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General -- Newcomer who will add depth and talent to an already strong Tar Heel goalkeeping corps...was an outstanding high school keeper and will compete for the No. 3 spot on the depth chart behind veterans Anna Rodenbough and Ashlyn Harris...Tar Heel coaches are very impressed with her potential to contribute this season and as a potential starter in the future. Club Soccer -- Named to Region III ODP pool this year...played with the Clearwater Chargers for six years...the Chargers won the Orange Classic in 2006 and CDL league championship in 2005...captained team for five of those seasons...played in the midfield until she was in the U15s when she then switched to become a starting goalkeeper for her club team...named to ODP Region III pool in 2007...member of Florida state Olympic Development Team in 2004, 2005 and 2006...UNC Soccer Camp 2005 All-Star. Prep -- Graduated from Seminole High School on May 21, 2007...four-year varsity starting goalkeeper and captain of team as a senior...a state All-Star...outstanding student who ranked 12th in her high school class of 436 with a 4.57 GPA...named the school's female student athlete of the year...four-year starting goalkeeper for Seminole High School...was the captain of the team as a senior...named to the Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Stars in 2007...was the state team starting keeper for the west region squad...first-team All-County selection by the St. Petersburg Times in 2007...played in the Senior All-Stars Soccer Challenge in Pinellas County in 2007...was the team captain and starting keeper for that unit...played four years of powder puff football...varsity flag football player as a senior, earning captain and all-star awards...at Seminole High School she was the soccer team's most valuable player in 2007...won the Seminole High coach's award in 2006...PCAC All-Conference South first-team in 2006...2006 All-County honorable mention selection...2005 first-team All-County honoree...2003-04 Gatorade Rookie of the Year award winner...played for a very successful high school soccer team which won 2007 Pinellas County and conference championships, Class 5A District 11 title and reached regional semifinals...the previous year the team was a district champion and Class 5A regional semifinalist...2004-05 team reached district semifinals and 2003-04 squad won district title...member of National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society (treasurer in 2007) and Mu Alpha Theta Math National Honor Society...was named outstanding member of school's Student Council...active on Prom committee...FCA member and secretary. Personal -- Given name is Amanda Claire Tucker...nicknamed Dozer...the daughter of Dr. Ron and Sarah Tucker...was born February 27, 1989 in Clearwater, Fla. ...has one sister, Allie, age 17...won Clearwater city's excellence in sportsmanship award...exchange student in Costa Rica prior to her freshman year in high school...2007 scholarship winner in the Senior Soccer Challenge Essay Contest...active in community volunteer efforts...worked with the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary...was member of the Horses for the Handicapped program...volunteered as tutor at Bauder Elementary...competed in Relay for Life...also worked with the Lighthouse of the Pinellas program.
About Amanda...
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