2008 Woodie Awards
Wade adds two big-time recruits
Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: Sports
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The first addition is midfielder Kelly Isaac. Isaac comes to Southwest Baptist from Rhondda Cynon Taff in South Wales and is the daughter of Jeffrey and Norma Isaac.
Kelly has represented the South Wales centre of excellence, an elite soccer organization, at the under 12 and under 14 level. She has also represented her country at the under 19 level and recently received a call up to the Wales National Team.
She currently plays for the premiere team of Cardiff City, with whom she has won the Women's Welsh Cup three consecutive times and traveled twice to Croatia to play in the UEFA Cup Qualifiers
"One thing we were missing last year was strength and quickness in the midfield: a player that could take people on and score to relieve pressure from our forwards," said Wade. "Kelly is that player, a center mid with pace, passion and aggression. She is going to fill that gap perfectly, and I see her making a major impact this fall."
The second addition is forward Rhiane Mitchell, coming to SBU from England. Mitchell has played since the age of seven when she was captain of her primary school team. In high school, along with being captain of the soccer team, she also played basketball and was a member of the Track and Field team where she competed in the 200m and the high jump. Over the years she has played for three different club teams, starting with Tameside girls, then moving to Stockport County and finally Curzon Ashton where she has played the last three years. In her first year with Ashton Curzon, she was young player of the year and joint top scorer.
"Rhiane comes to us as a truly tested striker," said Wade. "She is like all of our forwards combined from last year, times two. She has speed and power and will come on next year and win games for us like Dominie did last year: in fact I believe that she may well be one of the biggest impact players to ever wear an SBU uniform."
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