Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – The United Soccer Coaches announced its 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Scholar All-American teams today and with it, Virginia Tech women's soccer goalkeeper Mandy McGlynn added another postseason accolade to her ever growing résumé with a first team selection.
McGlynn is the first Hokie to earn a spot on the United Soccer Coaches All-American list, while Katie Yensen (2014, third team) and Jennifer Harvey (2010, first team) were CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. McGlynn is the only ACC player on the first team and one of three ACC players on any of the three teams, which recognized 44 student-athletes nationally. To see the full release, CLICK HERE.
Also, two days ago, TopDrawerSoccer announced its 2019 Women's Division I Postseason awards and McGlynn was named to the organization's Best XI First Team, one of three ACC players on the team and one of 10 on any of the three teams. CLICK HERE to see the release.
Lastly, TopDrawerSoccer also released its postseason college soccer player national rankings and McGlynn was the highest ranked goalkeeper on the list as she was slotted as the No. 19 player on the site's Women's National Top 100. CLICK HERE to see the rankings.
McGlynn continues to pile up the accolades and to etch her name alongside the best ever to play for the Hokies, regardless of position. On Dec. 5, she was named a Second Team All-American by the United Soccer Coaches, becoming just the third Hokie women's soccer player chosen for the honor and the first as a goalkeeper. Only twice before in Tech's history has a player been named an All-American, as forward Jazmine Reeves was a first team choice in 2013 and forward Murielle Tiernan made the third team in 2015.
A few days before the All-American announcement, McGlynn repeated her selection as an All-Atlantic Region choice, joining Hope Handley (third team, 1995) as the school's only two goalkeepers to be named all-region. With the 2019 honor, she became the third Hokie to be a first team choice – Tiernan (2014 & 2015) and Reeves (2013). She also earned a spot on the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region First Team, announced Monday.
McGlynn, who was voted the Hokies' first ever ACC All-Conference First Team goalkeeper in 2018, repeated as the league's top goalkeeper in 2019 after enjoying an even more successful season than her junior campaign. This past year, she started all 19 matches and played every single minute in net (1,748:37), which continued her consecutive minutes played streak to 5,255:20 (56 straight matches).
She stopped 76 shots for an 83.5 save percentage, which was the second-best mark ever in a single season at the school (Karen Crawley, 86.8, 1997). Meanwhile, her 0.772 goals allowed average was also second-best (Caroline Kelly, 0.69, 2014), her 10 shutouts were tied for second (Dayle Colpitts, 11, 2013) and her 12 wins were third all-time.
The Jacksonville, Florida native's career numbers place her in the top three for a career goalkeeper at the school, which includes a school record 32 shutouts and a 0.99 GAA. Her 41 wins, 7,014 minutes played (both most since 2013) and 79.4 save percentage (best since 1997) were second and her 297 saves were third (most since 2006).
Last year, she became just the fourth Tech player to ever be named All-ACC First Team and, with her repeat selection, she joined Tiernan as the only two Hokies to earn multiple First Team honors - Tiernan was a three-time choice from 2014-16.
McGlynn, who forewent her entire senior season at Sandalwood High School to play at Tech in the fall of 2016 and will graduate Friday (in 3.5 years), was a 2019 Senior CLASS Award candidate (1 of 30), earned a school record five career ACC Player of the Week honors and was named a two-time ACC preseason First Team goalkeeper (2018-19).