American University

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2013: All-Patriot League Second Team …Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week (10/21) … one ofthree Eagles to start all 20 games … played less than 90minutes only once … anchored the AU defense throughout theseason to help the squad to a 1.02 goals against average, loweringthat average to 0.64 in conference games … Patriot LeagueAcademic Honor Roll selection.

2012: Second Team All-Patriot League …started all 19 games in the midfield and defense for the Eagles… totaled four shots … made Patriot League AcademicHonor Roll with a 3.62 GPA.

2011: Appeared in 14 matches off the bench… recorded two shots this season, including one in thevictory over Bucknell (10/16) … member of the Patriot LeagueAcademic Honor Roll.

High School: Played varsity soccer at WesthillHigh School ... team captain as a senior ... named First TeamAll-FCIAC her last three seasons, and an all-state honoree her lasttwo years ... team won the Connecticut Class LL State Championshipin 2009, and advanced to the finals in 2010 ... competed for theConnecticut State Olympic Development Program the last three years...  her Connecticut Football Club team won state cup in 2011and advanced to the regional tournament ... recipient of the GeorgeEastman Leadership Award ... a member of the National HonorsSociety and National Spanish Honors Society ... graduated in thetop 5 percent of her high school class.

Personal: Daughter of Anne and Carl Eriksen ...has two siblings, Nicole and Gunnar ... mother Anne playedcollegiate soccer at Green Mountain College and her father Carlcompeted in ice hockey at Plattsburg State ... planning to major inbiology.