WSOC10/13/2015 7:10 PM | By: Cal Athletics
Arielle Ship Earns Pac-12, National Honors
BERKELEY – California's Arielle Ship has added two more honors to her growing 2015 list of accolades after being named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and earning a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week, the two organizations announced Tuesday.
Ship had a hand in all four goals that California scored in their first perfect weekend of the conference season. The junior striker scored twice – including the game-winning goal – and registered an assist in Cal's 3-2 win against Oregon in the Pac-12 home opener. Ship then assisted on the game-winning goal in Cal's 1-0 victory against Oregon State to cap her six-point weekend.
It is the second Pac-12 Player of the Week and the third TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week honor for Ship this season. She has also been selected earlier this year as an ESPNW National Player of the Week, TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Week and a CollegeSoccer360 National Player of the Week honoree.
At the midpoint of the season, Ship continues to make a statement as not only the Pac-12 Player of the Year but as an All-American candidate as the talisman for the Golden Bears. She leads the Pac-12 in points (24), goals (10) and game-winning goals (4), and she sits tied for sixth in the league in total assists (4).
California returns home this weekend with a Top 25 matchup against Santa Clara with kickoff scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon at Edwards Stadium.