Congratulations to the following Placer United players who have been selected to play in the High School Senior All-Star Game and High School Senior All-Academic Game at the 2012 Western College Development Academy Showcase in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving weekend.
A big shout out to, Austin Burrows, Mark Calliguire, Dominic Cressa, Austin Ketchersid, Mitchell Pingree and Nick Schnable.
The Placer United coaching staff wishes you all the best at this weekend’s event.
Placer United U15B player, Cody Sunquist, traveled to Home Depot Center in Carson this week for an eight day camp with the U14 US National Team.
Born in 1999, Cody has represented Placer United on NorCal’s PDP 99 state team, US Club ID2’s ‘99 team and the San Jose Earthquakes 97/98 team at the MLS Adidas 2012 Generation Cup. Cody has now made the leap into the US U14 National Team Pool.
Cody has a very busy schedule over the next few weeks both on and off the soccer field. Not only will he spend time in Carson with thirty-five other Elite soccer players, he will return to prepare for final testing to earn his 2nd Degree Black Belt in karate. Cody then travels to Phoenix as a player chosen to attend US Club’s ID2 camp for 98/99 Boys with a trip to Brazil on the line.
Over the last three seasons, Placer United has been represented at National team camps by Austin Bravo (2010), Seth Casiple (2010 and 2011) Connor Hallisey (2011), Grant Silvestre (2011).
Erika Garcia, sophomore defender for Harvard University, collected All-Ivy second team honors this season. Garcia, a member of Mexico’s U20 National team pool, moved from playing a forward position to anchor the defense for the Crimson. Harvard posted seven shutouts in the season. Garcia is a former Placer United player from the ’93 team.
Sophomore forward, Lexi Giusti of Lesley University, was named to the All NECC Division III first team all conference. Giusti tallied 9 goals and 7 assists in the season for the Lynx. By winning the NECC Championship, the Lynx received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. Giusti is a ’93 alumni player for Placer United.
Lauren Gollnick
SAN RAFAEL, CA — Dominican University of California men’s and women’s soccer players collected weekly Pacific West Conference honors. Freshman LaurenGollnick has been named the women’s Player of the Week while sophomore Kolby Mitnick has been named the men’s Player of the Week.
Gollnick, who earns the honor for the second time this season, led the Lady Penguins to a 1-0-1 week in Hawaii by totaling seven points on three goals and an assist. The Meadow Vista, California native and former Placer United player, scored her third game-winning goal and added an assist in a three-point effort in 3-0 win at Chaminade University on October 26. She also scored both goals and finished with four points in a 2-2 double-overtime tie at Hawaii Pacific University on October 28. In PacWest play, Gollnick is fourth in points and tied for third in assists.
Kolby Mitnick
Mitnick earned the honor on the men’s side after he totaled seven points during a 1-0-1 week for the Penguins. The former Placer United and Newcastle native scored two goals and added an assist in a 5-2 win at Chaminade University on October 26, finishing the game with five points. He was credited with the game-winner, his team-leading fourth of the season, and helped rally the Penguins from an early 2-0 deficit by scoring goals in the 33rd and 60th minutes.
Mitnick also led the Penguins to a comeback tie at Hawaii Pacific University on October 28 by scoring the game-tying goal in the 61st minute to forge a 2-2 double-overtime draw. Like the Chaminade contest, the Penguins trailed 2-0 but rallied to pick up a point in the standings.
Lauren Gollnick
Kolby Mitnick
Ryan Hollingshead, UCLA – Pac-12 Player of the Year
The Granite Bay native and former Placer United Player is the fifth UCLA player to earn Conference Player of the Year honors. Hollingshead joins fellow Bruins Matt Taylor (2003), Patrick Ianni (2004), Michael Stephens (2008) and last year’s winner Kelyn Rowe (2011) to win this award. Hollingshead was a second-team all-conference honoree in 2011 and earned honorable mention honors in 2010. The senior midfielder tallied 20 points this season with six goals and five assists. Hollingshead is second on the team in both goals and assists. He leads the Bruins to their 40th all-time NCAA tournament appearance earning the No. 6 seed and a first-round bye.
Seth Casiple, Cal Berkeley – Named to All Pac-12 2nd Team of the Year
Seth Casiple, Rocklin High School and Placer United alum, had another outstanding year for Cal and was named to the 2012 Pac-12 second team of the year. Seth adds this award to his Pac-12 Freshman of the Year award for 2011 and All Pac-12 2011 Honorable Mention as well as the Soccer America All-Freshman 2011 Team and College Soccer News All-Freshman Second 2011 Team.
Casey Bernard, CSUS – Named to Big West Conference Team of the Year
Casey Bernard was the rock of the Sacramento State defense. The former Placer United senior from Roseville started all 13 games he appeared in and played 1,183 minutes in the season.
November 11, 2012
SAN RAFAEL, CA — Lauren Gollnick, Dominican University, has been named the 2012 Pacific West Conference Women’s Soccer Freshman of the Year. In addition, Gollnick was named to the All-PacWest First Team as a forward. Senior forward Julianna Bratsberg and junior goalkeeper Megan Herringboth earned Second Team honors while sophomore midfielder Mckenna Kimball earned an honorable mention. The awards were announced live on air during Thursday’s PacWest Radio Show by Conference Sports Information Director Tom Di Camillo. Read More
The High School soccer final everybody has waited years to see, Jesuit versus Granite Bay, was just the platform Placer United dazzling senior midfielder, Niko Hansen, needed as he scored three of his team’s five goals to help Jesuit High School win its10th D-I section championship and third in four years. It was also Niko’s 2nd hat trick in two games as he led the team in scoring with 35 goals for the season.
Hansen, the Delta River League Player-of-the-Year has also verbally committed to New Mexico, who is currently ranked 13th in the Nation heading into the NCAA Division 1 Playoffs.
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The NCAA Division One Playoffs are ready to begin this week and we wish the following former Placer United players all the best as they strive to become NCAA Division One Champions:
Senior captain, Ryan Hollingshead, scored Bruins’ first goal on Friday to lead them to Pac-12 title
November 12, 2012
Los Angeles, CA – Senior captain Ryan Hollingshead has been named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week for the week of November 5-11, as announced by the publication today.
The Granite Bay, California, native and former Placer United player helped UCLA win its fourth Pac-12 title in five years on Friday as the Bruins defeated San Diego State by a score of 2-1. Hollingshead scored UCLA’s first goal of the match when he headed in a cross from Evan Raynr for his sixth goal of the season. The senior midfielder now leads the Bruins with 20 points on the year and is second in the Pac-12 with eight assists, trailing Raynr by just one assist.