July 30 , 2003
LHU Women's Soccer Announces 2003 Recruiting Class

   
  (Lock Haven, Pa.) - The Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania women’s soccer program under the direction of second-year head coach Shannon Champ has announced six student-athletes who will make up its 2003 recruiting class.  

The following is the list of LHU’s incoming players:

Elizabeth Beattie (Fr., D, Madison, Ohio/Madison)
            Beattie was a First Team All-PAC player along with a Third Team All-Greater Cleveland selection. She received Honorable Mention all-star status from the News-Herald.

Holly Homsher (Fr., F, Millersville, Pa./Penn Manor)
            Homsher is an all-state player and a four-time Lancaster-Lebanon League All-Star while playing for Penn Manor High School. The Penn Manor Outstanding Senior Female Athlete in 2003, Homsher was team captain as a senior and earned the Coaches Award in 2000.  As a member of the Comets’ soccer squad she won a state title, three section championships, two league championships, and one district crown.  Homsher also played in the Eastern Pennsylvania Olympic Development Program for six years

Caitlin Martz (Fr., MF, Plum, Pa./Plum)
            Martz was a four-year starter for Plum Senior High School, earning WPIAL AAA Section 3 First Team honors in 2002 and 2001.  She was a two-time Valley News Dispatch First Team All-Star and a member of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review’s 2002 Elite Eleven.  Martz captained both her high school team and the Pittsburgh Football Club team. She is a four-year scholar athlete at Plum, earning membership in the National Honors Society and the French Club. Martz also lettered in softball while in high school.

Jennifer Meassick (Fr., MF/F, Endwell, N.Y./Maine-Endwell)
            Meassick was a four-year STAC All-Division All-Star while playing at Maine-Endwell High School and also earned the Coach’s Award in 2000 and 1999.  In addition to soccer, she was a member of two Divisional Championship track and field teams (1999, 2001) and the 2000 Class B Championship track team.  A two-time Silver and a two-time Bronze Award winner for Excellence in Scholarship, Meassick also merited Service Awards for serving on the student council. She earned a Senate Certificate of Merit for aiding with the ADSIP Program.

Rachel Springer (Fr., D, Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley)
            Springer merited all-conference honors in both junior and senior seasons as a defender for Ligonier Valley High School. She is a National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society and German Honor Society member.

Martina Hall (Fr., MF, Klagenfurt, Austria/Ingeborg Bachmann)
            Hall was a member of two Carinthian Championship teams and the 2002-03 Austrian 2 Division championship squad.  She was also the recipient of a Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English.

The 2002 Lady Eagle women’s soccer team finished 16-3-1, earning its first undefeated, regular season record (11-0-0) in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).  Lock Haven was a PSAC tournament semifinalist and advanced to its fourth-straight NCAA tournament before bowing out in the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional finals.


Head LHU Women's Soccer Coach Shannon Champ announced the list of incoming student-athletes for the 2003 season.

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