Lauren Sinnenberg named 1st Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA – Williams senior women’s soccer goalkeeper Lauren Sinnenberg (Westfield, NJ) has been named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® College Division First Team.

The College Division consists of all NCAA Division II and III member institutions.

Recently Sinnenberg was named to the District I All-Academic First Team for the second consecutive year and then voted by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) to national First Team honors.

At the time of the voting Sinnenberg, an All-American selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) in 2008, had played 729 minutes in 15 appearances for the undefeated Ephs (15-0-0), allowing 2 goals for a goals against average of 0.28. Her save percentage was .944.

Her career record at the time her credentials were assessed was 41-2-1 and she had played in 31 shutouts in her career. In just under 3,900 minutes she had a career goals against average of .42 with 137 career saves.

Sinnenberg, a biology major at Williams has earned Dean’s List honors (minimum GPA of 3.5) five of her six semesters.

She is the first female soccer player from Williams to earn First Team honors and only the second Eph women’s soccer player to earn Academic All-America recognition since 1993 when Sharon Glick was named to the Second Team. Overall Sinnenberg is the Ephs’ 23rd Academic All-American in all sports.

When this season began Sinnenberg and junior Julia Schreiber were splitting time in goal, but recently Schreiber went out with an injury. To date this season Sinnenberg has played 1,089 minutes, allowing seven goals for a goals against average of 0.58. She has 47 saves and sports a save percentage of .870.

Sinnenberg and her Eph teammates host The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) this Saturday on Cole Field in NCAA Sweet Sixteen action. The winner of the Ephs and TCNJ game will play the winner of the Rowan University and Ithaca College contest on Saturday at 1:00 PM on Sunday for the right to go the Final Four in San Antonio.