Cardinals' Varsity head Coach Marianna Sullivan of Lorton, Virginia, was WCAC coach of the year
The Washington Athletic Conference recently announced the all-conference selections for boys and girls soccer for the 2010 season. Bishop Ireton was represented by 5 boys and 6 girls while third-year girls varsity coach, Marianna Sullivan was selected by her peers as the WCAC coach of the year.
Dan O’Keefe was tapped as a first team selection on the boys’ squad. The lanky senior team captain from Alexandria was the club’s leading scorer and unquestioned leader on the field and off it. Senior Cameron Foster, a letterwinner for the four years, was selected to the league’s second team, while junior Nick Galdos and seniors Cameron Wallace and Eyobell Behre were honorable mentions for the Cards.
The girls’ Katrina Guillou was a second time selection to the WCAC first team. The junior from Fort Washington, Maryland, overcame nagging injuries during the season to lead the Cardinals to their first winning campaign since 2005. She was joined by a pair of freshmen, Adrienne Maday and Natalie Barrow, who were voted to the league’s third team by the varsity coaches. Also recognized were juniors Anna Wissler, a transfer from North Carolina, Hannah Thomas, and sophomore Emily Gupton as honorable mention selectees.
The girls’ squad was also honored with the coaches’ selection of Marianna Sullivan as the conference coach of the year. Sullivan inherited a team that failed to win a game in her inaugural campaign, yet battled Bishop McNamara into penalty kicks on a raw, wet, gray November afternoon for the opportunity to play the top seeded Bishop O’Connell the next day. “I knew we had a special coach that could coax that sort of effort from a team that had not enjoyed a win all year.” remarked athletic director Bill Simmons. ” So I am not surprised that in her third year her team was the first to beat top ranked Good Counsel, and did it convincingly. And, if you look closely at the all conference selections, they are great players all returning next fall for the Cardinals. She definitely deserved this honor and I am glad that her peers agreed.”
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