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Lady Cougars Land Greeneview Defender for
2010 Season
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (4-15-2010) -
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s
soccer team has signed an important recruit
for the 2010 season as Rachel Walters has
decided to further her education and
continue her soccer career at MVNU.
 Walters,
a defender from Jamestown, Ohio, was a
four-year starter at Greeneview High School
and helped post 48 shutouts in 75 career
matches as she was part of four straight
Ohio Heritage Conference titles and three
district runner-up finishes. As a senior,
she registered four goals and three assists
while also helping the team to 13 shutouts
in 20 matches. She was a two-time OHC
Honorable Mention pick and the Most Valuable
Player at the Adidas National Showcase in
Strongsville, Ohio in 2009.
"Rachel is a quality student-athlete who is
going to fit very well with our women’s
soccer program, and we are very pleased to
have her as a Lady Cougar,” said MVNU coach
Daniel Seiffert, who guided the Lady Cougars
to their first-ever appearance in the NAIA
National Tournament this past season in his
first year with the team. "She comes from a
rich high school and club soccer background
and has the potential to be an impact player
at the collegiate level.”
"Rachel is a very smart and
technically-sound defender with strong
leadership skills,” Seiffert added. "She has
a great personality and she exhibits a very
positive attitude in everything that she
does, both on and off the field. We’re
looking forward to all that God has planned
for her throughout her career as she
contributes to our team and the MVNU
community in multi-dimensional ways.”
In addition to playing soccer at Greeneview,
Walters has played club soccer for the CJ
United Storm for the past seven years.
During that span, the team has posted a
165-37-25 record with 10 league titles,
seven tournament championships, and six
tournament runner-up finishes. She has also
been very active in different clubs and
activities including National Honor Society,
Students Opposed to Drugs and Alcohol, Key
Club (including being the treasurer),
Sensations Show Choir (including serving as
president), All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir,
Project CHARLIE, Junior Class treasurer,
numerous high school musicals and plays, the
Cardinal Chorale, Girls Ensemble, Concert
Choir, and Xenia First Church of Christ
worship team. She was a four-time OHC
Scholar-Athlete and Greeneview
Scholar-Athlete and received the Principal’s
Good Citizen Award twice as well as the
Student of the Month once.
"I have chosen to attend Mount Vernon
Nazarene University because it provides me
with the perfect atmosphere to strengthen my
relationship with the Lord as well as
providing me with the curriculum that I need
in order to become a nurse,” said Walters of
her college choice. "Being given the
opportunity to play soccer is also a reason
for choosing MVNU. I have played soccer for
many years and have enjoyed every
opportunity I was given to play. I also like
the fact that MVNU is only two hours away
from home.”
MVNU finished the 2009 season with an
11-6-2 overall that included an 8-3 mark in
the American Mideast Conference. The Lady
Cougars, who have won at least a share of
four conference titles in the past seven
years and have claimed two National
Christian College Athletic Association
national titles during that span (2003 and
2006), also captured their first AMC
Tournament title in 2009 on the way to the
berth in the NAIA National Tournament
Opening Round.
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