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PORTER NAMED DAKTRONICS ALL-AMERICAN AND ECAC ALL-STAR
December 3, 2009

PORTER NAMED DAKTRONICS ALL-AMERICAN AND ECAC ALL-STAR

Orangeburg, NY (12/3/09) Dominican College women's soccer player, Margaret Porter, has been named to the Daktronics NCAA Division II Women's Soccer All-America Second Team and a Eastern College Athletic Conference All-Star as was announced by Daktronics and the ECAC this week.

Orangeburg, NY (12/3/09)  Dominican College women's soccer player, Margaret Porter, has been named to the Daktronics NCAA Division II Women's Soccer All-America Second Team and a Eastern College Athletic Conference All-Star as was announced by Daktronics and the ECAC this week.

Porter, a junior midfielder from Neptune, NJ, led both the team and finished second in the CACC in goals scored (17).  She led the team and CACC in shots (109) and finished second in shots per game (5.20) and points (36).  Porter is the team captain this season. 

In 2009 she was named to the All-CACC First Team after earning Honorable Mention honors in 2008.  She was named the CACC Player of the Week for the week ending October 25th and started all 19 games this season.

She was named to the Daktronics East Region First Team prior to her earning All-American honors.

Sports information directors from NCAA D-II schools and conferences selected the three
Daktronics All-America teams. The process begins at the regional level with all first team all-region picks advancing to the national ballot. This is the fourth year Daktronics has sponsored the NCAA D-II Women’s Soccer All-America and all-region teams. A total of 39 student-athletes representing 23 different institutions filled out the three teams.

The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).  The online nomination and voting processes are powered by ATHLETICSITE.COM.
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The ECAC is the nation’s largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference with approximately 300 Divisions I, II, and IIIcolleges and universities from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors nearly 100 championships in 37 men’s and women’s sports, assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12 sports, administers nine affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues and recognizes more than 2,000 student-athletes through the public relations arm of the conference. The ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men’s and women’s ice hockey, and men’s lacrosse.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.