It's party time at Iowa State!!!

Iowa State head coach Rebecca Hornbacher will welcome nine student-athletes to the 2006 soccer team in the fall, her fourth recruiting class at ISU. The class of 2006 will include players from Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas. Iowa State will return 17 players in the upcoming season off a 2005 squad that qualified for the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. ISU finished the regular Big 12 season with the best conference record in school history and tied for second in the Big 12 regular season standings.

"After coming off our first ever NCAA tournament berth, this group of young women will help our team achieve our goal of putting ourselves in a position to win a Big 12 Championship," Hornbacher said. "My staff has done a phenomenal job in the recruiting process and I feel that this class adds a unique blend of tremendous athleticism, speed and dynamic play. We have added strength in all positions. These young ladies are great students with excellent character and will be fine representatives of the soccer program at Iowa State University."

Please, don't drink and drive.