Soccer Camp Open Registration

Hey Campers,

Head out to the CSUB Main Soccer Field on Monday, May 16th for open soccer camp registration! We will be holding a free skills session if you bring your child with you to register. The session will run from 5:30-7:00pm. In order to participate in the free clinic you must sign your child up for one of the two summer youth soccer camps. You are only required to pay a $75 deposit on Monday night with the rest payable as the camp nears or on the first day. Registration flyers will also be available on monday night, but I have attached one for your convenience. This Clinic is designed to get your kids excited for the summer camps and get quality training from the Cal State coaching staff for an evening. Don’t miss open registration!!!

Hope to see you there!

Two Seniors earn NSCAA Scholar All-Region

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--Two CSUB Women's Soccer players have earned National Soccer Coaches Association of America Scholar All-Region honors.

Faith Perry (Sr., Glendora, Calif., Glendora HS) and Leanne Tucker (Sr., Cambridge, England Cambridge City) both met the minimums of 3.30 or higher cumulative grade point average and started at least 50 percent of the time during their careers at CSUB. Both Perry and Tucker are physical and education and kinesiology (PEAK) majors. Perry maintained a 3.59 GPA while Tucker maintained a 3.32 GPA

"Both Faith and Tucker are excellent models of what the women's soccer program strives to produce," said CSUB Head Coach Melissa Phillips. "On the field they were team captains and integral members in creating a foundation for the success of CSUB soccer at Division I. Off the field they excelled in the classroom and it is excellent to see their efforts rewarded. To be named Scholar All-Region by the NSCAA is a great honor. I am very proud to have these two in the soccer family of alumni."

CSUB Announces New Head Women's Soccer Coach

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.-CSUB Athletic Director Jeff Konya has announced the hiring of Melissa Phillips as Roadrunners' Head Women's Soccer Coach. Phillips became the interim head coach at CSUB this past Spring when Nicole Van Dyke took an assistant's job at Stanford.

"It became apparant throughout this Spring that Melissa is mature beyond her years," Konya said. "Yes, she is young, but she brings a lot to the table. Through Melissa's guidence, the team has performed well on the field and the team has strengthened its academic credentials as well."

"I'm very grateful for Jeff's confidence in offering me the position," Phillips said. "I am very excited to take on the responsibilites of head women's soccer coach at CSUB. I look forward to continuing to work with this tremendously talented group of women, as CSU Bakersfield is a place that holds such promise and opportunity."

In Phillips's two years as an assistant coach at CSUB, she has been able to make strides both on and off the field. In 2010, the Roadrunners beat one NCAA tournament team, Sacramento State, while drawing against two others, San Diego and Fresno State. In the classroom, her team has earned the athletic departments highest GPA as well as NSCA All-Academic team honors in 2009 and 2010. She has experience in all facets of the program including co-directing the CSUB summer youth soccer camps for all age and skill levels that produce over 300 kids per summer.

"In recent years, women's soccer has attained success in terms of athletcs, academics, and community involvement and support," Phillips said. "I plan to maintain the continuity of the program, while bringing unprecedented momentum to keep going forward."

Phillips will be earning her national C coaching license in June 2011. Phillips has coached the U12 and the U16 girls soccer teams with the Bakersfield Gunners. She also served as an assistant coach at Hilmar High School and with the Turlock Tornados club soccer team.

Prior to arriving in Bakersfield, Phillips was a standout defender for Cal State Stanislaus. As a member of the Warriors' squad, she was slected first-team All-CCAA three times. During her senior season, she garnered Daktronics/CoSida first team All-West Region and Adidas/NSCAA second team All-West Region honors. Phillips served as team captain her junior and senior seasons and was voted team MVP both years. Phillips graduated from Roseville High School and played for the Placer United club team and the District VI ODP team.

Phillips graduated in 2009 with her bachelor degree in physical education and kinesiology. She received the CCAA All-Academic Award three times, maintaining a 3.5 GPA. She will finish her masters of education degree in curriculum and instruction at CSUB in the Spring of 2011.

Women's Soccer Gets Rowdy About Reading!

Women's Soccer joined Mrs. Cole's first grade class at Rio Bravo Elementary School today to celebrate winning the 'Rowdy About Reading' Competition. Now entering its fifth year, Rowdy About Reading is a read-for-rewards program is available for all Kern County students in grades K-6. The five-month program is designed to encourage kids to read in order to contribute to their classroom “team” score. Rewards for reading achievement are made to each student in the participating classrooms. Mrs. Cole's class successfully read 1,320 books in the five month span therefore winning a end of the year pizza party with one lucky CSUB team. Women's Soccer players enjoyed an afternoon with the first graders teaching them soccer skills, reading them a book, and eating some delicious pizza! We hope to see these kids at our summer soccer camps in a couple months.