Four more Emory University soccer players earned post-season
honors this week, as senior Melanie Levy and
freshman Lauren Gorodetsky were named to the
Jewish Sports Review’s Women’s All-America First Team,
senior Emily Rubin earned an honorable mention,
and senior Adam Waxman was named an honorable
mention to the men’s team.
Gorodetsky became the first NCAA Division III freshman in four
years to be named an all-American, and the first defender since
2002, earning a spot on the NSCAA/Performance Subaru all-America
Second Team. She also became the 11th all-American in Emory
history, the fifth defender, and the second freshman. Earlier
in the year, she also garnered all-South Atlantic Region and
all-University Athletic Association (UAA) first team honors.
Gorodetsky was the center defender for an Emory backfield that
recorded a 0.557 goals-against average in 2010, the 23rd-lowest
mark among NCAA Division III teams. She also contributed on
the offensive end of the field, scoring a pair of goals and
assisting on three others. She was twice named the
UAA’s Defensive Player of the Week during the 2010 campaign,
once on October 25th, and again on November 15th.
Levy earned all-UAA honors for the second time in her career, as
she was named to the all-conference first team. She finished
the 2010 season tied for second on the squad with 14 points, coming
off five goals and four assists. In the process, she started
a school-record 22 games, giving her a school-record 81 career
games played and 76 career starts, the second-most in Emory
history. Levy also led all Emory players during the year with
23 shots on goal, and was second on the team with 43 total
shots.
Rubin was named an honorable mention to the all-UAA team for the
second-straight season in 2010. She was a key contributor to
an Emory defense that recorded a 0.56 goals-against average, the
23rd-lowest mark among NCAA Division III teams during the year.
Opponents averaged just 4.1 shots on goal per game against the
Eagles' defense, including 11 games of three shots on goal or
less. Rubin added three goals off penalty kicks and two
assists during the season as well. For her efforts on the
field and in the classroom, Rubin was named to the CoSIDA Academic
all-America Third Team and Academic all-District First Team.
She ended her Emory career with six goals and two assists for 14
points over 54 games played.
Waxman earned an honorable mention to the all-UAA Team during
his senior campaign, after starting all 18 games he played in for
the Emory backline. He was a key member of the Emory defense,
which finished fourth among all NCAA Division III teams with a
school-record 0.41 goals-against average. As a unit, the Emory
backfield set a school records with nine-consecutive shutouts from
from September 5th - October 9th and 13 shutouts overall, while
limiting opponents to 5.1 shots on goal per game. Waxman
added a goal and an assist for three points during the
season. The senior was twice named the UAA's Defensive Player
of the Week, once on October 11th and again on November 1st.
For his efforts both in the classroom and on the field, Waxman was
named just the third player in the history of the men's soccer
program to be named a CoSIDA Academic First Team All-American,
after being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
earlier in the year. He ended his career with three goals and
one assist for seven points, while playing 52 career games and
3,517 minutes, the ninth-highest mark in the program's
history.
This was the second time that Levy and Waxman have been honored by
the Jewish Sports Review, after each received an honorable mention
to the all-America team last season. It marked the first
Jewish Sports Review all-America honor for Gorodetsky and
Rubin.
The Emory women advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division
III Tournament in 2010, finishing the year ranked fifth in the
nation with a 16-2-4 record. The Emory men ended the campaign
ranked 18th in Division III with a 14-3-2 record,
advancing to the second round of the tournament.