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Sophia Medina
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PEPPERDINE 2009: All-WCC First Team selection ... Finished in a six-way tie for ninth in the West Coast Conference with five goals and tied for second with four game-winning goals ... Her four game winners tied her for second on Pepperdine's individual season records' list and were the most since Jenna Fodor and Megan Woods both produced five in 2005 ... Appeared in all 19 matches with 17 starts and totaled 1444 minutes played ... Scored a team-high 11 points on five goals and one assist, matching season-high totals from her freshman year ... Placed 21 of her 39 shots on goal ... Ripped the game-winner in overtime (98th minute) on Opening Day against Marquette (8/23), which served as the 10th goal of her career ... Was named WCC Player of the Week and tabbed to Soccer America's Team of the Week after notching this decisive score ... Her lone assist of the year held up as a game-winner at Tennessee (8/30) after Kelly Reilly booted her pass to the back of the netting in the 26th minute ... Scored one of two goals for the Waves in their 2-0 win over Hawai'i (9/13), playing the ball off a deflection and giving Pepperdine the match's first lead ... Assisted by Myriah Stockman on her game-winning score against Gonzaga (10/18), ripping a shot in the final five minutes that squeezed inside the near post ... Combined with Laura Cole on scoring the game-winner against Seattle (10/29) ... Cole passed the ball to Medina inside the 18-yard box, from where she chipped a light shot over the head of the Redhawks goalkeeper ... Scored her final collegiate goal in the 35th minute of a 2-1 win at San Francisco (11/7) - a direct 10-yard unassisted strike past USF's goalkeeper Kelly Pohle. PEPPERDINE 2008: Recorded a career high four assists and 19 shots through 18 games and 13 starts at forward ... Her four assists tied her with eight other West Coast Conference players, including teammate Ashley Copp, for ninth place ... Posted a three-point weekend in wins over #23 Tennessee (9/12) and Washington State (9/14), providing one of two assists on Samantha Hire's goal in the 2nd minute against the Lady Vols and scoring the game-winner off an Amanda Rupp assist vs. the Cougars ... Was her lone goal of the year ... Dished out three additional assists over the final five games of the conference season at Portland (10/19) and Saint Mary's (11/2) and vs. Santa Clara (10/26) ... Her assist to Rupp vs. the Pilots tied their match at 1-1 ... Helped give Pepperdine the lead against the Broncos in the 25th minute after delivering a cross to Rupp, which she one-timed from outside the six-yard box ... At Saint Mary's, recorded a career high four shots, placing two on goal, in addition to assisting Laura Cole's score in the 37th minute of a 4-0 win ... Placed seven of her 19 shots on goal ... Compiled 953 minutes of playing time, including a complete game at Portland. . PEPPERDINE 2007: Earned All-WCC second team honors as a sophomore ... Had three goals and three assists for nine points ... Took 16 shots ... Played in all 19 games and started 17 ... Scored a point in four straight games with an assist vs. Denver, a goal vs. UCLA, an assist vs. Utah and a goal vs. Cal State Northridge ... Scored her other goal at Santa Clara ... Had her other assist vs. Saint Mary's ... Her goal against CSUN was the game-winner in a 3-1 win. PEPPERDINE 2006: Named to the All-WCC honorable mention squad and to the WCC All-Freshman team ... Appeared in 18 games and started 10 in her first season ... Scored five goals and added one assist for 11 points ... Had three game-winning goals, which ranked sixth in the WCC ... Scored a pair of goals in her collegiate debut vs. Idaho ... Was named WCC Player of the Week and to the Soccer Buzz and Soccer America National Teams of the Week after assisting on the game-winning goal in overtime vs. San Diego, and then scoring the only goal of the game in a win vs. #3 Santa Clara ... Her other two goals, at Cal State Northridge and vs. Gonzaga, were also game-winners ... Took only 12 shots ... Part of a freshman recruiting class that was ranked 18th nationally by Soccer Buzz. ODP: Competed with the Mexican National Team during the summer of 2009 ... Played one year with the state and regional teams and was part of the national pool ... Traveled to Costa Rica with one of her teams. CLUB: Played for the CRSC Infinity, the Irvine Strikers and So Cal United. HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Los Alamitos (Calif.) High School in 2006 ... Earned four varsity letters ... Named the CIF Player of the Year in 2005 ... Earned Orange County Register and Long Beach Press-Telegram all-area first team honors from 2003-06 ... Named the Sunset League's Player of the Year all four years ... Had more than 50 goals and 50 assists in her career ... Helped lead team to a CIF championship in 2005 ... Prep teammates with Pepperdine's Casey Bay and Erin Bay ... Earned a spot on the principal's honor roll all four years. PERSONAL: Born in Downey, Calif. ... Daughter of Joe and Victoria Medina ... Has one sister, Nadia, who played soccer at Whittier College ... Majoring in public relations ... Chose Pepperdine because "of the education, the people, it was close to my family and it's a beautiful campus." FAVORITES: Favorite soccer player is Mia Hamm ... Favorite pro soccer teams are the L.A. Sol and the Mexican National Team ... Favorite Book is the Encyclopedia of Cats ... Favorite movie is A Night at the Roxbury ... Favorite TV shows are Deadliest Catch and Cash Cab ... Favorite musical artist is Bright Eyes ... Favorite food is Thai ... Favorite sport other than soccer is basketball ... Favorite things about soccer are "the relationships it allows you to make from tough situations and good situations, and how it allows you to grow as a person by dealing with adversity." |
 
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