Six NY West Players Invited to Train With National Team Pools

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Six NY West players were selected by the US National Teams' Staffs, to train with the National Training Pools in 2005-06.  The success these players have achieved is a testimony to their hard work, dedication and willingness to commit themselves to their goals and dreams.  It also highlights the spirit of cooperation and partnership that continues to develop bewteen the Olympic Development Program and the Clubs for which these players compete.  This spirit of cooperation has helped to foster an environment where player development is central to everything we do, and the players are clearly benefiting from that environment. 
Six NY West players were selected by the US National Teams' Staffs, to train with the National Training Pools in 2005-06.  The success these players have achieved is a testiment to their hard work, dedication and willingness to commit themselves to their goals and dreams.  It also highlights the spirit of cooperation and partnership that continues to develop bewteen the Olympic Development Program and the Clubs for which these players compete.  This spirit of cooperation has helped to foster an environment where player development is central to everything we do, and the players are clearly benefiting from that environment. 
 
Please join us in congratulating the following players on their outstanding achievement:
  • Stacia Hartung ('86 Girls)
  • Madison Gates ('87 Girls)
  • Gretchen Miller ('89 Girls)
  • Jessie Dulski ('90 Girls)
  • Ashley Walsh ('91 Girls)
  • Brandon Kazmierski ('92 Boys)

 


Madison
Gates
(GK)

Madison is a recent graduate of NY West's Olympic Development Program.  She is currently in her Freshman year at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.  

Madison was a 6-year member of the NY West '87 Girls State Team and was also selected to the Region 1 pool during each of her last four years in the program.  This year's selection to the U-20 National Pool is the second time Madison has been selected to train with a National Pool.  She was also selected for the U-17 National Pool in 2003.

Madison has had International experience with her Region 1 Team, playing in Spain in 2003 and in Ireland in 2004.  Last year, Madison was a member of the ODP Goalkeeping staff, serving as an apprentice with Chris Hershey.  She currently holds a USSF National D Coaching License.

Madison is from Baldwinsville, NY.


Stacia
Hartung
(For./Mid.)

Stacia is also a recent graduate of NY West's Olympic Development Program.  She is currently attending Villanova University in Philadelphia, PA.

Stacia was a 5-year member of the NY West '86 Girls Team, and a Region 1 Pool selection in 2004 and 2005.  She also participated in the 2003 ESP camp with the 2003 interregional U-19 Region I team and was invited to attend the the U-19 National Team camp in Carson, CA.

Stacia is from Rochester, NY.


Gretchen
Miller
(Def.)

Gretchen joined the NY West Olympic Development Program when she was 10 years old.  She made the '87 Girls pool when she was 11, and has been a member of the State Tournament Team since she was 12.

Gretchen has been a member of the Region 1 Pool since 2002.  At that time she was also selected to attend the newly formed Development Training for U14 girls In Middlesex, MA.  Gretchen has continue to be selected for National Training opportunities with the U15, U16 and now U17 pools.  In 2005, Gretchen earned a spot on the U16 National Team that traveled to Japan.  She has trainied at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA numerous times. 

Gretchen is from Fairport, NY.


Jessica
Dulski
(GK)

Jessie joined the NY West '90 Girls pool in 2003.  Her efforts at the Region 1 ID Camp last summer earned her a first shot at a spot in the Region 1 Pool, and an invitation to the Thanksgiving Inter-Regional event in Florida. 

Jessie made the most of her opportunity in Boca, and has been invited to train with the U16 National team Pool in January, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA., where she will compete for a spot on the U16 National team. 

Jessie is from Pittsford, NY.

PHOTO NOT
AVAILABLE


Ashley
Walsh
(GK)

Ashley's first ODP experience came in 2001, when she was 10 years old.  She has been playing with the NY West Tournament teams since she was 11.

The Region 1 goalkeeping staff identified Ashley in 2003 and she was selected for the 1990 Region 1 pool.  Ashley has had a breakout year in 2005, earning invitations to the National Development Camp, and the Thanksgiving Inter-regionals in Boca Raton, FL. 

Ashley will be participating in her first international event in February as a member of a combined '90/'91 Region 1 team that will be competing in Spain.

Ashley is from Baldwinsville, NY.


Brendan Kazmierski
(GK)

Brendan is a new member of the NY West Olympic Development Program, joining the program in 2005.  After a very strong performance at the Region 1 ID Camp at Rider University last summer, Brendan was invited to attend the Region 1 Boys Callback Camp at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, ME.  Another strong performance earned Brendan a spot in the Region 1 Pool, and an invitation to the National Development Camp in Middlesex, MA., as a member of the U14 National Pool.

With strong showings at the Region 1 ID and Callback Camps, and the National Development Camp, Brendan's was invited to attent the Thanksgiving Inter-Regionals in Austin, TX, where he learned first hand, that there are greater challenges ahead!    

Brendan is from Rochester, NY.