Girls Soccer: 5-Time State Champion Broad Run Girls to Be Honored

(Dec. 31, 2011) - The defending 4-time VHSL AA state championship Broad Run High School girls soccer program will be recognized for its amazing run in a ring ceremony during halftime of the Jan. 6 boys varsity game at Broad Run. On hand will be players and coaches from all five state championship teams (2001, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) to acknowledge a record-tying performance by a Loudoun County high school athletic program (5 state championships: tying the state championships won by the Park View gymnastics teams from the 1980s).

The 2011 Spartans completed an unprecedented season in Broad Run athletics - winning their 4th straight title, finishing ranked No. 1 in the Washington Post Metro area, No. 3 in the nation by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and No. 6 in the nation by MaxPrepsports (CBS Sports) ranking publications.


Along the way, the Spartans amassed a record of 24-1 while scoring 91 goals against 15 allowed - the second most prolific scoring team in Broad Run history behind the 2008 squad that set the mark at 113 goals.

Whitney Church (Penn State freshman) was named Washington Post Metro Player of the Year, joining Holly King (Class of ‘09) as the only Broad Run girls soccer players to achieve this title. Both players contributed to the last 4 championship teams that won a record 92 wins against 3 losses, 2 ties including 63 shutouts. Together they hold several VHSL records including a 51 game unbeaten streak; most wins in a season: 24; most shutouts in a season: 20; and goals against average in a season: 0.176 goals allowed.

Current Spartan assistant coach Lauren Brewer was on the 2001 State Championship squad that brought home Broad Run’s first soccer state championship under Coach John Sharples. That team recorded 18 wins against 2 losses and 1 tie with 14 shutouts.

The Spartans are led by coach Claire Collins who has been head coach since 2003. Over that time frame, she has compiled a record of 172 wins, 19 losses and 10 ties (12 year career record of 198 wins against 39 losses and 13 ties). She has been Dulles District Coach of the year 7 times, Region II Coach of the Year 5 times, Virginia AA State Coach of the Year 5 times, Washington Post All-Met Coach of the Year in 2004 and NSCAA National Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2009.

In 2012, the Spartans will be making a run at a fifth straight VHSL state championship and their first AAA title.