CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that Wartburg College senior forward Katy Wendt (Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley) has been named the 2011 IIAC Women’s Soccer Most Valuable Player and Loras head coach Dan Rothert has been named the 2011 IIAC Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year.

Wendt led the Knights to a share of their second Iowa Conference title and spot in the second round of the NCAA Division III Championship. She led all league players with 13 assists, averaging 0.65 per game to rank 14th in NCAA Division III (through Nov. 13). Wendt also ranked fourth among IIAC players in points (29) and tied for tenth in goals (8). In eight IIAC games, she scored six goals and five assists to tie for the league lead in points (17) and assists while ranking second in goals scored. Wendt is the second Wartburg player to be named Iowa Conference Women’s Soccer MVP (Rachel Oswald, 2007-08).

Rothert, in his 14th season, guided the Duhawks to an 18-3-1 overall record and a share of their seventh IIAC title with a 7-0-1 mark in league play and advanced to the second round of the 2011 NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship. The Duhawks outscored their league opponents by a 35-3 margin, posting five shutouts and an 0.36 goals-against average. In 22 games, Loras outscored its opponents by a 72-17 margin with 12 shutouts and an 0.55 goals-against average. The Duhawks averaged 3.23 goals per game to rank 19th in NCAA Division III (through games of Nov. 13) and averaged a league-high 2.64 assists per game. This is Rothert’s sixth Iowa Conference Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year award, previously being honored in 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2010.

The IIAC also announced the 2011 Women’s Soccer All-Conference Team. The 26-member Team includes 15 repeat All-Conference performers. Iowa Conference co-champions Loras (six) and Wartburg (seven) combined to account for 13 selections, including four each on the first team. Dubuque, Luther, and Simpson had three all-IIAC selections each with the Spartans and Norse placing two each on the first team. Central landed two individuals on the second team with Buena Vista and Coe splitting the two remaining all-conference honors.

Wendt, Luther forward Dani Meirick, Simpson midfielder Nicole Dillenburg and Wartburg forward Chelsea Frye each received all-league honors for the fourth time, increasing the number of four-time all-IIAC honorees to 24. Additionally, Wendt, Meirick, and Dillenburg were all named to the first team for the fourth time, increasing the number of four-time first team all-IIAC picks to nine. Loras’ Jayne Eslinger, Jessica Kern, and Kate Young, Dubuque’s Madeline Mobile, and Wartburg’s Mackenzie Moore each earned their third honor with Kern and Young making their third straight All-IIAC first team.

2011 All-Iowa Conference Women's Soccer Team
Most Valuable Player - Katy Wendt, sr., F, Wartburg
Coach of the Year - Dan Rothert, Loras
First Team	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Katie Chambers !	Loras	Sr.	GK	Sleepy Hollow, Ill./St. Edward
Mackenzie Moore $ + !	Wartburg	Sr.	D	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier
Kinsey Campbell	Loras	So.	D	Greendale, Wis./Greendale
Ashley Barwick	Dubuque	Jr.	D	Appleton, Wis./Xavier
Anna Aquino &	Wartburg	So.	MF	Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley
Jessica Kern @ &	Loras	Sr.	MF	Elmhurst, Ill./Montini Catholic
Nicole Dillenburg % @ &	Simpson	Sr.	MF	Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale
Madeline Mobile § ¥ #	Dubuque	Sr.	MF	Algonquin, Ill./Marian Central Catholic
Elly Arend	Luther	Fr.	MF	Decorah, Iowa/Decorah
Katy Wendt % @ &	Wartburg	Sr.	F	Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley
Kate Young @ & £	Loras	Sr.	F	Roscoe, Ill./Hononegah
Chelsea Frye % # !	Wartburg	Sr.	F	Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock
Dani Meirick % @ &	Luther	Sr.	F	Pella, Iowa/Pella
Second Team	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Monica Noti	Wartburg	Jr.	GK	Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North
Kara Lovik	Simpson	Jr.	D	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Jefferson
Cathy Reiter	Wartburg	So.	D	Buckingham, Iowa/Union Community
Hannah Davy	Central	So.	D	Cottage Grove, Minn./Park
Jenny Snook #	Coe	Jr.	MF	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy
Jayne Eslinger # !	Loras	Jr.	MF	Chicago, Ill./St. Ignatius
Kendra Ledel #	Luther	Sr.	MF	Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee
Kelli Anderson ^	Wartburg	So.	MF	Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove
Alayna Bailey	Central	So.	F	Des Moines, Iowa/Hoover
Katherine Bird !	Simpson	Sr.	F	Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City
Danielle Vujovic	Loras	Fr.	F	Elmhurst, Ill./York
Alexandra Watkins &	Dubuque	So.	F	Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North
Kellyn Arnold ^	Buena Vista	Jr.	F	Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins
Honorable Mention	School	Year	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Gabbi Muse	Central	Fr.	MF	Waukee, Iowa/Waukee
Rachel Wynn	Cornell	Sr.	F	Colorado Springs, Colo./Coronado
Sarah Trump !	Loras	So.	D	Floosmoor, Ill./Marian Central Catholic
Lynn Devriese	Loras	So.	D	East Moline, Ill./Rock Island Alleman
Ali Schmitt ^	Loras	Sr.	MF	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier
Tonya Lohmeyer !	Loras	Sr.	MF	Wilton, Iowa/Wilton
Erin Wilson	Luther	Fr.	D	North Liberty, Iowa/Iowa City West
Chelsea Winegard ^	Simpson	Jr.	D	Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine
Megan Petersen @	Simpson	Jr.	GK	Indianola, Iowa/Indianola
Susan Leslie	Simpson	Jr.	MF	Long Grove, Iowa/North Scott
Rachel Torry	Wartburg	So.	F	Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale
Kaylee Benning + &	Wartburg	Jr.	MF	Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock
Previous Honors
£ - 2010 Iowa Conference MVP			! - 2010 Second Team All-Conference
& - 2010 First Team All-Conference			# - 2009 Second Team All-Conference
@ - 2009 First Team All-Conference			$ - 2008 Second Team All-Conference
% - 2008 First Team All-Conference			§ - 2007 Second Team All-Conference
^ - 2010 Honorable Mention			¥ - 2008 Honorable Mention
+ - 2009 Honorable Mention