Tech's Hoffman named College Soccer 360 Primetime Performer
After recording the first postseason hat trick in Tennessee Tech soccer history, junior Jen Hoffman was named to College Soccer 360’s Primetime Performer of the Week team.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - After recording the first postseason hat
trick in Tennessee Tech soccer history, junior Jen Hoffman was
named to College Soccer 360's Primetime Performer of the Week
team.
After the Golden Eagles fell behind 2-0, Hoffman scored all three
of Tech's goals as the Golden Eagles topped Eastern Illinois 3-2 in
double-overtime in the first-round of the OVC tournament on Nov. 5,
helping Tech to its first OVC championship game since 2000. Hoffman
was the only player from the Ohio Valley Conference to earn honors
on the 22-person team after finishing the week with six points.
"Jen had a wonderful season this year and she really took it to
another level this past weekend," Tech head coach Becky Fletcher
said. "We were placed in a tough situation in the first game, being
down 2-0 in the 2nd half. Not only did she score, but she
upped the intensity for the entire team and inspired them."
The honor isn't the first for Hoffman this season as she earned one
OVC Offensive player of the Week award, and was named the OVC's
Offensive Player of the Year and was a first-team all-OVC
selection. Hoffman led the league in goals in conference regular
season games with four, and finished the year with nine total
goals, one assist and 19 points.
Hoffman was a second-team all-OVC selection, and a member of the
OVC all-newcomer team after her freshman year in 2006 when she
scored six goals and added one assist. She left TTU in 2007, and
returned in 2008, when she had to sit out a year due to NCAA
transfer rules.
Hoffman's hat trick was the first of her career and made her only
the third Golden Eagle in history to accomplish the feat. Tania
Desmarais did it against Morehead State on Oct. 6, 2001, and Jill
Burns had four in here career at Tech, including one against
Morehead State.
Arizona State - Alexandra Elston
Boise State - Erica Parks
Boston College - Jillian Mastroianni
Colgate - Monica Jensen
Davidson - Amanda Flink
Dayton - Jerica DeWolfe
High Point - Marisa Abbott and Laura Shupe
LSU - Mo Isom
Memphis - Ashley Berra and Vendula Strnadova
Michigan State - Lauren Hill
Milwaukee - Sarah Hagen
Monmouth - Mary Wilks
North Carolina - Whitney Engen and Casey Nogueira
UNC Wilmington - Erica Pardini
Oklahoma State - Colleen Dougherty and Annika Niemier
Purdue - Sylvia Forbes
Sam Houston State - Shelby Grissett
San Diego State - Cat Walker
South Carolina - Kayla Grimsley and Blakely Mattern
Southeast Louisiana - Lacey Bockhaus
Stanford - Kelley O'Hara
Tennessee Tech - Jen Hoffman
