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Christen Westphal

D/MF

Height
5' 6"
CLASS
FR
Hometown
Brecksville, Ohio (Walsh Jesuit H.S.)
School

2012 Soccer America All-Freshman second team
2012 All-SEC second team
2012 SEC All-Freshman team


2012:
 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-South Region third team…Southeastern Conference second team and also named to SEC Freshman team…SEC All-Tournament selection, playing the entirety of the Gators’ three matches…Appeared on Soccer America’s All-Freshman second team…Second-team selection to TopDrawerSoccer.com’s National Freshman Team of the Season…No. 13 on TopDrawerSoccer.com’s final list of top 100 freshmen of 2012…Started all but the season opener, appearing in every match at center back…Led Florida’s field players with average of 87.2 minutes per match...Played the entirety of 20 matches, including overtime contests at then No. 14 North Carolina, versus then No. 2 Duke and at Auburn.

High School: Four-year member of Walsh Jesuit High School team, which topped the final 2010 Powerade Fab 50 ESPN National Rankings…Walsh Jesuit also won the 2010 Division 1 Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championship…Coached by Dino McIntyre at Walsh Jesuit H.S…Awarded girls soccer player of the year honor by the Touchdown Club of Greater Akron in January of 2012…Named to 2011 Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association Division II All-State first team as a senior…2011 NSCAA All-Region team…Academic All-State honor…Also lettered in varsity basketball, playing through sophomore year.

Club: Part of 2011-12 U.S. Under-18 National Team player pool…Traveled to Portugal with regional Olympic Development Program (ODP) team…Member of Region II ODP team for three years…Among TopDrawerSoccer.com’s final 2012 Top 100 National Players list…Plays with Cleveland Internationals soccer club, which has won five state titles in six years…Coached by Zdravko Popovic at Cleveland Internationals. .

Major: Social and Behavioral Sciences; wants to attend medical school.

Westphal’s Collegiate Statistics

Year

GP/GS

Min.

Shots

G (GW)

A

Pts.

2012

25/24

2,180

0

0 (0)

1

1

Totals

25/24

2,180

0

0 (0)

1

1

 

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