2012 Girls Soccer Preview

School:

Urbandale

Nickname:

J-Hawks

Class:

3A

Colors:

Blue and White

Conference:

CIML Central Conference

Head Coach: 

Jim Wright – 16 years at Urbandale

11^th Season as Urbandale Head Coach (146-38)

Assistant Coaches:

Bonnie Larson, Marc Pedersen, Jessica Shwery

2011 Highlights:

• 2^nd Team All State:  Kate Sandon
• 1^st Team All-Conference:  Kate Sandon, Kayla Pitman
• 2^nd Team All-Conference:  Rachel Mabrey, Megan Fellows, Stephanie Goeldner
• Honorable Mention All-Conference:  Anna Lourens, Jade Schroder, Hannah Torry, Kim Boehm, Carly Grotenhuis, Jenna Lack

2012 Returning Letterwinners:

• 8 total
• Linda Behrer, Morgan Brown, Anna Lourens, Jordan Schill, Hannah Torry, Emily Armstrong, Kim Boehm, Kyla Inderski

2012 Outlook:

The J-Hawks return 8 letterwinners this season from a team that finished just short of Muscatine and the State Tournament, falling to Dowling Catholic in the Regional Final.  Jim Wright had this to say about the upcoming season:  "With a large number of graduates from the program we look forward to a rebuilding process this spring.  Once again the season offers a variety of top level talented teams, especially from the CIML Central Conference, several of which participated at the state tournament.  With the strength of the schedule towards the middle of the season we plan on being prepared to compete at the highest level."

For more information, contact Head Coach Jim Wright at (515) 473-8571 or Bill Watson at (515) 457-6994 or william.watson@j-hawks.com.