June 21, 2016 Article from GOBLUERAIDERS.COM

BROUWER NAMED NCAA WOMAN OF THE YEAR NOMINEE

ONE OF JUST EIGHT NOMINEES FROM C-USA

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photo of Kelsey BrouwerMURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Former Blue Raider soccer standout Kelsey Brouwer was announced Tuesday as the Middle Tennessee nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.
 
The prestigious award is granted on four pillars of student-athlete excellence – academics, athletics, service and leadership – and garnered a total of 517 nominations for the 2015-16 athletic season with 231 from the Division I level.
 
The four-year Blue Raider goalkeeper and three-year team captain was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference USA by the conference office and Second Team All-Region by NSCAA for her efforts in goal during her senior campaign.
 
A native of Franklin, Tenn., Brouwer holds school records for career wins (33), shutouts (27), decisions (68) and minutes played (6,308). She also easily bypassed her own single-season record of seven shutouts with 10 in 2015.
 
In addition, Brouwer stands in the top three in MT career history in saves (330), save percentage (.821), saves per game (4.78) and goals against average (1.02) as well as the top four in MT single-season history in save percentage (.876), goals against average (0.76), saves (113) and saves per game (5.65).
 
Academics are an equally impressive area of excellence for Brouwer, a fall 2015 graduate in Business Management with a 3.92 GPA. She received conference academic honors all four years at Middle and was named a CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-District selection and NSCAA Third Team All-Region Scholar in 2015.
 
An active member in the community, Brouwer volunteered vast amounts of her time to local charities and events such as the Garrison Creek Wetland Clean-Up, Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity and GraceWorks Ministries, efforts that earned her the 2013 Conference USA Spirit of Service Award.
 
The all-time Blue Raider great capped her collegiate career off by winning the 2015 President's Award as the top female scholar-athlete at Middle Tennessee and is currently competing for a goalkeeping spot with FC Kansas City of the National Women's Soccer League, the top professional women's soccer league in the country.
 
Brouwer is one of 87 nominees who played soccer, 31 of which played at the Division I level with just two soccer nominees from Conference USA. She is also one of just eight nominees in all sports from C-USA.
 
The Woman of the Year program was founded in 1991 and saw the highest number of nominees in its history this year, its 26th of existence.