LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA. (October 2, 2008) – Lincoln University of Pennsylvania freshman women's soccer standout and business major Stephanie Anderson (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area HS) (Coatesville, PA/Coatesville Area) is featured in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated. (CLICK TO SEE PHOTO)
Anderson is in the Faces of the Crowd section of the October 6 issue with the Mississippi-Florida football game on the cover. Anderson is the first Lincoln women's soccer player in school history to be featured in the nation's oldest weekly sports publication.
“It's a blessing to be featured in such a prestigious magazine,” Anderson said. “I never expected in my wildest dreams to be mentioned in Sports Illustrated. I am so overwhelmed. Even though it's nice to be recognized, I am more excited that my team and school are being noticed as well.”
Anderson scored a school record five goals in her college debut and six days later scored a hat-trick, giving her a Lincoln season-record eight goals after just three games. Following that amazing week, Anderson was named ECAC Division II Offensive Player of the Week.
Currently, Anderson has 11 goals for Lincoln, which is currently 3-7-1 heading into its next match Saturday at the College of St. Elizabeth's at 1:00 p.m. Anderson has three multi-goal scoring games this season and one-game winning overtime goal. Anderson has been featured on the NCAA website and in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Anderson is the fifth Lincoln student-athlete in school history to be featured in Sports Illustrated. She joins an elite and accomplished group of student-athletes. The other Lincoln athletes to be featured in Sports Illustrated were men's track and field runner Bobby Young (2005), men's basketball player Kyle Myrick (2006) women's track and field runners Shanda Jackson (2006) and NCAA Woman of the Year finalist Ashley Parker (2007).
It is also the second time in less than a month that Lincoln has been featured in Sports Illustrated. The football team's 34-7 victory appeared in the Go Figure section of the September 8 issue with the University of Alabama on the cover.
Founded in 1854, Lincoln University is the first historically black institution of higher education and its graduates include such luminaries as Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court, and acclaimed poet and author Langston Hughes. Lincoln University is nationally regarded for producing African Americans with undergraduate degrees in the physical sciences.
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