Buchanan Wins Hyundai Young Player Award
July 05, 2015 09:22 PM | Women's Soccer
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Kadeisha Buchanan, the two-time reigning Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, helped Canada reach the quarterfinals of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Photo from Canada Soccer
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University junior Kadeisha Buchanan earned the 2015 Hyundai Young Player Award, presented tonight following the United States’ 5-2 win over Japan, at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup final, at BC Place Stadium, in Vancouver.
Buchanan, a center back and native of Brampton, Ontario, beat out 53 eligible athletes for the honor, awarded by the FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG) to the player born after January 1, 1995, deemed to have made the biggest impression in the competition. Eligible athletes were rated according to the following criteria: exceptional skill level, youthful and refreshing playing style, creativity and inspiration, tactical maturity and efficiency, fan recognition through entertaining performances, role model for young players, positive attitude and fair play.
“Kadeisha has done it again at the next stage and has made an impact at the next level,” said WVU coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. “This is an unbelievable honor for her to win – it is by far one of the most prestigious awards in our sport. Kadeisha’s exceptional skill level, playing style and creativity are all components that the FIFA committee believed warranted this award. I am so unbelievably proud of her because she had a tremendous World Cup. This honor speaks to all her hard work, passion and commitment to the game.”
Buchanan played all 90 minutes in each of Canada’s five matches at the World Cup. The Canadians were eliminated in the quarterfinal following a 2-1 defeat to eventual third-place finisher England on June 27. The squad advanced to the quarterfinal for only the second time in six tries.
Buchanan’s WVU classmate, Ashley Lawrence, also started all five of Canada’s matches at midfield. She tallied the team’s lone goal in the squad’s 1-1 draw against the Netherlands on June 15. Buchanan and Lawrence were the first active WVU women’s soccer players named to a national World Cup team.
Congrats to WVU Women's Soccer's Kadeisha Buchanan on winning the FIFA World Cup Top Young Player Award!
Posted by West Virginia University on Sunday, July 5, 2015
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