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General -- A striker who was Mississippi's three-time selection as the Gatorade Player of the Year...a two-time Parade Magazine All-America selection and NSCAA high school All-America in `05 and `06...NSCAA Youth soccer All-America 2004-06...the Mississippi House of Representatives honored her with a resolution in 2007. National Team & Regional ODP Experience -- Has garnered tremendous experience on U.S. youth national teams...in 2007 she was promoted to the pool for the U20 national team playing in England with the team in May 2007...was a member of the U17 national team in 2005 and the U16 national team in 2004....named to the U19 Region III team in 2005, 2006 and 2007...as a player in the Mississippi `88 ODP program she was elevated to the state team four years in a row beginning in 2005....named to the Region III ODP team all four of those years as well...captain of club team...led Mississippi Fire to USYSA Region III finals in 2005...the team also won five state championships and two Premier league crowns. Club Soccer -- Beginning in 2001 she played for the Mississippi United and Mississippi Fire 88 club teams...was a member of the 2005 U.S. adidas Cup title winning team. Prep -- Graduated from Ridgeland High School on May 21, 2007...scored 165 goals in her RHS career...was elected to Ridgeland High School's athletic Hall of Fame upon graduating...played on Ridgeland's high school soccer team from the eighth grade on...Ridgeland first year as a high school was 2003 and it won the state soccer championship that year, going on to win four more when she was a student there...also ran track in 2004 on a state championship team, the first in school history...competed as an outstanding relay participant...was first high school student ever named the Clarion Ledger's Co-Sports Person of the Year when she was so honored in 2006, joining past winners Walter Payton and Jerry Rice...the Clarion Ledger's two-time state player of the year...was named first-team All-State five successive years 2003-07, beginning in her eighth grade year...three-time 4A state player of the year before the award was discontinued...named the state's overall player of the year two times...squad's captain as junior and senior...an outstanding all-around student who was a member of the Latin Club, school government association, FCA, the Big Brother/Big Sister program, the Homecoming Court and several other activities...Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Pop Star Award winner in 2005...and Wendy's high school Heisman nominee in 2006...2007 Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star. Personal -- Full name is Rachel Renee Givan...daughter of Dr. Donald "Keith" and Teresa Givan...born June 29, 1988 in Flowood, Miss. ...has two sisters, Ginny, age 21, and Kelsey, age 17.
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