AZUSA, Calif. -- For the third straight season, 6 Azusa Pacific players were named to the All-GSAC team announced today. Senior midfielder Randie Massro led the way, capping the final regular season of her 4-year career with her third straight All-GSAC selection along with the conference’s top honor, the GSAC Player of the Year award.

Massro is the sixth Cougar to claim the award under head coach Jason Surrell, who picked up his sixth GSAC Coach of the Year honor after leading Azusa Pacific to just the third perfect 10-0 conference campaign since the GSAC expanded to its current 11-team format in 2001. Under Surrell, the Cougars have registered a 67-5-5 record in conference play.

“Going 10-0 in GSAC is special in itself because it’s such a tough conference,” said Surrell. “I attribute getting the Coach of the Year award to the team performing as well as it has. I feel like the last 3 or 4 years we’ve been as good as we’ve ever been as a program, we just haven’t seemed to have gotten that last game we’ve wanted. It has definitely helped to start with what was already an established program.”

Massro, a fixture in the Azusa Pacific midfield over the past 4 seasons, started all 16 regular season games this season, and she has started every game of her career for the Cougars, a streak of 79 games. Massro scored 3 of her 4 goals this season in GSAC play, including a pair of game-winning goals in shutout victories over California Baptist and Hope International.

“I can’t speak to the mindset of the coaches who voted for her, but it was a unanimous vote,” said Surrell. “The other coaches expressed that Randie was a player they are always worried about, that they have to know where she is at all times. They know the impact she’s had on our team, not just this year but in the other previous 3, as well. I think they’re all excited that she’s graduating.”

Jill Colfer-Martinson also earned her third consecutive All-GSAC selection, surrendering just 3 goals in conference play for a GSAC-best 0.30 goals against average. Colfer-Martinson posted 5 straight shutouts to finish the season, logging 496 consecutive scoreless minutes heading into this week’s NAIA Region II Playoffs. Despite facing just 27 shots on goal, Colfer-Martinson registered 24 saves to pace the conference’s goalkeepers in save percentage, as well. Colfer-Martinson’s 8 shutouts of conference opponents helped boost her season total to 11, and she is Azusa Pacific’s career shutout record holder with 45.

“To me, this has been Jill’s best year so far,” said Surrell. “I think you could have easily seen her get the Player of the Year after what she’s done and the records she’s set here. She always seems to come up big, and the game she had to come up biggest this year was in the Biola game. She made 2 saves that I don’t think I’ve seen her make in the 3 years prior, and they were just fantastic saves.”

The Cougars’ leading scorer, sophomore Theresa Broad, earned the all-conference nod for the second straight campaign, adding the honor to a resume that already includes 2006 NAIA All-American first team, 2006 NAIA Tournament Outstanding Offensive Player and 2006 NAIA Region II Player of the Year honors. Broad was Azusa Pacific’s leading scorer for the second straight season, scoring 11 of her team-high 13 goals in the Cougars’ perfect 10-game GSAC sweep.

“Other teams already focused in on Theresa, and when we were hit by injuries up top this year, I think she just drew that much more attention from opposing teams,” said Surrell. “She was still able to score as the focus of other team’s defense, and that’s pretty impressive.”

A trio of first-time All-GSAC honorees rounded out Azusa Pacific’s representation in the annual honors, with senior midfielder Sara Odenthal, junior midfielder Sarah Yoro and sophomore defender Katie Rorabaugh each earning all-conference recognition.

Odenthal, a full-time starter this season for the first time in her career, scored her lone goal of the season in a key 3-0 victory over Concordia. She started all 16 games, including all 10 conference contests.

“Sara has just been as much of a leader on the field as she’s been off the field,” said Surrell. “Her play for us has been extremely consistent. We know what we’re going to get – we’re getting a hard worker that’s going to distribute the ball and play tough defense for us. With all the injuries we had, we knew we could count on Sara to just do what she’s been doing.”

Yoro led a handful of players who helped pick up the scoring slack when the Cougars lost 2006 NAIA All-American third team forward Bridget Brotherton to injury for nearly a month. Yoro was Azusa Pacific’s second-leading scorer in the regular season, finishing with 8 goals and 3 assists. She scored 5 of her 8 goals in GSAC games, including 2 each in victories over San Diego Christian and The Master’s.

“Sarah is hitting her stride and starting to peak at the right time,” said Surrell. “She’s such a talented player, and the other coaches see her as an impact player. Her ability is pretty impressive, and the coaches recognize that.”

Rorabaugh, a versatile defender who also filled in at times at forward and in the midfield, earned her first All-GSAC selection after tallying all 4 of her goals in GSAC play. In the Cougars’ first game without Brotherton, Rorabaugh filled in at forward and registered a hat trick in a 5-1 road win over Fresno Pacific. She also scored in the Cougars’ 2-0 road victory over Point Loma Nazarene.

“My personal opinion is that Katie is one of the best all-around players we’ve ever had, period,” said Surrell. “Wherever we put her, we feel that she is among the best at that position, and that’s all over the field. She’s just a natural soccer player. She knows how to read the game, she’s got the technical ability, and she’s been fantastic for us.”

Azusa Pacific is the top seed for the upcoming NAIA Region II Playoffs, and the Cougars carry a 32-game home unbeaten streak into Wednesday’s 1 p.m. first-round contest with Westmont. The winner advances to Friday’s regional semifinals.