Scranton's Chelsea Paskman Earns All-America Honors

SCRANTON, Pa. - It’s been quite a week for Chelsea Paskman (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South), a junior midfielder on The University of Scranton women’s soccer team.

Today, she was named second-team all-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), just 48 hours after being named first-team all-Mid-Atlantic region by the same organization.

Paskman becomes the eighth player in Royals’ women’s soccer history to earn all-America honors, joining Sue Cately (1987), Holly Spiech (1988, 1989, 1990), Monica Davidson (1989), Renee Zizza (1992), Nicole Amato (1999), Nicole Bayman (2000), and Sara Suchoski (2001, 2003).

A three-time all-Landmark Conference first-team selection and the conference’s rookie and player of the year in 2007 and 2009, respectively, Paskman scored four goals and had three assists from her center midfield position this past season. She tallied the match-winning goal in victories over Wilkes University, 2-1, on Wednesday, September 9, in Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, and in 2-1 and 1-0 wins over Muhlenberg College and Elizabethtown College at Fitzpatrick Field on September 26 and October 7, respectively.

Paskman has started all 51 matches in her career and now has 10 goals and 16 assists for 36 total points. She is currently tied for 14th place on the Royals’ all-time list for assists.

Paskman played a major role on this year’s team that finished with a 13-4-2 overall record and qualified for the Landmark Conference tournament under second-year head coach Colleen Murphy. Scranton’s 13 wins this season were the most for the program since the Royals won 22 matches under former head coach, the late Joe Bochicchio, in 2003.

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