Falcusan's
skills reflected in final 'Greatest PCEP Female Athlete' results
BY ED WRIGHT
Feb. 9, 2010, 3 p.m.
Jordan Falcusan hasn't competed in a high school athletic event in
almost six years, but the former Salem multi-sport star's feats have
not been forgotten by the local sports community.
Falcusan earned the title of "Greatest PCEP Female Athlete -
2000-09" last week when she earned close to 6,000 votes in a
PlymouthCantonSports.com poll.
Currently a professional clothier working for the Tom James
Company in Chicago, Falcusan defeated former Canton swimming great and
Olympic bronze medal winner Allison Schmitt; and former Plymouth
three-sport standout Janet Hanchett in the finals.
After graduating from Salem in 2004, Falcusan played
four
productive years of collegiate soccer -- two years each at highly
ranked programs Texas A&M and Tennessee.
During her incredible four years as a Rock, Falcusan earned 13
varsity letters in five different sports.
I'll never forget the scorching hot summer mid-week morning in
2004 when I went over to the PCEP track to jog a few slowly paced laps
and I saw two girls enduring some pretty intense, self-motivated soccer
drills on the field.
I didn't know at the time that the two girls were Falcusan and
her former high school and collegiate teammate Marissa Sarkisian, but I
knew their skills and their dedication to the sport were better than
good because most teenagers their age were still home sleeping.
I received a ton of positive e-mails in support of all three
finalists. One of Schmitt's former youth soccer coaches said she was
the hardest worker he's ever coach and that she could have been in a
star in that sport, too, if not for her dedication to swimming.
The bottom line is that Falcusan, Schmitt and Hanchett are all
incredible role models for young athletes out there who aspire to excel
not only in the athletic arena, but in life.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the unscientific poll
that ran on the website throughout January and early February. The
number of votes the survey generated -- over 50,000 -- proves how
passionate the residents of this area are about their high school
sports.
And stay tuned for the second annual "Greatest PCEP Athletes of
the Decade," which is scheduled to run on PlymouthCantonSports.com in
January of 2020.
ED WRIGHT COLUMN
ARCHIVES
Goble-Rolfe showdown was one for the record
books
Local teams hit the high school basketball
lottery
Unscientific
survey will lead the "greatest" PCEP athlete from the past decade
They
don't make sports games like they used to
Annual poem saluting athletes who
excelled in 2009
Danny Cassidy will be remembered as
a
humble, happy young man who had the jump shot to be envied.
Steelers-Lions
rivalry brings out the best in junior gridiron heroes
Let's bury that crazy John
Glenn-Plymouth play
On
crazy finishes, sharp cornerbacks
and unheralded mid-fielders
Let's hear it
for the band, high school volleyball and 88-cent Corn Flakes
This
All-Star Football team has true
character(s)
The story
behind the creation of
PlymouthCantonSports.com
If you would like to advertise on
PlymouthCantonSports.com or if you have ideas for the site, please send
an e-mail to Ed Wright at info@plymouthcantonsports.com.
