Huskers Place Six on Big 12 Anniversary Team

A league-best six Huskers were among 13 players selected to the Big 12 Soccer 10th Anniversary Team, selected by the league’s head coaches and announced on Wednesday. In order to be eligible for consideration, former athletes must have been named All-Big 12 first team at least once in their careers.

 

Breanna Boyd (1999-2002), Isabelle Morneau (1996-99) and Sharolta Nonen (1996-99) earned three of the four defender spots, while Meghan Anderson (1998-2001) and Jenny Benson (1996-2000) were two of the five midfielders honored. Christine Latham (1999-2002) was the lone Husker forward honored.

 

Benson and Morneau were each four-time first-team All-Big 12 selections, while Latham, Anderson and Nonen each made three appearances on the first-team All-Big 12 squad. Latham and Anderson also added a second-team selection in their freshman seasons. Boyd was a two-time first-team All-Big 12 pick.

 

In addition to the All-Big 12 honors, Latham was voted the league’s Player of the Year in 2000 and 2001, while Nonen was the 1999 Big 12 Player of the Year.

 

Nebraska dominated the selections, as nearly half of the players were Huskers. Texas A&M, with three selections, was the only other team to have more than one player on the Anniversary team. NU has had 37 first-team All-Big 12 picks all-time, while A&M ranks second with 24 first-team selections. The Huskers lead the league in conference victories, All-Big 12 picks, Player-of-the-Year recipients and rank first in the conference with a combined eight Big 12 titles.

 

This year’s NU squad will be looking for the ninth league title in school history this weekend. Nebraska hosts IowaState at 4 p.m. on Friday, before traveling to Lubbock, Texas on Sunday for a Noon match with Texas Tech. If the Huskers win both games, they will claim at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season title.