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Auburn Soccer Signs Nine National Signing Day

Feb. 1, 2012

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The Auburn soccer program received nine signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday on the first day of the signing period. Auburn's incoming class includes three signees from the state of Alabama, three from Georgia, two from Texas and one from California.

"We have waited for this day for a long time," Associate Head Coach and recruiting coordinator Amy Berbary said. "Our staff has watched this class mature athletically throughout the recruiting process and we are extremely pleased with the outcome."

Signing with Auburn from within the state is Haley Gerken (Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain), Alicia Hereford (Huntsville, Ala./Huntsville) and Sophie Simantel (Orange Beach, Ala./Gulf Shores). The three signees from Georgia are Alexa Allen (Buford, Ga./Hebron Christian), Kala Faulkner (Alpharetta, Ga./Milton) and Alyse Scott (Marietta, Ga./The Walker School).

The two signees from Texas are Logan Beal (Plano, Texas/Plano West) and Antoinette Bennett (Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Summit) while Natalie Donaldson's (Westminster, Calif./Los Alamitos)signing makes it two straight years Auburn has plucked a product out of California.

"This class has instant impact potential and gives us a large amount of depth after losing four seniors that contributed significant minutes to our NCAA Tournament team last year," Berbary said. "These nine signees represent another great example of our efforts to continually recruit at a national level as well as sign the top kids in the southeast, which will help us maintain the tradition of being an elite team in the SEC."

2012 AUBURN SOCCER SIGNING CLASS
NO.	NAME	POS	HT	HOMETOWN	HIGH SCHOOL	CLUB TEAM
99	Alexa Allen	F	5-8	Buford, Ga.	Hebron Christian	UFA 94 Elite
22	Logan Beal	F	5-3	Plano, Texas	Plano West	Dallas Texans Red 94
23	Antoinette Bennett	MF	5-5	Arlington, Texas	Mansfield Summit	Dallas Texans Red 94
2	Natalie Donaldson/td>	MF/F	5-3	Westminster, Calif.	Los Alamitos	Slammers FC
4	Kala Faulkner	D	5-5	Alpharetta, Ga.	Milton	UFA 94 Elite
33	Haley Gerken	MF/D	5-7	Birmingham, Ala.	Oak Mountain	BUSA 94 ECNL
14	Alicia Hereford	D	5-7	Huntsville, Ala.	Huntsville	BUSA 94 ECNL
16	Alyse Scott	GK	5-6	Marietta, Ga.	The Walker School	NASA G12 Elite II
25	Sophie Simantel	MF/F	5-4	Orange Beach, Ala.	Gulf Shores	Mobile Soccer Club