NATIONAL CHAMPS ADD ANOTHER TOP PROSPECT IN CASTILLO.

Jenn Castillo

WOMEN’S SOCCER (ANNOUNCEMENT)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010
RECRUIT SIGNING

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATIONAL CHAMPS ADD ANOTHER TOP PROSPECT IN CASTILLO.

LANGLEY, British Columbia – Two-time defending CIS champion Trinity Western University continues to get richer as the Spartans women’s soccer coach Graham Roxburgh announced Tuesday morning that Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve defender/midfielder Jennifer Castillo has been added to the Spartans 2010 recruiting class.

“Since the first time I watched Jenn play, I knew she was a player that could make a great impact at the next level and will add great options for us as a team,” commented Roxburgh. “In Jenn, we are adding a fantastic player who has many great qualities. She has great speed and is very athletic. She has the ability to defend and attack out of the back and is very effective in her ability to play both at the back and in midfield. I am so excited that Jenn has committed her future to TWU.”

The future grad of Fraser Heights Secondary has been one of the top players in the lower mainland in each age group that she has competed. She has been a member of the Team BC U14, U15 and U16 teams as well as the NTC U 15 and U16 squads.

During this time her teams have won numerous awards including: gold medal at the 2009Canada Summer Games, a gold medal as U16 provincial champions – 5th  place in Club nationals, a gold medal as U15 provincial champions,  a gold medal as U13 provincial champions and at the All Star Championships earned 2nd place as U14 and 5 th place with U16 .

Castillo, who plans to study Human Kinetics at TWU, has also earned numerous individual awards including: MVP of the Surdel Sting with the U14, U15 and U16 squads as well as MVP of Queen Elizabeth High School Soccer in grade eight and grade nine.

In addition to Castillo being one of her team’s top players, she has also been a leader on her teams. She was named captain with her Sting U13, U14, U15 and U16 teams, her Team BC U14 and U16 teams and a co-Captain with the Whitecaps Reserve team.

“Jenn is a really great person, I have been impressed every time we interacted and we are confident that not only will she fit in with our team culture, but she is the type of person who will add to that and enhance our program,” added Roxburgh. “She has been a standout player on a number of levels and I know that she will help continue to strive for success both off and on the field”

The 5’6” native of Surrey, B.C. commented on her reason for attending TWU this fall: “Trinity Western has one of the top reputations in the country for the soccer program and for academics.”

Castillo  will join a highly decorated TWU women’s soccer program which has earned back-to-back national championships, and currently has two CIS Rookie of the Year award winners, two CIS championship tournament MVP’s, six former Canada West all-stars and five Canadian FISU team members returning to the team for the 2010 season.

Castillo joins fellow 2010 recruiting class member: Jenna Di Nunzio of the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program, who signed with TWU in early December.

Trinity Western University, in Langley, B.C., is a provincially chartered, independent Christian liberal arts and sciences university, enrolling approximately 4000 students. TWU offers 42 undergraduate majors, ranging from biotechnology, education, theatre and music, to psychology, communications and biblical studies. TWU's 16 graduate degree programs include nursing, counseling psychology, business, theology, linguistics, and leadership, and interdisciplinary degrees in English, philosophy and history. TWU holds Canada Research Chairs in Dead Sea Scroll Studies, Developmental Genetics and Disease, and Interpretation, Religion & Culture.

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Last Updated: 2010-02-22
Author: Scott Stewart