Milestones: Two-time Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year (2010 and 2011) ... just second Black Knight chosen for this honor ... two-time first-team all-league selection and 2011 conference all-tournament pick ... named to 2011 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List - Army's first-ever candidate ... twice earned Mid-Atlantic All-Region honors ... first-team selection in 2010 and third team in 2011 ... earned pair of weekly league honors in 2010 and 2011 ... named to 2011 Patriot League All-Academic Team and twice selected to the league academic honor roll ... 2011 Capital One Academic All-District Second Team - first Black Knight chosen since 2009 ... named to 2011 Black Knight Classic and Army Soccer Classic all-tournament teams ... started every game past two years (42), playing key role in Black Knights posting 31 shutouts to include a school-record 16 in 2010 ... Army ranked No. 1 nationally in GAA, shutout percentage and save percentage in 2010 ... Black Knights listed No. 2 in shutout percentage, No. 3 in save percentage and No. 7 in GAA in 2011 ... two-year letterwinner.
2011: Appeared in all 21 games ... one of just four field players to start every game ... among an elite group of 42 women's soccer players (one of just three underclassmen) named to the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy Watch List ... highest individual award in intercollegiate soccer ... list dominated by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America preseason Top 25 teams ... selected the Patriot League's preseason Defensive Player of the year after earning honor freshman year ... did not disappoint with selection once again ... first back-to-back winner since Navy's Nicole Aunapu in 1997-98 and third overall ... among conference-high six Army players selected for all-league honors ... one of two Black Knights to repeat as a first-team pick ... selected twice as defensive player of the week - Sept. 12 and Oct. 10 - along with picking up a few honorable mentions ... played pivotal role in Army posting 15 shutouts, one shy of the school mark (16) helped set the previous year ... recorded first collegiate assist with helper in 1-0 win over Marist in Army's final tune-up for Patriot League opener ... free kick set up winning tally for teammate Kim An ... anchored defense that helped No. 4 Army post pair of 2-0 shutout wins over No. 1 Colgate and No. 3 Navy to capture the Patriot League Tournament title and automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament ... Black Knights held No. 13 Penn State scoreless until late in the game before bowing 1-0 at the NCAA Regional match.
2010: One of five players to start all 21 games on a defensive unit that ranked No. 1 nationally in goals-against average, save percentage and shutout percentage ... one of two freshmen named a first team Patriot League all-star ... league's Defensive Player of the Year - second Black Knight to earn that honor, joining Army's Hall of Famer Lauren Rowe (2002) ... scored the game winner in 1-0 blanking of Delaware off a 40-yard free kick just over a minute into the second half ... performance earned Army Athletic Associate Athlete of the Week and Patriot League rookie honors ... singled out the following week for league defensive honors for performance in blankings of Quinnipiac and Manhattan ... one of three Army players named to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team ... instrumental in the Black Knights' stifling defense that allowed opponents just six goals in 21 matches, while setting a school-record 16 shutouts ... named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Performance Subaru Division I Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team.
High School: Two-time all-state and four-time first team all-league player as central defender at Fairview High ... garnered first team all-regional honors sophomore, junior and senior years ... tabbed first team all-state as a senior and second team selection junior year ... led team to Colorado state title as a senior after reaching the semifinals previous year ... five-time team MVP who was defensive selection three times (2007-2009) ... served three years as team captain ... instrumental in school setting back-to-back marks for fewest goals in a season with record six in 2010 ... played travel ball for the Boulder County Force (2007-10) that reached the State Cup semifinals in 2009.
Personal: Given name is Molly Katherine McGuigan ... parents' names are Tom Smerdon and Leigh McGuigan ... sister Ann (23) is attending the University of Wyoming ... paternal grandfather, Ernest Smerdon, served in the Air Force (1951-55) ... National Merit student ... first team academic all-state selection as a senior ... majoring in Economics.
