Jan. 15, 2004

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Sophomore forward Lindsay Tarpley leads the collegiate All-America Team named Thursday by Soccer Post Magazine with her selection as the publication's 2003 Women's Player of the Year. Tarpley was just one of five Tar Heel players named to the first-team All-America squad by Soccer Post as UNC had five of the 11 first-team All-America selections.

Tarpley was joined on the first-team by sophomore goalkeeper Aly Winget, senior defender Catherine Reddick, sophomore midfielder Lori Chalupny and freshman forward Heather O'Reilly. Sophomore midfielder Kacey White was named second-team All-America by Soccer Post.

The Soccer Post All-America teams were published in the the Winter 2004 edition of The Soccer Post Magazine which is being distributed this week at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention in Charlotte. The magazine goes on sale nationally in all 22 Soccer Post stores as well as Barnes and Nobles book stores and other select retail outlets next week.

For Tarpley, who led the nation in scoring with 73 points in 2003, this is her second national player of the year accolade this year. Last week, she was also named National Player of the Year by Soccer America Magazine. Reddick has won the Honda Soccer Award and the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy as the two Tar Heels have split the awards.

Tarpley led the nation in scoring as her 23 goals and 27 assists were both team high totals for the 27-0-0 Tar Heels in 2003. O'Reilly, a freshman who had broken a leg in June 2003 and scored only three goals in Carolina's first 15 games of the year, was on fire as the season wound down, ending up with 16 goals and 11 assists for 43 points, ranking as UNC's third-leading scorer. Chalupny was the Tar Heels' fourth-leading scorer with 11 goals and 12 assists for 34 points and White was the fifth-leading scorer with six goals and 16 assists for 28 points. Reddick started for the U.S. World Cup Team on defense in 2003, joining the Tar Heel team in time for the October 14 game against Wake Forest and going on to start the final 13 games of the season on defense, scoring six goals and adding five assists for 17 points.

Winget was one of the nation's leading goalkeepers as she played 2,284 minutes in goal and allowed only 11 goals, an average of 0.43 on the season. She had 16 solo shutouts and a save percentage of .866. Winget's 71 saves were the second most in a season in Tar Heel history. She did not allow an opponent to score on the Tar Heels during the 540 minutes of the NCAA Tournament.