MVSU's Sheena Cussen Leads 2004 All-SWAC Soccer Team
Wallace Dooley, Jr.
November 3, 2004


Mississippi Valley State forward Sheena Cussen captured several top honors
in voting for the 2004 All-SWAC Soccer team. The All-SWAC team was chosen by
a vote of the conference's soccer coaches and sports information directors.

Cussen, a 5-10 sophomore from Ontario, Canada was chosen the league's Most
Valuable Player and tied for Offensive Player of the Year honors with
Jackson State's Aisha Horne. Cussen and Horne, a 5-4 sophomore from Jackson,
Mississippi finished the SWAC regular season tied for second in Goals Scored
(16). 

Rounding out the 2004 Special Honors categories, Grambling State's Natasha
Nzeakor, a freshman midfielder/defender from Ontario, Canada,  was tabbed
Defensive Player of the Year. Another Mississippi Valley State player,
Jessica Hunter, a forward from Fountain Michigan, was named Freshman of the
Year.

On the 2004 All-SWAC team(s) Mississippi Valley State had eight players
named (5 first team), followed by Grambling State with six players (5 first
team). Jackson State players earned four sports (3 first team) followed by
Prairie View A&M with three (1), Alabama A&M two (1). Arkansas-Pine Bluff
players earned three second team selections and Texas Southern had one
second team selection.

Additionally, Grambling State had a pair of sisters, Candice (a sophomore)
and Natasha (a freshman) Nzeakor, named to the first team. The sisters
finished the year tied for game-winning goals (4) even though Natasha is a
midfielder/defender. Candice, the elder, lead the conference in Goals Scored
(19) and Points (44).


2004 ALL SWAC Soccer Team

FIRST TEAM

F- Candice Nzeakor-Grambling State - (Soph, Ontario, CN)
F- Aisha Horne-Jackson State - (Soph., Jackson, MS)
F- Sheena Cussen-Mississippi Valley State - (Soph., Ontario, CN)
M- Sonia Curvelo-Mississippi Valley State - (Soph., Ontario, CN)
M- Drea Daniels-Grambling State  - (Jr., Vacaville, CA)
M- Brittany Dorsey-Grambling State -  (Soph., Gaithersburg, MD)
D- Natasha Nzeakor-Grambling State - (Fr., Ontario, CA)
D- Carolyn Harvey-Alabama A&M  - (Jr., Ann Arbor, MI)
D- Dinisha Blanding-Jackson State  - (Soph., Mineral, VA)
G- Amy Miller-Prairie View A&M  - (Jr. Jones Creek, TX)

Offensive Player
(t) Aisha Horne-Jackson State  - (F - Soph., Jackson, MS)
(t) Sheena Cussen-Mississippi Valley State  - (F - Soph, Ontario, CN)

Defensive Player
Natasha Nzeakor-Grambling State  - (MF/D - Fr., Ontario, CN)

Most Valuable Player
Sheena Cussen-Mississippi Valley State  - (F- Soph, Ontario, CN)

Freshman Of the Year
Jessica Hunter-Mississippi Valley State  - (F- Fountain, MI)

SECOND TEAM

F-Catherine Burnley-Prairie View A&M  - (Sr., Houston, TX)
F-Kerrie Young-Arkansas-Pine Bluff - (Soph., Zambia, AF)
F-Amanda Blaede-Mississippi Valley State  - (Fr. Clive, IA)
M-Rachel Sepeng-Alabama A&M 
M-Jennifer Peios-Arkansas-Pine Bluff - (Fr., Pickering. CA)
M- (t) Erin Finlay-Jackson State - (Soph., Summerland, CN)
M- (t) Ashley Molock-Prairie View A&M - (Fr., Round Rock, TX)
D-Nicole Karsay-Mississippi Valley State - (Soph., Ontario, CN)
D-Emily Layer-Mississippi Valley State - (Fr., St. Paul, MN)
D- (t) Alvonia Simpson-Arkansas-Pine Bluff - (Jr., St. Catherine, JM)
D- (t) Sindy Flores-Texas Southern - (Fr., Houston, TX)
G-Gabby Cano-Grambling State - (Fr., Houston, TX)
    (t) = tied vote