Falcon forward Sarah Carlson (Sr., Plymouth, Minn. Armstrong HS) has been named to the second 2005 NSCAA / adidas All-Central Region soccer team.

Earlier this year she won the two top individual awards given by the WIAC. She is the Player of the Year, for the second time in her three-year career at UW-River Falls, and the sport's Scholar-Athlete.

Carlson, 5-3, was named the league's Co-MVP after the 2003 season. The Falcons won the WIAC regular season championship in 2003.

Carlson led the Falcons and the WIAC in scoring in 2005. She scored nine goals and had 10 assists for 28 points. She scored three game winning goals against St. Scholastica, Superior and Stevens Point. She scored goals in seven games and added assists in seven games. She twice scored five points in a game - she scored twice and had one assist against St. Scholastica and she scored a goal and had three assists against Superior. She played and started in all 19 games.

In 58 career games she has scored 37 goals and 29 assists for 103 points. The 37 goals is third and the 29 assists is first all-time at UWRF. She is third in career points. The Falcons have compiled a 41-13-4 record in her three seasons.

She has a 3.906 grade point average and is majoring in communicative disorders with a minor in early childhood. She has been named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll in 2002, 2003 and 2004. She's been named to the UW-RF Dean's List four times.

Carlson has been named to the All-WIAC team in 2003, 2004 and 2005. She was voted the team's Most Valuable Offensive Player in 2003 and 2004. She was one of the team's captains this fall. Carlson has been named the WIAC Player of the Week four times in her career; twice in 2003 and once in 2004 and 2005. She is a member of the National Student Speech-Language & Hearing Association.

The WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award is presented to the most outstanding senior from each conference sport during the year who exhibits the greatest combination of performance and achievement in academics, athletics and leadership.

Carlson joins Julie Asselin (1997) and Kate Pelinka (1998, 1999) as Falcons who have been named to the All-Central Region team.

Go to the Falcon 2005 statistics homepage.

Go to the WIAC soccer web site.