Soccer Recruit Honored
Thu, 05/13/2010 - 10:36am | Brian Moline, Radio Personality, 
A future Illini has received a lofty honor. Illinois soccer signee Vanessa DiBernardo has been named the Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year for the 2009-2010 school year, Gatorade announced today. DiBernardo is the first Illini recruit to win the award since Tara Hurless in 2001.
DiBernardo is part of an six-player recruiting class for Janet Rayfield's squad, that includes five players from Illinois.
The Illini have completed their spring season, with a 2-2-1 record. Both losses came against Womens Professional Soccer teams, St. Louis Athletica and the Chicago Red Stars. Illinois picked up wins against Marquette and Milwaukee, while tying Missouri.
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