CHARLOTTE – The Gardner-Webb women's soccer team placed a program best seven members on the Big South All-Conference teams, which were announced by the conference office this afternoon.
 
Headlining Gardner-Webb's honorees were first-team members Stina Kleppe and Keely Brown. The Runnin' Bulldogs had four players – Jada Newton, Samuelle Grove, Erin Shamleffer and Brittany DeLoach – named Second-Team All-Conference. Newton and Maddie Turlington, the team's assist leader concluded Gardner-Webb's players receiving recognition by being named to the All-Freshman Team.
 
Stina Kleppe – First-Team All-Conference Forward and All-Academic Team Member
For the third consecutive year, Kleppe earned All-Conference recognition from the Big South. She accounted for the most points on the roster with 24, thanks to her nine goals and five assists over the 18-match season. To close out the non-conference portion of Gardner-Webb's schedule, Kleppe scored in four consecutive matches – against Navy, Appalachian State, EKU and Marshall respectively.
 
To end the year, she had four goals in the Runnin' Bulldogs' final two matches, both of which were victories. In a 2-1 win over Campbell, Kleppe contributed both goals, netting the equalizer in the 64^th minute and scoring the game-winner with just 4:31 left on the clock. In the 'Dogs 4-1 victory over Hampton in the regular season finale, she assisted on GWU's first goal and scored the second and fourth goals for the Runnin' Bulldogs. Among BSC players, she ranked in the top five in seven categories.
 
Kleppe also earned a spot on the Big South's All-Academic team. The native of Skien, Norway has a 3.78 GPA and is a Dean's List member. She is majoring in biology.
                                                 
Keely Brown – First -Team All-Conference Goalkeeper
Brown capped off a four-year career in Boiling Springs by starting all 18 regular season matches in goal and compiling a record of 10-3-4. She has started every game on the schedule since stepping foot on campus.
 
The Cincinnati, Ohio native was already Gardner-Webb's all-time saves and shutouts leader heading into her senior season but increased her lead in both categories thanks to stopping 68 shots and recording two clean shots. Brown saved a season-high 10 shots in a win against Radford and was named the Defender of the Week by the Big South Conference on September 24. For her career, she has played over 7,000 minutes in goal, saved 384 shots and recorded 18 shutouts.
 
Jada Newton – Second-Team All-Conference Forward and All-Freshman Team Member
Newton began her career as a Runnin' Bulldog in stellar fashion, scoring goals in Gardner-Webb first two matches of the year. For the hot start to her freshman season, she earned Attacking Player of the Week honors from the Big South Conference on August 24. Newton would go on to score seven additional goals over the final 16 matches of the season, including in back-to-back contests against Appalachian State and EKU. She finished the regular season with 18 points and ranked fifth in the Big South in goals, sixth in goals per game and seventh in points and points per game.
 
Sam Grove – Second-Team All-Conference Forward
Grove contributed three goals and added two assists for a total of eight points during her senior season. She started all 18 matches at the forward position and scored in a non-conference match against Appalachian State, while also adding goals in Big South contests versus USC Upstate and Hampton. In Tuesday's regular season finale against the Pirates, she scored Gardner-Webb's third goal of the match in the 64^th minute of play. Both of her assists this season came in a win over the Radford Highlanders, whose only loss in BSC play was to the Runnin' Bulldogs. Grove logged over 1,000 minutes on the pitch and had a .630 shots on goal percentage.
 
Brittany DeLoach – Second-Team All-Conference Defender
DeLoach was another Runnin' Bulldog who earned the starting nod in all 18 of the team's matches. She contributed to two shutouts as a defender and led all field players with 1,593 minutes played. She was second in the team in minutes as only goalkeeper Keely Brown logged more.
 
DeLoach helped limit GWU's opponents to 22 goals and a 1.22 goals per game average. Additionally, she kept the Runnin' Bulldogs opponents shot percentage at a mere .100, while the opposition had only a .430 shots on goal percentage thanks to the play of DeLoach and the rest of the Gardner-Webb back line. 
 
Erin Shamleffer – Second-Team All-Conference Defender
A key member of the Runnin' Bulldogs back line, Shamleffer concluded her final regular season at Gardner-Webb by starting all 18 matches and logging 1,483 minutes. While she contributed to two shutouts on defense, she also found her way into the scoring column, scoring the first goal in the Runnin' Bulldogs' 3-0 romp over non-conference opponent Georgia Southern on August 26. In the final month of the regular season, Shamleffer recorded her first career assist on Aubrie Jackson's goal in a 2-1 Big South victory over Charleston Southern.
 
Maddie Turlington – All-Freshman Team
A two-time Big South Conference weekly award winner, Turlington made an immediate impact for the Runnin' Bulldogs this season, with five goals and a team-leading eight assists. She scored a pair of goals in a win over Radford and also had two assists vs. App State and Presbyterian. Turlington ended the regular season second in the conference in assists and assists per game. She was named the conference's Attacking Player of the Week on September 24 after accounting for three-of-five goals in wins over Radford and USC Upstate. She earned recognition as Freshman of the Week on October 15, having a hand in all four goals in a pair of wins, including scoring the game-winning goal against Longwood on October 13.
 
The Runnin' Bulldogs will now turn their attention to the Big South Conference tournament. The team is earned the second seed for the tournament and is set to host seventh-seeded Winthrop in the quarterfinals on Sunday, October 28 at 2 p.m.