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McCoy Named First Team All-American
11/29/2018 8:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer
DURHAM, N.C. – Another day, another honor for Duke senior Kayla McCoy, as she was named a United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American Thursday, the association announced.
McCoy is the 19th player in Duke women's soccer history to be named an All-American and the 14th to receive a nod from the United Soccer Coaches. The Lincolnwood, Ill., native is the sixth player to receive first team honors by the association and the fourth in the last three seasons, joining Christina Gibbons (2016), Imani Dorsey (2017) and Rebecca Quinn (2017). The selection also gives Duke a first team honoree for a program record third-straight season.
Overall, the Blue Devils have received 18 United Soccer Coaches All-America honors since their first in 1992 (Jennifer Lewis – Second Team) and have placed five players on the list over the last four years, with Gibbons receiving a second team nod in 2015 and earning first team honors a year later.
A native of Lincolnwood, Ill., McCoy turned in an outstanding senior campaign in 2018, helping lead the No. 4 seed Blue Devils to their 24th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and ninth as a national seed. Behind her team-high 12 goals and 32 points, along with eight assists, McCoy spearheaded Duke's eighth-straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16.
Eight of McCoy's scores came in ACC play, which topped the league and helped Duke to a second-place finish in the league. The forward recorded a point in all but six matches, highlighted by her fifth-career four-point game (two goals vs. Wake Forest) and a trio of three-point performances. She recorded five game-winning goals, one coming against No. 11 Boston College to secure Duke's second-place ACC finish in the ACC and the other in the NCAA Tournament First Round against Rutgers.
McCoy's dominance led her to receive All-ACC First Team honors, making her the 11th player in program history to earn the honor multiple times.
The Lincolnwood, Ill., native also left a mark on the Blue Devil record books, finishing third with 15-career game-winning goals, fourth with 38 scores and 92 points and fifth with five multi-goal performances. She was also one of the most decorated Blue Devils in NCAA Tournament history, finishing second in program history in postseason play with 18 points, third with seven goals and tied for seventh with four assists.
As a member of the winningest senior class in program history, McCoy has led Duke to a pair of College Cup showings (2015 & 2017) in her career, along with an NCAA Quarterfinal showing in 2016 and this year's Round of 16 appearance.
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