After an impressive season in which she established herself as one of the top women’s soccer players in the Northeast region, Columbia University junior and Northwest Nationals alum Sophie Reiser has been named the Ivy League Women’s Soccer Player of the Year. Reiser becomes the second Columbia player in history and second in the past three seasons to win the award.

Reiser is also one of 32 of the nation’s top women’s college soccer players have been named finalists for the Soccer News Net Player of the Year Award. Fans can vote for the award from Nov. 18-Dec. 15. at Big Apple Soccer.

Reiser, who was also the only unanimous selection to the All-Ivy League First Team, broke out to register personal bests in goals (12), assists (11), and points (35) in 2008. The Seattle native was named Ivy League Player of the Week on two separate occasions this fall and ended the season on a 13-game point-scoring streak, one of the top streaks in the nation.

She tied a school record with three assists in a 4-0 shutout of Long Island on October 6, then registered all three Columbia goals in a 3-1 win over Dartmouth on October 24. For her efforts, she was also selected to the SoccerBuzz Elite Team of the Week and to Soccer America’s Women’s National Team of the Week. Reiser was also named Columbia University Student-Athlete of the Month for both September and October.