Flinn Recognized with All-ACC Honors

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Miami Hurricanes junior striker Ashley Flinn was among those recognized with all-conference honors Thursday, earning a spot on the All-ACC Third Team.

The Romeo, Mich., native had a breakout campaign for the Hurricanes, leading the team and ranking seventh in the ACC with 10 goals in the regular season. Flinn recorded four multi-goal performances on the year, including the first hat trick for a Hurricane since 2009 with a three-goal game against Cleveland State.

“Coming into the season before we started we asked the team what their goals were,” first-year head coach Mary-Frances Monroe said. “The team said they didn’t score a lot of goals last year. My job is to help them score. Ashley and a few other players really took it to heart, and listened to the details in regards to improving.”

Flinn’s goals often came at the most opportune moments, including a second-half brace that guided Miami to a 2-0 upset of then-No. 3 Notre Dame. She ranked second on the team in shots on goal (21), and netted a team-high five game-winners on the year.

Timely strikes included a golden goal in overtime against Jacksonville and a decisive strike with 40 seconds remaining in regulation against FAU.

“Ashley is determined. She wants to help the team succeed,” Monroe said. “It started to click, and she came up with big-time goals, especially in the beginning of the year. I think she improved as the year went on, and was really able to find success.”

Flinn is the first All-ACC honoree since Kate Howarth took home second-team honors in 2011. For the full release from the ACC, click HERE.