Parkview Grad Recognized by National Soccer Coaches Association

Ashley Baker, a graduate and now a junior at University of Georgia in Athens, was named to the 2011 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Women’s Scholar second team for the All-South Region, the university's student newspaper reported.

Last month, Baker, who was born in England, found out that she is on the British Olympic Association's "long list," which means she has a chance to be on the 2012 Great Britain Olympic soccer team in this year's games in London, redandblack.com reported.

Baker started all 22 of the university's soccer team's games last year, redandblack.com reported, playing more than 1,000 minutes with 1.2 goals-against-average. In September, she was named SEC Defensive Player of the week.

Last summer, Baker played on the Atlanta Silverbacks team that won the W-League championship this past summer; in August, she was one of three University of Georgia soccer players named to the SEC Preseason Coaches Watch List.