Tricia Ferrin, along with twin sister Tara Ferrin, helped Weber State’s women’s soccer squad explode onto the scene in its first years as an NCAA varsity sport.
Ferrin, a local product of Layton High School, earned All-Big Sky Conference First Team honors in 1997 and 1998, and was tabbed as the league’s defensive Most Valuable Player in 1998. As a member of the 1996 inaugural team that transitioned the program from a club sport to varisty status, Ferrin, a 5-foot-8 stalwart defender who shut down the opposition in Big Sky play. Ferrin was named to the Big Sky postseason all-tournament team in 1997 and 1998, and led the Wildcats to a glossy 17-3-0 record and the Big Sky championship in 1998.
Ferrin helped the WSU defense set school and single-season records for fewest goals allowed (12) and lowest goals against average (0.58 per game). Ferrin was also named to the Big Sky All-Academic Team in 1997 and 1998, and was a GT Academic All-American after the 1997 season.
