Army West Point Athletics
Holder Among Finalists For Senior CLASS Award
October 26, 2015 | Women's Soccer
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Army West Point women's soccer's Katie Holder has been chosen as one of 10 finalists for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate soccer.
To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
Holder, who was the lone women's representative from the Patriot League, was a preseason all-conference selection and leads Army in scoring with five goals and four assists in 2015. Last year, Holder was a First Team All-Patriot League pick after leading the team with six goals and 12 points. In her career, Holder has played in 72 matches, including 49 starts. She has 16 goals and eight career assists, and nine of her 13 goals have been game-winning tallies.
Holder was selected as a 2015 team co-captain and, over the summer, she served as Queen of Beast during cadet basic training, also known as "Beast Barracks." In her position, Holder commanded the cadet cadre in charge of the new cadets during the first phase of summer training. Holder currently holds the 3rd Regimental Commander position as part of the Cadet Chain of Command for the 2015-16 academic year.
The Stillwater, Minn., native, who has experience as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, comes from a military family where both parents, Rob and Ann Holder, are 1989 USMA graduates. Her brother, Will, graduated from the Academy in 2013.
Holder has also excelled in the classroom as a Mechanical Engineering major with a 3.581 cumulative grade-point average. Holder has earned a number of academic honors, including being named to the 2014 Academic All-Patriot League team, the 2014 Capital One Academic All-District 1 Team. She is a two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
The finalists were chosen by a media committee from the list of 30 women's candidates announced in September. Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to help select the winner. Fans are encouraged to vote on the Senior CLASS Award website through November 23. Fan votes will be combined with media and Division I head coaches' votes to determine the winner. The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2015 NCAA Men's and Women's College Cup® championships in December.
For more information on all the finalists, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
Holder, who was the lone women's representative from the Patriot League, was a preseason all-conference selection and leads Army in scoring with five goals and four assists in 2015. Last year, Holder was a First Team All-Patriot League pick after leading the team with six goals and 12 points. In her career, Holder has played in 72 matches, including 49 starts. She has 16 goals and eight career assists, and nine of her 13 goals have been game-winning tallies.
Holder was selected as a 2015 team co-captain and, over the summer, she served as Queen of Beast during cadet basic training, also known as "Beast Barracks." In her position, Holder commanded the cadet cadre in charge of the new cadets during the first phase of summer training. Holder currently holds the 3rd Regimental Commander position as part of the Cadet Chain of Command for the 2015-16 academic year.
The Stillwater, Minn., native, who has experience as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, comes from a military family where both parents, Rob and Ann Holder, are 1989 USMA graduates. Her brother, Will, graduated from the Academy in 2013.
Holder has also excelled in the classroom as a Mechanical Engineering major with a 3.581 cumulative grade-point average. Holder has earned a number of academic honors, including being named to the 2014 Academic All-Patriot League team, the 2014 Capital One Academic All-District 1 Team. She is a two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
The finalists were chosen by a media committee from the list of 30 women's candidates announced in September. Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to help select the winner. Fans are encouraged to vote on the Senior CLASS Award website through November 23. Fan votes will be combined with media and Division I head coaches' votes to determine the winner. The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2015 NCAA Men's and Women's College Cup® championships in December.
For more information on all the finalists, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
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