KANSAS CITY – On Tuesday, the United Soccer Coaches released the defenders on the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Players to Watch lists for the upcoming 2022 season.
MARTIN EARNS WATCH LIST HONORS
Amanda Martin, a senior defender on the Florida Atlantic University women’s soccer team, was named to the watch list. Martin becomes the first student-athlete in FAU program history to be named to the honors and is one of only 35 defenders in the nation to land on the watch list.
The lists are being released by the Division I All-America Committees to promote college soccer leading up to the official start date for the regular season. The lists include United Soccer Coaches All-Americans and first or second team All-Region players from 2021, who are scheduled to return for the 2022 season.
Martin enters her senior season after being named to Second Team All-Region honors in 2021. The Miami, Fla., native was a centerpiece of a strong Owls’ back line. Spearheaded by Martin’s efforts, FAU surrendered just 19 goals in 18 games for a 1.06 goals against average with four shutouts.
Martin was a workhorse for FAU in her junior season, playing 1,645 minutes on the pitch out of a possible 1,757, which equated to 93.6% of the possible playing time in 17 starts.
SEASON OPENER ON THE HORIZON
FAU is set to open the 2022 season in just nine days, when the Owls will host the Crimson Tide of Alabama to the FAU football stadium on Aug. 18.
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