VIDEO: SPARTANS SIGN CALGARY STAR
WOMEN’S SOCCER (ANNOUNCEMENT)
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011
RECRUIT SIGNING
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SPARTANS SIGN CALGARY STAR
LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western’s women’s soccer team continued to stock the cupboard with high-level talent Tuesday with the signing of recruit Alessandra Oliverio of Calgary, who will join the Spartans in the fall of 2011.
The 5-foot-4 centre midfielder, who will graduate this year from Bearspaw Christian School, comes to Trinity Western having trained at the National Training Center Prairies for the past four years and having played on a number of Alberta provincial teams.
"I am delighted that Alessandra has joined our program for the coming seasons,” said TWU coach Graham Roxburgh. “She possesses so much of the qualities that we are looking for in our program both as a player and more importantly as a person.
“Alessandra has very good skills and has attacking qualities that will allow her to play both as a midfielder and a front runner. She has the ability to beat players, and the vision to create for others. She plays a similar style to what we embrace at TWU, the desire to be creative and to possess so she will fit right in with the squad she is joining. In my interactions with Alessandra I have continued to be impressed with who she is off the field in terms of her character and leadership qualities. We have recruited a player that I believe will help our program’s future both on and off the field."
Most recently, Oliverio helped her indoor U18 Juventus team, playing out of Calgary’s Southwest United Soccer Association, win a gold medal at the 2011 Tier 1 provincial championship. She has now won two provincial championships with SWU as her U14 won gold in 2007.
“I decided on Trinity because the whole school has a great atmosphere and I am very excited to be part of such a great team,” said Oliverio, who plans to study psychology at Trinity Western.
As Roxburgh’s third announced recruit thus far, Oliverio will join Canadian U20 National Team defender/midfielder Vanessa Kovacs and Alberta Summer Games forward Sarah-Kim Bergeron.
After an upset loss in the Canada West semi-final the Spartans, who finished second in CW last season and who have been in the CIS top ten for 33 of the last 38 rankings, including 22 straight weeks, since September 2007, are looking to regain their form that saw them win back-to-back CIS championships in 2008 and 2009.
About TWU:
Trinity Western University, located in Langley, B.C., is a not-for-profit Christian liberal arts university enrolling over 4,000 students this year. With a broad based, liberal arts and sciences curriculum, the University offers undergraduate degrees in 41 major areas of study ranging from business, education and computer science to biology and nursing, and 17 other graduate degrees including counselling psychology, theology and administrative leadership. For more information, visit TWU's Official Athletics site at gospartans.ca.
About Canadian Interuniversity Sport:
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-two universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. The CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, and 32 World University Championships. For further information, visit www.universitysport.ca.
About CWUAA:
"Canada West is consistently the most decorated of the four conferences in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), winning at least 10 CIS national titles every year since 1997-98. Comprised of 13 schools, from Manitoba to B.C., the CWUAA produces numerous major award winners and Academic All-Canadian student-athletes each year, with many going on to athletic success around the globe in events such as the Olympics or Universiade Games."
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Last Updated: 2011-04-06
Email: Mark.Janzen@twu.ca