SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara Athletics is set to induct the 2001 Bronco women's soccer team that brought home the school's first outright National Championship into its Hall of Fame. The team will be formally inducted in May at the department's annual Hall of Fame Ceremony. Full details will be released at a later date.

"The 2001 team found a way to have everything come together," Santa Clara head coach Jerry Smith said. We had previous teams that could score lots of goals, but the 2001 team could score goals, shutout teams, were really gritty and hard-working, and had amazing leadership. They had what most coaches refer to as championship culture. Although we'd had great teams here before, that was the first team that had all facets of that championship culture."

The 2001 team went 23-2 overall and 6-1 in the West Coast Conference, clinching their fifth conference championship. The Broncos posted an 80-15 goal differential for the year while facing a whopping 12 ranked teams. In those matches, Santa Clara went 10-2, including 6-0 against teams ranked in the top-10.

Despite being the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Broncos went on the road at played at Illinois where they took down Evansville 3-0 in the first round and followed with a 4-1 victory over Syracuse in the second round. They returned home for the next two rounds, topping Dartmouth 2-0 and Virginia 3-2 to make it to the program's seventh College Cup.

In Dallas, Santa Clara beat Florida 3-2 in an overtime thriller to set up a showdown with North Carolina. Ally Wagner's goal in the 41st minute proved to be the difference as the Broncos finished on top of the collegiate women's soccer world for the first time. At the time, Santa Clara was just the fifth program to a National Championship.

As expected, the team brought home an array of awards.

Aly Wagner won the Honda Award for her play as well as Soccer America Player of the Year and Soccer Buzz Player of the Year. Four were named All-Americans after the season with Danielle Slaton and Wagner being named to the First Team and Leslie Osborne and Jessica Ballweg to the Freshman Team

In addition, Wagner was named the College Cup Offensive MVP and Slaton was the College Cup Defensive MVP. Wagner and Slaton were also named to the College Cup All-Tournament Team along with Osborne, Jessica Ballweg, Anna Braun, and Veronica Zepeda.

Slaton, Wagner, and Zepeda were also First Team All-Region with Osborne and Anna Kraus on the Second Team and Hawkins on the Third Team.

Wagner was the WCC Player of the year with Slaton taking home WCC Defender of the Year honors. Wagner, Slaton, Osborne, and Zepeda were all First Team All-WCC with Hawkins and Kraus placing on the Second Team. Ballweg, Kerry Cathcart, and Bree Horvath were Honorable Mention.

Smith was named the NCAA Coach of the Year and the Soccer America Coach of the Year while also being named the WCC Coach of the Year.

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