The University of Mississippi Athletics
Holeman Announces Rebels? First Ever Swedish Soccer Signee
4/22/2008 | Soccer
OXFORD, Miss. This fall’s Ole Miss soccer team will include the program’s first ever Swedish member following the signing of Sofia Lindell to a national letter of intent, head coach Steve Holeman announced Tuesday.
A 5-foot-7 forward from Vrmd, Sweden, Lindell helped her Hammarby DFF club team win the 2006 Swedish Division 2 title before moving on to her current team, Enskede. As a student at Frans Schartaus Gymnasium, she helped her school to the Swedish National Schools Championship in 2006 and another finals appearance in 2007. She has also participated with a select group of Swedish girls against teams from other countries in the World Cup Gothia and advanced to the semifinals in 2006.
“We are excited to have our first player from
A good student, Lindell has excelled in the classroom with concentrations in business and marketing. As a member of the student exchange program at her school, she has also studied in
In addition to being the first Ole Miss soccer signee from
Lindell is the eighth member of the Rebels’ 2008 class, which includes Katie and Kelsey Breathitt (Lexington, Ky.), Abbie Curran (Eagle, Idaho), Rachel Cutts (Pace, Fla.), Alley Ronaldi (The Woodlands, Texas), Meredith Snow (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Jenna Strother (Auburn, Ala.).
The incoming class will help replace six graduating seniors from a Rebel squad that returns 15 letterwinners and nine of 11 starters off last year’s team.
