Becky Edwards

Classroom

Edwards is pursuing a degree in marketing at Florida State.  She is a five-time member of the Dean’s List earning a GPA of 3.5 or higher during the 2006 and 2007 fall semesters as well as the 2007, 2008 and 2009 spring semesters.  She was named to the President’s List in the 2008 fall semester after earning a 4.0 GPA.  A three-time member of the All-ACC Academic Team (2006, 07, 08) and a three-time ACC Academic Honor Roll (2006-07, 07-08, 08-09) honoree, Edwards was named a first team Academic All-American by the NSCAA in 2008 - just the third Seminole in school history to achieve such an honor.  She was also named to the NSCAA first team and CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine second team Academic All-District.

Character

Florida State head coach Mark Krikorian on the character of senior captain Becky Edwards: “Becky Edwards is one of the most exceptional student-athletes I have come across in my 16 years as a head coach at the collegiate level.  She is outstanding in the classroom, she is great in the community and on the soccer field she has been fantastic.  Her play has certainly put her into an elite class helping the United States U-20 Women’s National Team win the gold medal at the 2008 FIFA Youth World Cup as well as being a very important piece of our team over the last three years.  Her class on the field has clearly shown over the last three years which has attributed to the overall success of our program.  Now she will be given a little more responsibility in terms of leadership as she was named captain during her senior year.  Becky has shown a tremendous amount of leadership both on the field, in the classroom and in the community throughout her career at Florida State.  She may be captain by title but she has always been a very good leader and teammate.”

Community

Edwards has been an active participant in the community during her time at Florida State volunteering at the following events: Relay for Life, Al Dunlap Donor Luncheon (Booster Function, Athletic Ambassador), Thanksgiving Holiday Food Drive, Special Olympics and Paint It Pink during which Edwards and her Seminole teammates turned the Seminole Soccer Complex Pink by wearing pink jerseys against Wake Forest; the game helped raise $4,900 for breast cancer research in 2008.

Competition

Edwards is a 2008 NSCAA First Team All-American, All-ACC second team member and NSCAA and Soccer Buzz Southeast Region first team. She garnered preseason All-America honors from Soccer America and Soccer Buzz and has been a 2008 and 2009 MAC Hermann Trophy watch list candidate. She claimed a gold medal as a member of the U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team that captured the FIFA Youth World Cup in Chile. She appeared in 17 games while making 12 starts in 2008. She tallied three points on a goal and an assist in more than 1,300 minutes of action. She played an integral role in the Seminole backline in 2008 that gave up just 15 goals all season, the fewest allowed in the ACC and the fewest allowed in school history. She was part of a defensive unit that put together four consecutive shutout victories in league play for the first time in school history. As a three-year starter on the backline, Edwards has helped FSU post 40 shutouts and the first and second lowest goals against average and fewest goals allowed in school history.