HISTORY: Cliona Crammond Becomes the First Female All-America in School History

Women's Soccer | 11/28/2018 12:00:00 AM

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As if Goldey-Beacom's women's soccer season has not produced enough history, more was provided with the announcement that senior Cliona Crammond (Wicklow, Ireland) has been named the first female All-America in school history.

Crammond's honor of third team Collegiate Commissioners Association All-America makes her just the third student-athlete in the College's history (known since the revival of athletics in 1990-91) to garner such national honors. Inaugural GBC Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Michael Tobiason in 2006 was picked Men's Golf PING Honorable Mention All-America and Chahin Aghrim last fall was tabbed first team Men's Soccer CCA All-America.

Crammond this fall also was tabbed first team CCA All-East Region, first team All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District and a repeat member of the CACC All-Tournament Team.

A gifted midfielder with exceptional scoring and passing ability, Crammond has been a valuable asset to the program all four years and her impact on the team likely will carry on for many years. Her solid play on free kicks and overall will to win helped the Lightning this season to one of the most memorable campaigns in school history in any sport.

She is 53rd in the country with 31 points, 57th with 12 goals, 66th with 1.55 points per game, 71st with seven assists and 72nd with 0.60 goals per game. Crammond recorded two goals and an assist in three separate contests this season in addition to getting a point in 10 games.

Crammond graduates tied for second in team history with 30 goals, third outright with 19 assists and third with 79 points. The three-time member of the league's Academic Honor Roll started all 76 of the Lightning's games during her career.

Her play this season has the Lightning seventh in the country with 3.15 goals per game, ninth with 63 goals and ninth with 173 points. This also has helped the defense record six shutouts and 13 games in which they allowed one goal or fewer.

Goldey-Beacom (15-5, 11-1 CACC) enjoyed a remarkable campaign in which it broke the school record for most wins, most conference victories, most home wins with nine and a team-record 63 goals. The Lightning won their first six games both overall and in the conference for the best starts in team annals and recorded their third straight season of double-digit wins for the first time in program history.

This season also marked the first time Goldey-Beacom played in the CACC semifinals in consecutive years. The quarterfinal triumph also marked the first time in program history it had won a conference tournament game in back-to-back seasons.

GBC also has 39 victories over its last three seasons that is a school record for that period.

The Lightning had three players named first team all-conference, four picked second team and Dan Frick named CACC Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons. Other honors included sophomore Kelly Mejia (State College, PA) named CACC Defensive Player of the Year as well as joining Crammond as a first team CCA All-East Region pick. Freshman Melayna Immediato (Hockessin, DE) was tabbed second team CCA All-East Region.

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Players Mentioned

#9 Cliona Crammond: M; 5' 6"; Senior

#4 Kelly Mejia: D; 5' 3"; Sophomore

#27 Melayna Immediato: F; 5' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#9 Cliona Crammond
: 5' 6"; Senior
: M

#4 Kelly Mejia
: 5' 3"; Sophomore
: D

#27 Melayna Immediato
: 5' 0"; Freshman
: F

Players Mentioned

#9 Cliona Crammond

#4 Kelly Mejia

#27 Melayna Immediato

Players Mentioned

#9 Cliona Crammond

#4 Kelly Mejia

#27 Melayna Immediato