Women's Soccer 25-Year Team (
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ST. LOUIS - The 2017-18 season is a landmark one for the Missouri Valley Conference and for women’s sports. To help celebrate the 45th anniversary of Title IX and the 25th anniversary of women’s sports, the Valley is naming 25-Year Anniversary Teams for each of the Valley’s sponsored women’s sports.
Team composition for each sport has been determined by a 25-person committee (two representatives from each MVC institution and a panel of five voters from the Conference office). The team composition includes years in which league teams competed under the MVC umbrella during the past 25 years (1992-2017) and does not include competition from the current season.
The Missouri Valley Conference was founded in 1907 and is the nation’s second oldest Division I athletics conference. Women’s sports were incorporated into the MVC in 1992, having previously competed under the Gateway Conference banner from 1982-92. In August 2017, the Conference announced its 2018 Hall of Fame Class, which featured three women (in the six-person class). A total of 22 women’s athletes, coaches and pioneers have been honored by the MVC as part of the Hall.
The voting panel determined a ‘Top 10’ from a list of 25 finalists. Those top 10 honorees are listed below, and the top vote-getter is denoted.
Women’s Soccer (sponsorship from 1996-present): Twelve different programs (including affiliate members) have sponsored women’s soccer in the Missouri Valley Conference including Arkansas-Little Rock (1998-99); Belmont (2000); Creighton (1996-2013); Drake (2002-present); Drury (1999-2004); Eastern Illinois (1996-98); Evansville (1996-present); Illinois State (1996-present); Indiana State (2000-present); Missouri State (1996-present); UNI (2000-present); and Valparaiso (1996-98; present)
Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer 25-Year Team
| Name |
School |
Years |
Notable Honors |
| Brittney Neumann |
Creighton |
2009-12 |
3-time all-MVC; 2009 Freshman of the Year; 2010 Player of the Year |
| Andrea Schmitz |
Drake |
2002-05 |
4-time all-MVC; 2002 Freshman of the Year, 2004 Player of the Year |
| Kayla Lambert |
Evansville |
2005-08 |
3-time all-MVC; 4-time All-Region; 2005 Freshman of the Year; 2008 Player of the Year; second in career points |
| Krista McKendree |
Evansville |
1998-01 |
4-time all-MVC; All-American; 1999 Defensive Player of the Year; 2000 Player of the Year |
| Krissy Meek |
Evansville |
1996-99 |
4-time all-MVC; Freshman of the Year; 3-time Player of the Year |
| Heather Forsyth |
Illinois State |
2002-05 |
2-time all-MVC; 2-time MVC Player of the Year |
| *Rachel Tejada |
Illinois State |
2011-14 |
4-time all-MVC; 4-time Player of the Year; Freshman of the Year; holds 11 league records |
| Annie Wayland |
Illinois State |
1999-02 |
4-time all-MVC; 2001 Player of the Year; second in career goals |
| Sarah Guenther |
Missouri State |
2001-04 |
2-time all-MVC; 2-time Defensive Player of the Year |
| Jackie Jasper |
Missouri State |
2005-08 |
4-time all-MVC; 2007 Defensive Player of the Year; career shutout record |
*denotes No. 1 choice in balloting