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Clayton State’s Yusuf
selected first team Daktronics Division II All-Southeast Region
Peach Belt Conference
Player of the Year garners third All-Region selection for career
MORROW,
Ga. - November 7, 2007 – With her career now in the books, the
postseason honors are starting to pile up for Clayton State’s Olaitan
Yusuf.
One week after getting selected 2007 Peach Belt Conference women’s
soccer Player of the Year, Yusuf was selected first team Daktronics
Division II All-Southeast Region. It’s the third All-Region selection
for Yusuf in her distinguished Laker career, making her only the second
Clayton State player in program history to earn All-Region honors for
three seasons.
In addition, by being selected to the first team, Yusuf is now eligible
for Daktronics Division II All-American honors. She is already a
two-time Division II All-American for her career. Yusuf was one of 11
players from the Peach Belt Conference selected to this season’s
Daktronics All-Region team, and the lone representative from Clayton
State.
Yusuf leaves Clayton State as the all-time leading scorer at both
Clayton State and in the Peach Belt Conference with 83 goals and 185
points. This season, she led the conference in scoring with 20 goals
scored and had seven game-winning goals in the process. Currently, Yusuf
is ranked fourth in the nation in goals scored and sixth in points
scored.
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