MEET THE NITTANY LIONS
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Nikki
WATTS
Dani
ZAVALA
Berkshire, England JOHN O’GAUNT
El Camino Village, Calif. REDONDO UNION
Senior • 5-4 • FORWARD Season 2008 Career
GP-GS 24-22 24-22
CAREER STATS
G 1 1
A 2 2
PTS 4 4
GWG 0 0
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Redshirt Freshman • 5-7 • MIDFIELD SH 10 10
LION CAREER 2008 Played in all 24 games while earning 12 starts as a forward ...Scored first career goal against then-No. 4 Florida State (8/29)...Netted a goal in a 4-1 win over Hofstra (8/31)...Scored the golden goal in a double overtime victory at Rutgers (9/5)...Tallied an assist and scored the gamewinner in a 4-2 victory over Bucknell (9/7)...Earned Soccer Buzz Team of the Week honors (9/14)...Registered a helper against then-No. 1 Notre Dame (9/21)...Scored the game-winner against Purdue (10/26). BEFORE PENN STATE Four-year player with Bristol Academy WFC...Finished fourth in the league in 2006, `07 and `08...gloucestershire County Cup winners in '06 and '07...FA Cup semi-finalists in '07...Played for Filton College from 200608...Won the British Colleges Sport National Championship on 2007 and '08...Took home the English Colleges Football Association National League Championship and Cup Championship in 2007...Won the English Colleges Football Association National 5-a-side Cup...Captain of the 5-a-side team...Scored all four goals in a 4-0 victory over Arsenal Academy in 2007...Went unbeaten at the Canadian Soccer Showcase Tournament in Vancouver in March 2008...Scored 11 of the team's 14 goals at the Showcase...Invited to England's U-17 and U-19 training camps.
Season 2008 Career
GP-GS 2-0 2-0
CAREER STATS
G 0 0
A 0 0
PTS 0 0
GWG 0 0
SH 0 0
LION CAREER 2008 Redshirt season...Saw time in two games, the 4-1 victory over William and Mary (8/23) and the 2-0 win over Illinois (10/24). BEFORE PENN STATE Four-year starter at Redondo Union, Zavala was named First Team All-Bay League her junior season...Captain in her final season..Named a scholar-athlete all four years...Played club soccer with the ISC Strikers...Won the 2005 U.S. Club Soccer National Championship...Regional finalist in the 2007 U.S. Club Soccer National Championship tournament. PERSONAL Full name is Danielle Ashley Zavala...Born April 16, 1990 in Santa Clara, Calif. ..Daughter of Richard and Uvon Zavala...Has an older brother, Richard...Majoring in business marketing.
PERSONAL Full name is Nicola Clare Watts...Born September 22, 1987 in Swindon, England to Colin and Di Watts...Older brother, Liam...Majoring in kinesiology.
28 PENN STATE 2009WOMEN’S SOCCER
1999 • 2002 • 2005 WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUP