Sarah Carlson
2005
Plymouth, Minn.
Armstrong High School

Forward Sarah Carlson won the two top individual awards given by the WIAC. She earned the Player of the Year award, 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 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 in 2005. She was named to the second 2005 NSCAA / adidas All-Central Region team. 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 Falcons finished the 2005 season with a 12-4-3 overall record and advanced to the WIAC playoff semifinals.