Girls Soccer: Briar Woods SR Ashley Carmean to Play at NCAA D1 Gardner-Webb University

(Jan. 31, 2012) - Briar Woods High School senior Ashley Carmean will play at NCAA Division I Gardner-Webb University next year.

Carmean is just one of six Falcons that will play next year in college: Sam Russell (James Madison), Megan Benitez (George Mason), Lina Granados (Vanderbilt), Caroline Magnotti (University of Tampa) and Alexis Jensen (Lynchburg College). Briar Woods will host a signing ceremony for the talented group on Feb. 9 at 4:30 p.m. in the school's library.

"It feels like just yesterday they were stepping onto the field at BWHS for the first time," wrote Briar Woods coach Ann Vierkorn. "They are certainly a talented and special group. It doesn't happen often that every senior goes on to play in college."

Gardner-Webb is a private, Christian, Baptist-related university located in Boiling Springs, N.C., 50 miles west of Charlotte. The women's soccer team plays in the Big South Conference.