July 7, 2008

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri State University head soccer coach Heather Nelson announced that Lindsay Pickering will join the Redhawks women's soccer coaching staff as an assistant during the 2008 season. Pickering, the all-time career shutouts leader at Southeast, will work with goalkeepers and handle additional coaching and administrative responsibilities including travel arrangements, recruiting and academic progress.

Lindsay Pickering is the career leader in each goalkeeping statistical category. (Patrick Clark)

Pickering completed her soccer eligibility with her third season as goalkeeper in 2007. She earned OVC Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2005 and 2007, adding First Team All-OVC accolades in each of those two seasons as well as Second Team All-OVC honors in 2006. Starting at goalkeeper during each of her three seasons, she ranks first all-time among Southeast goalkeepers in every career category, including shutouts (28), wins (34), goals against average (0.72), saves (228), games in goal (58) and time in goal (5236:05).

Pickering has previous coaching experience as the goalkeeping trainer for the Southeast Soccer Club, and she served as a student assistant for Redhawks women's soccer during the 2008 spring semester.

A former Southeast Scholar Athlete and OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll honoree, Pickering will graduate in December 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education with concentration in physical education.

Pickering joins Nelson and Nelson's husband, associate head coach Paul Nelson, as part of a coaching staff that looks to lead the Redhawks to their third consecutive Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance.