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Lady Cougars Sign a Second Unioto High
School Soccer Star
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (2-20-2012) - The Mount
Vernon Nazarene University women's soccer
team has signed an important recruit for the
2012 season as Lydia Simpson has decided to
further her education and continue her
soccer career at MVNU.
 Simpson,
a defender from Chillicothe, Ohio, started
58 matches in her career at Unioto High
School and compiled 20 goals and 12 assists
while helping the team post 19 shutouts. She
was a two-time captain and two-time team
Most Valuable Player. After earning
Southwest District Division II Second Team
honors as a junior, she was named to the
Southwest District Division II First Team as
a senior. She will join high school teammate
Morgan Gumm in the MVNU 2012 recruiting
class.
"We are excited that Lydia has
chosen to continue her academic and athletic
careers as a Lady Cougar," said MVNU coach
Daniel Seiffert, who has guided MVNU to a
37-23-6 record the past three season and a
berth in either the NAIA National Tournament
or the National Christian College Athletic
Association National Tournament each year.
"She is a quality student-athlete who has
exhibited strong performances both on the
field and in the classroom. She has a great
heart for the Lord, and her care and concern
for others is quite evident. These
qualities, coupled with the servant
leadership skills that she's acquired
through all of her various high school and
club soccer activities, make her a terrific
fit for our program."
"Although Lydia
is primarily a central defender, she has the
qualities and abilities to play anywhere on
the field," Seiffert added. "She has very
good pace and she uses it well to either
shut down attackers defensively or to push
up into the attack. Her goal and assist
production while playing primarily on the
defensive side of the ball testifies to her
versatility as a sound, all-around player.
We are looking forward to all that God has
planned for her as part of our team and our
university community."
In addition to
playing soccer at Unioto, she has played
club soccer for First Capital FC and Ohio
Galaxies FC Elite. She has been involved in
Discipleship (youth group), Science Club,
and National Honor Society as well as being
on the A-B Honor Roll all four years of high
school. She has served as the junior and
senior class secretary and also as a
volunteer at Adena Regional Medical Center.
"It is difficult to pick out reasons why
I liked or chose MVNU because I pretty much
couldn't find anything I didn't like," said
Simpson of her college choice. "If I had to
name a few, I love the calm atmosphere of
the campus and how friendly and helpful the
students and staff were. The chapel was just
beautiful. I also felt extremely comfortable
around Coach Seiffert and the team. They
were very, very welcoming, and even though I
wasn't part of their team family (yet), they
made me feel like they were genuinely happy
that I was there and were truly interested
in getting to know me. Basically, MVNU was a
perfect fit for me."
The Lady Cougars
posted a 12-9-2 overall record in 2011 and
advanced to the championship game of the
Mid-Central College Conference Tournament.
They also claimed third place at the NCCAA
National Tournament in Kissimmee, Fla.
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