NITTANY LION SOPHOMORES
BRITT
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ECKERSTROM
HURD
Germantown, Md. NORTHWEST
Sammamish, Wash. EASTLAKE
R-Freshman • GOALKEEPER • 5-7
R-Sophomore • MIDFIELD • 5-7
U.S. NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE Member of U.S. U-17 squad since 2009...Attended U-18 training camp in 2010. BEFORE PENN STATE Rated No. 4 goalkeeper and 74th overall recruit in the 2010 class by TopDrawerSoccer.com...Did not play soccer for Northwest High, instead focusing on track and field...Lettered 12 times in cross country, indoor and outdoor track...Two-time All-American during 2010 track season...Earned All-Met First Team distinction during 2008 cross country season...Has earned 10 All-Gazette honors as well as being named 2008 Athlete of the Year...Named to Montgomery County All-Decade Cross Country team in 2010...Earned six Maryland state titles in indoor and outdoor track...Member of state record holding 4x400m relay squad...Won five individual county titles and six relay county titles...Won prestigious Montgomery Invite in the 500m and was top ranked 500m time in 2011 indoor season nationally. CLUB EXPERIENCE Member of FC Frederick under the direction of Brad Roos...FC Frederick reached the Maryland State Cup Finals in 2010...Club team captain from 2004-10...Member of Maryland ODP and Region 1 ODP since 2006... Played in Ireland (2009), Spain & Portugal (2010) and Russia (2011) with Region 1 squad...As member of Maryland ODP, team visited Sweden and Denmark in 2008...Member of the Adidas ESP in 2009...Played for Washington Freedom Super-Y League U-16 squad in 2009 s well as the Super-20 squad in 2010...Selected for ODP National Camp in 2010. PERSONAL Britt Ellen Eckerstrom was born May 28, 1993 in Rockville, Md. to Pam and Kurt Eckerstrom...Has two sisters, Emma, who competed in track & field at Colgate and Dana...Would like to play professional soccer and for the U.S. National Team after graduation, work for Nike or work with sharks as a marine biologist. QUOTING ECKERSTROM ON PENN STATE “I chose Penn State because of the quality of the women’s soccer program and the awesome school spirit.” QUOTING WALSH ON ECKERSTROM “Britt is absolutely one of the top goalkeepers in the country in the 2011 class. The addition of Britt will make the goalkeeper training environment the best and most challenging it has been in my four years here. She is a fantastic player and I expect her to have a great career.”
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EMILY
3
PENN STATE 2012 • WOMEN’S SOCCER
CAREER STATS Season GP-GS G A PTS GWG SH 2010 Redshirt Season Career 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 (FRESHMAN) Redshirted the season due to stress fracture injury...Participated extensively in the 2011 spring season for Penn State. BEFORE PENN STATE Three-year starter for Eastlake High School coached by Chuck Krieble... Elected to not play high school soccer senior year and focus on club team... Eastlake reached the Washington 4A Tournament Round of 16 threestraight times from 2006-08, winning the championship in 2007 and the semifinals in 2006...Named to adidas/NSCAA Youth All-Region squad in 2008...Earned Washington Gatorade Player of the Year Award in 200809, while being named the state’s 2008 AP Player of the Year, All-State 4A Player of the Year, 4A King County MVP and ESPN Rise All-America First Team honors...Also received 2008 Seattle Times All-Star Team recognition and Seattle Post-Intelligencer All-Area team honors...Three-time 4A All-King County First Team honoree from 2006-08...2007 All-State 4A Honorable Mention...Also participated in track and field. CLUB EXPERIENCE Member of Crossfire Premier `91 under the direction of Dick McCormick...Served as team captain from 2002-08...Team was five-time Washington State Cup Champions (2003-05, 2007, 2009)...Team reached the finals of the State Cup from 2003-07 as well as 2009, recording six goals and three assists in the ‘09 tournament...Squad was Region IV Finalists three times (2004, 2007, 2009), winning the championship twice...Team placed fifth at the National Championships in 2009...Squad was the USL North American Champions in 2006...Squad reached the finals of the Surf Cup in 2006 and 2008, while also reaching the finals of the Manchester United Premier Cup U.S. Finals in 2006...Was the Red Bull Girls National League 2007-08 leading scorer, while the team also participated in the Nike Friendlies in 2007...Team went 263-63-41 from 2002-09...Region IV ‘91 Olympic Development Program Invitational Camp participant in 2008... Member of Region IV ‘91 ODP squad from 2005-07...Super Y League National ODP team member in 2007...Named 2007 USL G14 National Tournament MVP.
17 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 1995-2011