Kristen Votapek

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University’s Kristen Votapek has been voted Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year in women’s soccer by the league coaches.

Votapek, a senior and a graduate of Amelia High School in Cincinnati, leads the Great Lakes Valley Conference in goals scored (15) and assists (16). She has led NKU to a 17-2 record this fall and a No. 6 ranking in the latest Division II national poll.

Joining Votapek on the All-GLVC first team were Norse teammates Katie Hanck, Amy Martini and Amy Law. NKU’s Jeanna Goettelman was chosen to the second team.

Hanck, a senior sweeper and a graduate of Fairfield High School, has anchored an NKU defense that has allowed just 12 goals this season. Martini, a senior midfielder and a graduate of Oak Hills High School, has two goals and five assists this season.

Law, a junior midfielder and a graduate of Glen Este High School, has 12 goals and seven assists this fall. Goettelman, a sophomore midfielder/forward from Cincinnati, has scored five goal and added eight assists.

NKU’s Alex Armstrong was named GLVC Freshman of the Year and earned honorable mention All-GLVC accolades. Armstrong, a graduate of Anderson High School, has nine goals and seven assists this season. The Norse’s Bob Sheehan was selected as GLVC Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career.

NKU will meet Southern Illinois at Edwardsville at noon Sunday in the GLVC championship game at Wilder, Ky.

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