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General - Two-year returning starter in the defense for the Tar Heels...UNC's most experienced returning defender...has been formidable on the right side of the defense for two years running...probably the biggest surprise of the college soccer season in 2006...came to Carolina rather unheralded in comparison to her other freshmen teammates, a group which comprised the top recruiting class in the nation...ended up earning third-team All-America honors from Top Drawer Soccer and consensus freshman All-America accolades from all the major publications...also an outstanding student at Carolina...claimed the starting position at right back in preseason practice and never relinquished it...started 27 matches during UNC's NCAA championship run and played the most minutes of any player on the team...despite fighting recurrent injuries she excelled again in 2007, starting 22 matches...was being groomed as a potential starter in the future before she established herself as one of UNC's top defenders in the rugged preseason practice period of 2006....coach Dorrance says her strengths are her height in the back coupled with her speed. Club Soccer -- Joined the Texans Red North 88 club team in the summer of 2005 after spending the previous three seasons as captain and sweeper for the Sting 88...helped the Texans Red North win the Disney Soccer Showcase in December 2005 and capture the U19 Premier League Championship that resulted in an automatic berth in the Region III championships...while with the Sting, she led the team to the 2004 North Texas state championship, Region III championship and a third-place finish in the Snickers Nationals...played on the U18 USYSA National Champions in 2006.
Sophomore season (2007) - Appeared in all 24 games of the season, starting 22 times...was a bedrock of the Carolina defense once again... named to the All-ACC Academic Team... also named to the ESPN The Magazine second-team Academic All-District III Team...named to Dean's List in both semesters...ACC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
Freshman Season (2006) -- Started 27 of Carolina's 28 games in 2006 at the right back position...led the team in minutes played...recorded her only point of the campaign when she assisted on the Tar Heels' insurance goal in the NCAA semifinals against UCLA...was named to the Dean's List in both semesters of the 2006-07 school year...2007 ACC Academic Honor Roll selection...also named to the All-ACC Academic Team...was a third-team All-America as named by Top Drawer Soccer...a first-team freshman All-America choice by both Soccer America and Top Drawer Soccer...was a second-team Soccer Buzz freshman All-America...named to Soccer Buzz freshman All-Southeast Region Team...named to the All-Tournament Teams at the NCAA College Cup and the Duke adidas Classic...was named Soccer Times' National Player of the Week September 18 after shutout wins over Marquette and Florida in the Duke adidas Classic...was the defensive MVP of the Duke adidas Classic...that same week she was the ACC Player of the Week while making the Soccer Buzz National Elite Team of the Week, Soccer America National Team of the Week and Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week...was also on the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week September 11. Prep - Graduated from Southlake Carroll Senior High in Southlake, Texas in June of 2006...was a 12-time varsity letter winner with fours letters each in soccer, basketball and track...a four-time Academic All-District team member in both basketball and soccer...recognized as the Dale Hansen Scholar Athlete of the Week in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area on October 13, 2005...a 2004 U16 BCI All-America in basketball...made first-team All-District in basketball her junior and senior years...was the District 7-5A basketball defensive player of the year her sophomore and senior years...helped soccer team to a district championship in 2002 and runner-up finish in 2005...her team made the Region I quarterfinals of Texas state playoffs in 2002...part of school record-setting 4x400 relay team that took fourth place at Texas state track meet...individually took fourth place in the 400 meters and fifth place in the 200 meters at 2002 District track meet...also named the Mansfield Rotary All-Tournament Defensive Most Valuable Player in 2004...listed in the Who's Who Among American High School Students...also a member of the National Honor Society, Student Council and White Chapel United Methodist Youth Program...twice received the Academic Excellence Award and made the 2005 National Honor Roll. Personal - Given name is Kristi Jane Eveland...nicknamed KJ...daughter of Greg and Dawn Eveland...was born September 2, 1987 in Opelika, Ala. ...her father played football for four years at Vanderbilt...her sister Kate, 22, played basketball for San Diego State University...her parents now live in Trophy Club, Texas.
2007-08 KRISTI EVELAND HONORS
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