Bock Preseason Player of the Year

By Michael Rothstein

The Journal Gazette

Matt Cashore/Notre Dame

Brittany Bock is the Big East's Preseason Player of the Year

The Big East sent out its preseason awards and coaches poll for women's soccer Wednesday and not surprisingly, a Notre Dame player is the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year.

The surprise is which one. Midfielder/forward Brittany Bock, and not the much ballyhooed Kerri Hanks, is the league's pick for Player of the Year. Hanks, though, is the other Irish player on the Preseason All-Big East team as she closes in on 60 goals and 60 assists in her career.

Notre Dame was picked to win the National Division of the Big East, with West Virginia picked to win the American Division. The Irish didn't lose a Big East game last year and have been to two straight Final Fours.

All-Big East First Team: Greer Barnes, Sr., M, West Virginia; Carolyn Blank, Jr., M, West Virginia; Brittany Bock, Sr., M/F, Notre Dame; Amanda Cicchini, Sr., M, West Virginia; Geina DeMaio, Jr., M, Rutgers; Kelly Eagan, Jr., D, Villanova; Elizabeth Eng, Sr., F, Connecticut; Deana Everrett, Sr., F, West Virginia; Sara Jordan, Sr., M, Georgetown; Kerri Hanks, Sr., F, Notre Dame; Katie Kelly, Sr., D, Marquette; Stephanie Labbe, Sr., GK, Connecticut; Shannon Smyth, Sr., F, Louisville.

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The Journal Gazette's Assistant Sports Editor Tony Krausz covers The University of Notre Dame. Krausz, a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a native of St. Louis, has been assistant sports editor since October 2005. Prior to joining the JG, he worked at two papers in Mississippi covering high school and college athletics.