Oct. 25, 2004
ORLANDO, Fla. - Courtney Baines, the Junior from the University of Central Florida, has been named the soccerFLA.com Player of the Week. The award is given weekly to the top college soccer player from a Florida school for his or her performance during the previous week.
Baines is the first player at UCF to receive the award. She was instrumental in UCF's two victories this week. In the 2-1 UCF victory over Miami, Baines set up the winning goal when she passed the ball to right wing Arielle Orr who punched the ball in.
In the Sunday game, UCF defeated Troy 5-0. Baines had three assists in this game. Allison Blagriff took a pass on the right side from Baines and kicked it past the Troy goalkeeper Laura Longard to give UCF a 1-0 lead. Later, Kristin Bilby took a pass from Baines on a corner kick and headed the ball past Longard for the second UCF goal of the day. Baines would pick up her third assist of the day, and fourth of the week when she passed to Kendra Flock who kicked the ball into the upper part of the goal to give UCF a 5-0 lead.
Baines is from Indialantic and played at Satellite High School where she set a state record with 101 assists. She played club soccer for the Indialantic Force. She also plays for the Florida State Select team that won the 2004 regional championship and will play for the nationals in January of 2005.
Past Winners:10/18/2004 - David Hope10/11/2004 - Joy McKenzie10/4/2004 - Denise Brolly9/26/2004 - Ali Blochl9/19/2004 - Richard Blackburn9/12/2004 - Stephanie Freeman9/05/2004 - Ashley Kellgren