SWAC 2005 Soccer All-Conference Team
William Bright Jr. 
SWAC Media Relations
11/3/05



The Southwestern Athletic Conference recently
announced the 2005 SWAC Women’s All-Conference Team
and Honors.  Keisha McDaniel, a 5-9, freshman
goalkeeper from Las Vegas, Nevada, was tabbed as the
conference Most Valuable Player and Freshman of the
Year.  She finished the season first in the conference
in saves (173) and the leader in Division I in saves
average (13.31 stops per game).
The 2005 Offensive Player of the Year is Belinda Kanda
of Alabama A&M.  The 5-7, sophomore forward from
Accra, Ghana, was the conference leader in shots (85),
goals (24), assists (12) and points (60).  She netted
four goals and handout three assists twice during the
season – versus Prairie View A&M and at Arkansas-Pine
Bluff.
The 2005 Defensive Player of the Year is Ikhlas
Wazeerud-Din, a 5-2 junior from Stone Mountain,
Georgia.  She has tallied six points on the season
(two goals, two assists) and is the leader of a
defensive unit that allowed 17 goals in 18 matches
this season.
Alabama A&M had six players receive all-conference
honors – two on the first team.  Jackson State placed
five players on the all conference team with three
first-team members.  Both Alabama State and Grambling
State had two all-conference selections while
Southern, Mississippi Valley State and Prairie View
A&M each had one.

 
2005 First Team
F – Belinda Kanda, Alabama A&M
F – Alberta Annan, Alabama A&M
F – Christine Walker, Jackson State
M – Rachel Sepeng, Alabama A&M
M – Natasha Nzeakor, Grambling State
M – Germaine Tuckett, Jackson State
D – Ikhlas Wazeerud Din, Alabama A&M
D – Ashley Bryant, Grambling State
D – Kendall Smith, Southern
GK – Maria Del Guercio, Mississippi Valley State

2005 Second Team
F – Jessica Priest, Alabama State
F – Aisha Horne, Jackson State
F – Sheena Cussen, Mississippi Valley State
M – Ledile Matjekane, Alabama A&M 
M – Mayia Moore, Alabama State
M – Brooke Falke, Mississippi Valley State
D – Patricia Ofori, Alabama A&M
D – Rebecca Andrews, Prairie View
D – Dinisha Blanding, Jackson State
GK – Britney Berry, Jackson State
 

Offensive Player of the Year
Belinda Kanda, Alabama A&M

Defensive Player of the Year
Ikhlas Wazeerud Din, Alabama A&M

Freshman of the Year and
Most Valuable Player
Keisha McDaniel, Texas Southern


"Voya con Dios"
William Bright Jr.