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Fresno State: (1999) Started 21 matches ... Led the WAC in goals (11) and points (27) ... Led the Bulldogs in scoring for third consecutive season ... Broke the Fresno State career assists mark against SMU (Oct. 15) and ended the campaign with 12 career helpers ... Recorded hat tricks against Sacramento State (Oct. 10) and TCU (Oct. 17) ... Named WAC Player of the Week on Oct. 11 ... A first-team All-WAC and All-WAC Tournament team selection. (1998) Played in 20 matches, starting 19 … Hampered late in the season with a knee injury ... Led the team in scoring for the second year in a row with 11 points (three goals & five assists) ... Led the squad with five assists ... Scored her first goal of the season against UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 16) ... Took a team-leading 46 shots. (1997) Named WAC Pacific Division Freshman of the Year after leading the Bulldogs in scoring with 25 points ... Ranked among the Top 10 in the circuit in points (ninth) and goals (sixth) ... Finished the season with 11 goals and two assists ... Also named first-team All-WAC, third-team All-West Region and to the Soccer Buzz All-West Freshmen team ... Team was 8-1-0 in matches in which she scored ... Scored her first collegiate goal against Chico State (Aug. 29) ... Recorded her first collegiate assist against Portland State (Sept. 29).
Prior to Fresno State: Played center midfielder at El Modena High School ... Scored 47 points (14 goals & 19 assists) as a senior ... Named Most Valuable Player of the Century League, first- team All-CIF, and second-team All-County as a prep senior ... Led El Modena to the league title and CIF Southern Section finals ... Also was named the team MVP and captain ... Played in the Southern California All-Star game ... Scored 48 points (10 goals & 28 assists) as a junior and helped lead El Modena to the league and Southern Section titles ... Named first-team All-Century League, first-team All-CIF, and second-team All-County as a prep junior ... Played club soccer for the highly-successful Southern California Blues for four years ... Helped the Blues to state finals in 1994 and 1995 and the title in 1997.
Personal: Born Dec. 7, 1978, in Omaha, Neb. ... Daughter of John and Kathy Pearson ... Has one brother, Jeff ... Also recruited by USC, Clemson, Connecticut, Oregon, UC Irvine, UNC-Charlotte, TCU, Toledo and Florida State ... Favorite athlete is Mia Hamm ... Enjoys snow skiing ... A WAC Scholar-Athlete, Fresno State Scholar-Athlete and member of the Dean’s List in 1999.
CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS Shots G A Pts GWG 1997 20/20 65 11 2 24 2 1998 20/19 46 3 5 11 0 1999 21/21 61 11 5 27 5 Totals 61/60 172 25 12 62 7
