Player Profile Nominations

In considering which women's college ultimate player to feature for February, I decided that I wanted more input from people on who should be highlighted. I've gotten a few e-mails this season suggesting some players that deserve the recognition, but I really want more nominations to chose from so that I don't end up featuring only players I know personally or that Stanford has played against. For instance, January's player profile was from an e-mail suggestion, and I am really glad that I got to know a little bit about Michelle's story.

So, who else should be considered?

Some things that I've thought about in the picks so far are:

• Leadership. Players that are featured should be major forces on their teams and leaders either on or off the field.
  
• Timeliness. If a team is doing really well and wins a big tournament, a player from that team will be more likely to be recognized the following month.
  
• Lack of previous recognition. Often teams have a single player that gets her praises sung a lot even though there are other players who make just as big an impact for the team. It's nice to feature those other players too.
  
• Diversity. At first the profiles only featured players from the NW and SW since that was the focus of the website. I've since expanded the coverage to include the whole country, so it's important to have profiles from different areas and different teams.
  
• Personal Interest. Players with an interesting story to tell (ultimate or otherwise) are always good choices to highlight.

Please consider this a standing thread where you can post comments even long after the initial post. Thanks!