Richmond's Summer Clarke has been recognized for her impressive freshman season at Louisiana State University.
The Richmond soccer standout was named to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) Second Team, as well as the SEC All-Freshmen Team.
The talented striker emerged as one of the SEC's top goal scorers in her debut season. She led the Tigers in scoring with 23 points, including 10 goals, in 20 matches. She scored eight goals in SEC play to finish tied for third among the conference leaders. Her total includes three multi-goal games with a hat trick at Arkansas on Oct. 4 and two goals each at Alabama on Oct. 6 and Texas A&M on Oct 31.
Clarke was honored as the SEC Offensive Player of the Week and TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Week after scoring five of LSU's eight goals in a weekend sweep at Arkansas and Alabama in early October, including both game-winners.
She was joined on the All-SEC Second Team by freshman teammates Emma Fletcher and Megan Lee, marking the first time in conference history three rookies from one school were selected.
Clarke, Fletcher and Lee helped form the nucleus of LSU's Class of 2013 that received consensus recognition as one of the top 15 recruiting classes in the country heading into the 2013 season.
Fletcher is also from B.C. and played with Clarke on provincial select teams, as well as the Whitecaps Girls Elite Program. The attacking midfielder managed a goal and 12 assists.
The Tigers' season concluded with a 1-0 overtime loss to Auburn at the SEC Tournament.
