Emily Doherty of Shrewsbury, Mass., Tabbed CoSIDA Division III Women's Soccer Academic All-America

2015 Nov 20

Senior Emily Doherty has been named to the Capital One Division III Women's Soccer Academic All-America third team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). She becomes the 56th WPI student-athlete to earn the accolade in school history and the 36th in the last 10 years. Doherty is also the third honoree for the women's soccer program, joining Lynn Woroby '08 and Hailey Taylor '12 who were lauded in 2007 and 2010, respectively.

Doherty, an industrial engineering major who was also named all-district in 2014, 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.

"Emily embodies the true meaning of student-athlete," remarked fourth-year head coach Steph Schafer. "Her commitment to the classroom is something to be admired and her tireless work rate on the playing field is inspiring. She is a role model, a leader and has shown tremendous character on the field and off. I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to coach her. Emily has been a big part of our team's success over the past 4 years, and I'm so excited to see her hard work being recognized with this honor."

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 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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