GAINESVILLE, Fla. - University of Florida's Brooke Thigpen is the
Southeastern Conference’s Freshman Soccer Player of the Week, the
league office announced Monday afternoon. Other award winners this week
include Tennessee senior Mick Imgram (SEC Offensive Player of the Week)
and South Carolina senior defender Blakely Mattern (SEC Defensive Player
of the Week).

Thigpen (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School) turned in a goal and two
assists in Florida’s wins last weekend versus Duke (2-1) and No. 20
Colorado (3-1). Thigpen broke a 1-1 tie to score the game-winning goal
against Duke in the 64th minute. She also provided an assist on
Florida's first goal of the match. In Sunday's 3-1 win over Colorado,
Thigpen again was involved in the game-winning goal, this time providing
the assist on roommate Erika Tymrak's 18-yard strike in the 48th minute.
Thigpen shares Florida's 2009 points lead at six off of two goals and
two assists.

Thigpen is 2009 ESPN RISE Winter High School All-American and was named
the 2009 Florida High School 3A Dairy Farmer’s Player of the Year. She
was named the 2009 Florida Times Union All-First Coast Player of the
Year after turning in 43 goals and 27 assists as a senior at The Bolles
School.

Next up, the Gators play host to No. 4 Florida State (6-1, 0-0 ACC) on
Friday, Sept. 18. Match time is set for 7 p.m. at the James G. Pressly
Stadium. The first 1,000 fans at Friday’s match receive “Beat FSU”
t-shirts, compliments of Gatorade. Check out the Gator Outlook for a
list of all promotions for Friday’s match. Admission is free for all
Gator soccer regular-season matches.

Streaming audio and video of Friday’s match is available at
www.GatorZone.com - the official website of the Florida Gators. Click
on the GatorVision link to get complete information about streaming
video for Friday’s match. The match can also be heard on WRUF AM 850
with Adam Schick and Matthew Stubbington covering the action.