Soccer Girls All Conference Teams

All-Conference Selection

          Nomination/Voting Procedure for All-Conference Teams

1. Each school will determine its own policy on nominating any student.
2. Nominations shall be submitted by the head coach on a conference- approved form.
3. The nomination must be approved by the Athletic Director and sent to the Conference Commissioner by the agreed upon deadline.
4. Coaches should consider their finish in conference standings when determining numbers of nominated players.
5. Prior to the end-of-season coaches meeting, the Conference Commissioner shall email a list of all players nominated for all-conference to soccer Liaison, who will forward to all head coaches.  The ballot will include a column for a coach’s recommendation for where he/she feels his/her player belongs. The ballot will be divided up by position. The four positions are Keeper, Forward, Midfielder, and Defense.  All-conference teams will be comprised of the following:

• FIRST TEAM: 13 field players and 1 keeper
• SECOND TEAM: 12 field players and 1 keeper
• HONORABLE MENTION: he/she must receive votes from a minimum of 20 % of schools sponsoring the sport, which equates votes from 2 schools

The coaches will discuss players at the end-of-season meeting and will vote by open ballot at this time.  Coaches cannot vote for their own players. 

All-Conference Voting Procedure:

GOALKEEPER will be voted first.  All coaches who nominated their keeper will have a chance to talk about their nominated player.  The vote will go 3-2-1.  You cannot vote for your own player.  Top vote getter is first team all-conference.  Second highest point total will be added to the first team AT Large pool nominees and will be 1st or 2nd  team, depending on vote; the 3rd place vote winner will be 2nd team or HM, depending on the “at large” voting for the 2nd place keeper.  Other vote winners will remain the same. 2 votes will be honorable mention. 

FORWARDS will be voted next on the first ballot of Field Players.  Coaches will talk about their nominated players.  Each coach will vote for 5 players, but NOT their own.  The top layer will receive a score of 5, second 4, third 3, fourth 2, and fifth 1.  The votes will be tallied with the top 3 point receivers making the First Team.  The next 3 top point receivers will go into the At Large ballot.  If there are any ties for the last 3 point receivers, they will all go into the At Large ballot.

MIDFIELDERS will be voted next.   Coaches will talk about their own nominated players.  Each coach will vote for 5 players, but NOT their own.  The top player will receive a score of 5, second 4, third 3, fourth 2, and fifth 1.  The votes will be tallied with the top 3 point receivers making the First Team.  The next 3 top point receivers will go into the At Large ballot.  If there are any ties for the last two point scorers, they will go into the At Large ballot.

DEFENDERS will be voted next.  Coaches will talk about their nominated players.  Each coach will vote for 5 players, but NOT their own.  The top player will receive a score of 5, second 4, third 3, fourth 2, and fifth 1.  The votes will be tallied with the 3 top point receivers making the First Team.  The next 3 top point receivers will go into the At Large ballot.  If there are any ties for the last 3 point scorers, they will all go into the At Large pool.

AT LARGE FOURTH BALLOT– The 10 top point receivers from the first 3 Field position voting will now be discussed for the 4 At Large positions.  The coaches will vote 4-3-2-1.  Coaches CANNOT vote for their own players.  The top 4 point receivers will be First Team all-conference.  The remaining players who received points will be put on the Second Team all-conference.  These spots will be subtracted from the 2nd team all-conference ballots.  The second team will consist of 3 Forwards, 3 Midfielders, 3 Defenders, with 3 At Large selections and 1 Keeper.

1. REPEAT STEPS a-d for Second Team all-conference.  Any player who receives at least 3 votes from the coaches will be Honorable Mention all-conference.
2. VOTING CONSIDERATIONS- in the event a vote consists of a number of players less than the number used for the vote (i.e. 4 players for a 5 player vote using 5-4-3-2-1), or because of a situation where a coach must cast fewer votes due to situations where they cannot vote for their own players, the votes cast shall be reduced at the lower end of the voting string. (EX: in a situation asking for a 3-2-1 vote and the number of players were 2, other votes cast by all coaches would be 3-2.  Additionally, if the number of players in consideration were 4 and two were from one team, the coach of the team containing the two players would only cast two votes 3-2 and the remaining coaches would cast three votes 3-2-1.

The sport liaison shall tabulate the results and report them to the coaches and to the media at the discretion of the Conference Commissioner.

All-Conference Allocations/Numbers

       All-Conference Teams

1. There will be a first and second all-conference team.
2. All-Conference Team composition:

• The first team will consist of 13 field players and one keeper.
• The second team will consist of 12 field players and one keeper. 
• In order for a player to receive honorable mention, he/she must receive votes from two schools.

           Player(s) of the Year

     (Note: Voting procedures may preclude having this process.)

1. Each sport shall have officially recognized Player(s) of the Year.
2. The coaches will determine the names of the three Player of the Year Awards.
3. Each school may nominate one player for each Player of the Year award, Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year
4. All players nominated shall be voted upon. Coaches will determine the voting procedure. Part of the process must be a secret ballot.
5. Coaches may vote for his/her own player.
6. The entire process shall take place at the end-of-season meeting.

        Coach of the Year (Each sport shall have one officially recognized Coach of the Year)

1. Each school may nominate one coach for the award.
2. A coach may not nominate himself/herself.
3. All coaches nominated shall be voted upon.  A brief discussion should be made about each coach nominated.
4. The highest vote-getter will be Coach of the Year.  If there is a tie, coaches will share the honor.
5. The entire process shall take place at the end-of-season meeting.

Official of the Year

1. Coaches may nominate an official for “official of the year” consideration on their player nomination form.
2. Discussion and voting on “official of the year” will occur at the all-conference end –of-season meeting.
3. The “official of the year” will receive a certificate from the Commissioner on behalf of the conference.