St. Mary's Mentor Brianne Weaver Named NSCAA Regional Coach Of The Year
St. Mary's College of Maryland head women's soccer coach Brianne Weaver earned the coveted distinction NSCAA/adidas® Mid-Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Weaver, who is only the third head coach in program history, became the first to pick the regional coaching honor after leading the Seahawks to their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament and the school's first women's soccer Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) title.
St. Mary's posted an overall record of 12-3-3, including a 6-1-1 mark in conference play. The Seahawks spent the season's first 10 games unbeaten as well, posting a 7-0-3 log during that span.
The Lexington Park, Md. native is now a finalist for the NSCAA/adidas® National Coach-of-the-Year award at their respective levels. In NCAA play, any coach who is not selected as a regional coach-of-the-year but advances to the national tournament semifinals is added to the national ballot as well.
The national awards will be announced at the annual NSCAA Awards Banquet which will be held Friday, January 16 in St. Louis, Mo., as part of the 2009 NSCAA Convention. Weaver will receive her regional award a day earlier.
Along with capturing the program's first-ever CAC championship and earning the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament, St. Mary's also notched the program's first-ever national ranking when the Seahawks were listed at No. 25 on October 7 and No. 24 on October 14. The Seahawks also matched the program's high in All-CAC selections with seven.
In just three seasons, Weaver has mentored the Seahawks to the CAC title match twice, finally notching the crown this season with a 1-0 triumph over York (Pa.) College and with the conference title in hand, St. Mary's garnered the conference's automatic bid.
Her career record currently stands at 30-20-6 (15-6-2 CAC) and to date, she has coached two NSCAA all-region selections, two players-of-the-year, one rookie-of-the-year, and 15 all-conference selections.