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ND Sports Harrison Shipp Wins Awards For Men's Soccer 3.88 GPA, is the program's first to win the award and the first athlete from he accolades and attention finally any sport at Notre Dame to win it in started to catch up to Irish captain 10 years. Harrison Shipp in November, while "I was a little surprised with how the senior forward little recognition he approached the end got last year from the of his long and sucoutside," head coach cessful career at Notre Bobby Clark said. "He Dame. was awful good last Shipp has gone year. It's not like this four consecutive seais new. He was one of sons without missing our top players last a game. During that year." time, he grew from Shipp's play was a freshman teemsomewhat lost being with potential hind erstwhile seto a confident and Shipp, who led Notre Dame in both goals niors Ryan Finley and clutch team leader. (11) and assists (eight) through 20 Dillon Powers a year He scored 22 goals games, was named the ACC Offensive ago. The former was for the Irish, with Player of the Year and the Capital One the nation's secondhalf of them coming Academic All-America Player of the Year. leading scorer in 2012 photo courtesy notre dame media relations this fall while leading and the latter just won his team in both goals (11) and assists Major League Soccer's Rookie of the (eight) through 20 contests. While Year trophy this year. With both of Notre Dame (13-1-6) began competi- those players leaving, it was Shipp's tion in Shipp's final NCAA Tourna- turn to take control. ment, he was starting to reap some of Clark said Shipp's biggest growth the rewards. in the past two seasons has been in The Atlantic Coast Conference his confidence and willingness to take named Shipp its Offensive Player of charge of the field. That shows up the Year in Notre Dame's first sea- on the score sheet, especially in big son in the new league. He also was games when Shipp and his teammates named the Capital One Academic All- trust him to make pivotal plays under America Player of the Year, an honor pressure. He scored two goals to boost given to one player in each sport per No. 3 Notre Dame to a 4-0 win over year. Shipp, a finance major with a Wisconsin in its first NCAA TournaBy Dan Murphy T