ECAC Names Legg Defensive Player of the Year

DANBURY, Conn. – Carnegie Mellon University women's soccer senior Rachel Legg was recognized as the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year. Legg also landed a spot on the first team, marking her second ECAC First Team selection with her other honor coming following the 2019 season.

Legg, who was named the University Athletic Association (UAA) Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year and recently garnered second-team All-America recognition from United Soccer Coaches, started every game for the Tartans this season, leading the team in minutes played with 1,562. As a center back for the team, Legg was integral in the team's 11 shutouts and 0.74 goals against average. For the second time in three NCAA tournament appearances, the Tartans earned two shutouts in first and second-round play, with Legg being the anchor of both defenses.

The ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) is an eighty-four-year-old organization with well over 200 member schools across all three NCAA Divisions - I, II and III. The ECAC exists to enhance the experience of student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics and provides great value for universities and colleges by sponsoring championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments and other competitions throughout the Northeast. The ECAC's esports platform is growing and now totals more than sixty colleges and universities and is expanding the geographic footprint for the conference nationally. The ECAC is also sponsoring competitions and leagues involving other varsity and club sports that do not fall under the umbrella of the NCAA.