STANFORD, Calif. – Maddie Bauer earned National Soccer Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America honors for the second consecutive year and Andi Sullivan was named to the All-West Region team for the first time, as announced by the organization Thursday.
Bauer, an international relations major, was named to the first team, becoming the first Stanford player named to the first team since Teresa Noyola in 2011. Bauer was a third-team representative in 2015 and was the only Pac-12 player selected to any of the three teams that year.
Bauer continues to add to her impressive list of academic and athletic honors this season. Academically, she was the only Pac-12 player to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, was named a Senior CLASS Award Top-30 finalist and claimed Pac-12 All-Academic recognition for the third consecutive year.
On the field, Bauer was named a NSCAA first-team All-American, MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist, All-Pac-12 first team and TopDrawerSoccer Postseason Best XI second team.
Bauer started every game at center defender in 2016 and helped Stanford register nine shutouts and limit opponents to 0.79 goals per game. She anchored the Cardinal's defense that held opponents to one goal or fewer in 73-of-88 games during her career.
Maddie Bauer accumulated multiple academic and athletic honors in 2016.
Sullivan, a management science and engineering major, earned the first NSCAA Scholar All-West Region academic honor of her career. She is a two-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection.
Sullivan had a career year with the Cardinal and was the only collegiate player in the country called into multiple senior U.S. Women's National Team camps during the season, making four starts with the team.
Sullivan registered career highs and led Stanford in points (29), goals (11) and game-winning goals (4). She was named a MAC Hermann Trophy finalist, the Pac-12 Player of the Year and earned All-Pac-12 first team honors for the third consecutive season.
Andi Sullivan excelled on the field and in the classroom during a busy 2016 season.
The co-captains helped lead Stanford to its second consecutive Pac-12 title and an 18-2-1 record – the team's 11th consecutive season with 15 or more victories. The Cardinal has won six of the past eight conference titles.
To be named to a Scholar All-America Team, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) throughout her career, be a junior in academic standing, start more than 50 percent of all games and be a significant contributor to the team.