Women's soccer player Erica Walsh to be inducted into W&M Hall of Fame

The College of William and Mary\'s Athletics Department will induct a five-member class to its Hall of Fame in a ceremony-taking place on March 27th, 2010 at the Lexington George Washington Inn and Conference Center.

The College\'s Class of 2010 includes: Anders Christiansen (track and field/cross country), Mike Cook (football), Steve Swift (track and field/cross country), Erica Walsh (women\'s soccer) and Brant Weidner (men\'s basketball).

Erica Walsh, Women\'s Soccer
Erica played soccer at the College from 1993-96 and her defense helped lead the Tribe to a record of 57-25-2. During her years on the team, the College made four NCAA tournament appearances, including making the Elite Eight in 1994. The Tribe also captured three CAA-titles during Erica\'s tenure.

Erica was named to the All-CAA First Team in both 1995 and 1996, and was also named All-Region in 1996. For her career, Walsh started 83 of the 84 matches in which she appeared for the Green and Gold, including starting every match during her last three seasons. In her four years, Walsh scored nine goals and 10 assists for the Tribe, tallying 28 career points. Her best two seasons were her last in Williamsburg, posting four goals and four assists in her junior year and four goals and three assists her senior season.

Erica Walsh is currently the head coach of the Penn State women\'s soccer team. Entering her third season this year, Erica has already guided the Nittany Lions to two Big Ten titles and two NCAA appearances. In January of 2008, Pia Sundhage named Walsh as an assistant coach for the U.S. National Team. With Walsh\'s help and guidance the U.S. team completed its historic run with a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Even sweeter was that Walsh\'s main responsibility was the U.S. Team\'s defense, which held fellow world power Brazil scoreless in the gold medal game.