Camp Retreat

After a good morning session. The whole team and staff are headed down to a camp retreat outside of Waco. It is going to be a lot of fun and a good change of pace from training camp. We are going to play some soccer tennis, campfires, ropes course, and canoe races on the lake. All of the girls are excited to get away and enjoy some time off the field.

Training Camp Report

It is Day 6 of Training Camp and things are looking good. The girls are training hard and after a day of photo-shoots and video for this year's introduction pre-game video; the girls came out fresh and tackled fitness with a great attitude. Here are some pictures of today's training session, we are now off to the a training session under the lights at beautiful Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium with the Jane Justin Fieldhouse in the background nearing its full completion.

Hanks newest member of the coaching staff

TCU head coach Dan Abdalla announced the addition of two-time M.A.C. Hermann Trophy winner Kerri Hanks to the TCU women's soccer coaching staff on Friday.

"Kerri is a great addition to our coaching staff," said Abdalla. "She arguably had one of the greatest individual college careers in our sport. With her experience, she should only make our coaching staff and team better."

Hanks was a four-time All-America honoree at the University of Notre Dame. She is just one of 23 players ever in Division I women's soccer history to earn All-America accolades all four season's and the youngest recipient by class year of the Hermann Trophy, which is presented to the top female and male soccer player in NCAA Division I soccer.

The Allen, Texas, native, who is the only Division I women's soccer player ever to amass at least 73 goals and 73 assists in a career, finished her four years with 84 goals and 73 assists. Overall, she holds 67 records in the Notre Dame, BIG EAST Conference or NCAA record books, while also ranking in the top 25 on 10 NCAA single-season or career lists. Hanks, who ranks 13th all-time in the NCAA in career goals and is tied for second all-time in career assists, owns the fifth-longest goal scoring streak in NCAA history. She also recorded the most assists in NCAA Championship play with 20 and is only the third player in NCAA history to reach the 50 goals, 50 assists, milestone as a junior.

During her senior season, Hanks became only the fourth woman ever to earn the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy twice, joining the likes of Mia Hamm, Cindy Parlow and Christine Sinclair. She is also the first two-time national player of the year honoree in any sport in the 123-year history of Notre Dame athletics. Hanks was a two-time finalist for the "Best Female College Athlete" at the ESPN-sponsored ESPY Awards. She finished her final season in South Bend, Ind., ranked fifth in the nation in goals (20), tied for third in assists (15) and tied for second in points (55). Hanks, who closed her career earning the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, helped the Fighting Irish advance to the NCAA College Cup three times, including the National Championship match during both the 2006 and 2008 seasons.

Following her career at Notre Dame, Hanks, who played on the United States Under-23 National Team that won the prestigious 2008 Nordic Cup, was drafted sixth overall by the St. Louis Athletica in the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) Draft. In 2009, Hanks led New Jersey Sky Blue FC to its first Women's Professional Soccer Championship.

Cody Earns League Honor

Senior Chelsea Cody earned All League Honors yesterday. Cody lead the Oklahoma Alliance of the WPSL to a Big Sky Conference Championship, along with other TCU teammates: Kaylie Garcia, Jordan Calhoun and Kelsey Walters. Congratulations to Chelse Cody on earning All-League-Honors for a stellar summer performance.

The TCU women's soccer team continued its preparations for the 2010 season on Thursday with a morning session at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.

GoFrogs.com sat down with senior midfielder Chelsea Cody following the morning practice to get her thoughts on preseason camp so far. Click on the link below for an exclusive interview with Cody.

TCU returns nine starters off a squad that played in the Mountain West Conference Tournament for a third-straight season. The Horned Frogs will be led up front this fall by Jordan Calhoun, who netted eight goals, while dishing out six assists in 2009. The Frogs also return senior Jackie Torda who burst onto the scene last season to earn second-team all-conference accolades.

TCU will open its regular season on Aug. 20 at Texas Tech.

Click here to view Cody's Interview

Video

First day of practices

We had a beatiful start to the day with this mornings training session. It went awesome the girls were so excited and it was a great first practice of training camp. We have another session tonight under the lights on a field that can only be described as amazing. Plus in the background the Jane Justin Field-House is almost done so the excitement just never ends.

Training Camp Starts Today

It is finally here! The girls are all back on campus today reporting for training camp and everyone is very excited. There are new faces around and the air is buzzing with energy, everyone has been working their tails off all summer and ready to go. The Jane Justin Fieldhouse is looking better everyday and here are the latest pictures that we took yesterday.