Emily Doherty of Shrewsbury, Mass. Makes WPI Women's Soccer History Again With Third All-America Accolade of 2015

2015 Dec 17

WPI senior Emily Doherty created another category for the record book as she became the first NSCAA Division III Scholar All-America, as announced late Thursday morning. The second teamer was also named to the ECAC Division III New England Women's Soccer All-Star first team earlier in the day.

By virtue of being named an All-America, Doherty is also the program's first NSCAA Scholar All-East Region selection since Kristen Garza '11 collected third team accolades in 2009.

It is the third All-America honor for Doherty, who was also named a third team CoSIDA Academic All-America and third team NSCAA All-America, in 2015. She also took home NEWMAC All-Conference and Academic All-Conference accolades, and participated in the NEWISA Senior Bowl, following the 2015 campaign.

The industrial engineering major set the program record for goals (18) and points in a season (41) and ends her career ranked second in all-time with 37 goals and third with 87 points. The local product's 2015 goal and point totals also led all NEWMAC student-athletes overall while her output in league play ranked second (6) and third (15), respectively. For her career, Doherty added 13 assists to go with 10 game-winners in 72 games played.

The 2014 and 2015 NEWMAC All-Conference first team honoree, and 2014-15 Poly Club Award winner, presented to the top female athlete in the junior class, who has outstanding academic records along with campus involvement of a non-athletic nature, completed her IQP, "Getting on the Right Track: An Analysis of Human Factors to Improve Reliability and Safety in Operations at Namibia's Railway Company, TransNamib," this past spring. The three-time NEWMAC All-Academic team member is also a member of the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority.

WPI, who appeared in all three public NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Regional Rankings, tied the program's record for wins in a single-season with an 11-5-2 overall mark under third-year Head Coach Steph Schafer's tutelage. The Engineers defeated Springfield for the first time in program history en route to a 5-3-2 conference record and the fifth-seed in the 2015 NEWMAC Women's Soccer Championship.

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