Cuellar Earns All-Region First Team Honors

2012 Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year led the Sooners with a team-high 12 goals.

Renae Cuellar

Dec. 5, 2012

NORMAN, Okla. -- University of Oklahoma soccer senior forward Renae Cuellar earned a spot on the NCAA Division I All-Central Region First Team, as announced by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Wednesday.

Cuellar, who made OU soccer history by being named the 2012 Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year, becomes the first member of the Oklahoma program to earn a spot on the All-Region First Team. Logan Womack earned Third Team distinction in 2001 while Lauren Maclver and Whitney Palmer garnered Second Team accolades in '05 and '09, respectively. Cuellar also earned spots on the All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Newcomer Team for her efforts in 2012.

The La Puente, Calif., native led the Sooners with 26 points from a team-high 12 goals, which ranks as the third-most in a single season in Oklahoma history. Her 13 points from six goals in eight Big 12 regular season matches paced the conference.

Cuellar, who was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week twice in 2012, earned national honors when she was named Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week after scoring game-winning goals against Kansas and TCU.

Oklahoma finished the 2012 campaign with an overall mark of 7-9-4 and finished fifth in the conference standings with a Big 12 record of 3-3-2 under first-year head coach Matt Potter.

2012 NCAA DIVISION I ALL-CENTRAL REGION

FIRST TEAM

Pos.	Name	Team	Year	Hometown
K	Adrianna Franch	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Salina, Kan.
D	Marissa Diggs	UCF	Jr.	Rowlett, Texas
D	Claire Hulcer	Tulsa	Sr.	St. Louis, Mo.
D	Bry McCarthy	West Virginia	Sr.	Ajax, Ont.
M	Jessica Ayers	Colorado College	So.	Seattle, Wash.
M	Whitney Berry	Kansas	Sr.	Wichita, Kan.
M	Kylie Louw	Stephen F. Austin	Sr.	Discovery, South Africa
F	Janine Beckie	Texas Tech	Fr.	Highlands Ranch, Colo.
F	Renae Cuellar	Oklahoma	Sr.	La Puente, Calif.
F	Dana Larsen	Baylor	Sr.	Mequon, Wis.
F	Nicolette Radovcic	UCF	Sr.	Rockaway, N.J.

SECOND TEAM

Pos.	Name	Team	Year	Hometown
K	Lacey Bockhaus	Southeastern Louisiana	Sr.	San Leandro, Calif.
D	Jaelene Hinkle	Texas Tech	So.	Denver, Colo.
D	Kat Ludlow	Baylor	Jr.	Colleyville, Texas
D	Diamond Simpson	Memphis	Fr.	Mississauga, Ont.
M	Kylie Davis	Memphis	So.	L'lle Bizard, Que.
M	Bri Rodriguez	West Virginia	Sr.	Aurora, Ill.
M	Quinney Truong	Rice	So.	Fort Worth, Texas
M	Lisa Sliwinski	Baylor	Sr.	Plano, Texas
F	Caroline Kaster	Kansas	Jr.	Wichita, Kan.
F	Holly Hargreaves	Rice	Fr.	New Hope, Pa.
F	Brittney Lyman	Colorado College	Sr.	Arvada, Colo.
F	Kate Schwindel	West Virginia	So.	Livingston, N.J.

THIRD TEAM

Pos.	Name	Team	Year	Hometown
K	Lacey Lee	Stephen F. Austin	Jr.	Bedford, Texas
D	Carlie Davis	Baylor	Sr.	Dallas, Texas
D	Carson Michalowski	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Plano, Texas
D	Azia Nicholson	UTEP	Jr.	Grand Prairie, Texas
D	Lauren Parks	Oral Roberts	Sr.	Edmond, Okla.
M	Jennifer Abernathy	Oral Roberts	Jr.	Broken Arrow, Okla.
M	Kristin Bos	Lamar	So.	Valencia, Calif.
M	Paige Strahan	Texas Tech	So.	Odessa, Texas
F	Maiya Cooper	Southeastern Louisiana	Sr.	Hawthorne, Calif.
F	Trisha Jewell	Central Florida	Sr.	Satellite Beach, Fla.
F	Megan Marchesano	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Tulsa, Okla.
F	Zuri Prince	Stephen F. Austin	So.	Beaumont, Texas

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