an NAIA All-American honorable mention selection. She is a freshman from Iolani.
Micah Sadoyama, a senior defender for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags, is a first team all-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection. Sadoyama is an Iolani graduate.
Gary Cabanilla, a senior striker for California Lutheran and Kamehameha graduate, was chosen for the all-SCIAC second team.
Leilani Green from Maui High School, also was a second-team pick on the all-SCIAC women's team. She is a senior striker for California Lutheran.
Gabby Ahmadia has been named to the 2001 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Academic All-Star Team. The junior midfielder from Waiakea High School maintains a 3.40 grade point average as a biology major.
Shaye Anderson (Parker), a junior goalkeeper, played 18 matches for the Western Washington Vikings. She had a 1.26 goals allowed average for the 9-10-1 Vikings and was a second-team, all GNAC selection.