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General - A returning starter on the forward line for the Tar Heels...likely will start up top again for the Tar Heels in 2008...was one of college soccer's most dynamic midfielders in 2006 before moving to striker last season...was the Most Valuable Player of the 2007 ACC Tournament as UNC captured its 18th league tourney crown...freshman All-America and freshman All-ACC honoree in 2006...one of seven UNC true freshmen who were ranked among the Top 25 recruits in the country in 2006 according to Soccer Buzz magazine...coach Anson Dorrance says Washington's strengths are her speed and her ability to get behind defenses and make plays. National Team Experience - Started at forward for the U20 National Team as it earned a berth in CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 2008 U20 World Championships...she will play in that tournament for the U.S. this November in Chile...played on the U.S.'s 2007 Pan American Games Team which competed in Brazil...America sent its U20 to represent the United States in that competition...the American side reached the gold medal match before falling to Brazil in the final when the Brazilians were playing their full national team squad...prior to arriving at Carolina she played for the U16 National Team and U17 National Teams as a fixture on youth national team squads.
Club Soccer -- Played for both the `87 and `88 Dallas Texans and captained the `88 team...was named a 2005 Parade Magazine All-America selection...named an NSCAA Youth All-America in 2003, 2004 and 2005...helped lead her club team to three straight Premier League Championships from 2003-05...club team won the 2003 State Cup and advanced to the 2004 USYSA National Championship where the team took third place...played on the championship team of the 2003 and 2004 Lake Highlands Classic League...also played on club team which won the 2005 U18 Disney Showcase...played on squads which went to the ODP National Championship in 2004 and 2006. Sophomore season (2007) -- An outstanding spark on the team last season as she moved from midfield to striker midway through the season... made the move due to a mixture of her speed, relentless work ethic and ability to attack with the ball... scored seven goals and added seven assists... second on the team in points with 21... appeared in all 24 games for the Tar Heels, starting in 23 of them... picked up her first goal of the season against Maryland in her first start on the front line... picked up her first assist against VCU and continued with assists versus Clemson and Duke... earned a pair of game-winning assists on golden goals against Boston College and Virginia... scored in game against VirginiaTech and then in every game of the ACC tournament, garnering her ACC Tournament MVP honors...an All-ACC Tournament selection...named to Soccer America Team of the Week and Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week after her ACC Tournament performance... picked up a goal and assist against UNC Greensboro in the NCAA tournament and a goal against Notre Dame... named to the Soccer Buzz Second team All-Southeast team. Freshman Season (2006) -- Was a dynamic presence on the pitch as a playmaker, earning a myriad of awards...was a Soccer Buzz National Freshman of the Year finalist along with Tobin Heath...named second-team All-ACC and to the freshman All-ACC team...was on Soccer Buzz's first-team freshman All-America squad and on Soccer America's second-team freshman All-America unit as well as on Top Drawer Soccer's second team for rookie players...a second-team All-Southeast Region choice by Soccer Buzz...honored on Soccer Buzz's freshman All-Southeast Region team...an all-tournament honoree at the Duke adidas Classic...named to Soccer Buzz's National Elite Team of the Week on October 2...she tied an NCAA record by playing in and starting all 28 matches during the 2006 season...had three goals and nine assists on the campaign...her biggest goal was the game-winning second-half goal which propelled the Tar Heels past Texas A&M 3-2 in the NCAA quarterfinals...also scored goals against Miami and Wake Forest...had her assists scattered about with one in each of nine games...her assists came against UConn (on the game-tying goal), Washington, Portland (on game-winner by Casey Nogueira against 2005 defending national champions), Boston College (set up game-winner), NC State (on Jaime Gilbert's game-winner), Wake Forest, Clemson in the ACC Tournament semifinals, Navy in the NCAA second round (on Elizabeth Guess' game-winner) and Tennessee in the NCAA third round.
Prep - Graduated from Spring Creek Academy in Plano, Texas on May 20, 2006...spent her first two years at Greenhill School in Addison, Texas before transferring to Spring Creek...led Greenhill in scoring in each of her two years on the team...was named the 2003 Dallas Area Freshman of the Year...made the All-Conference team in both 2003 and 2004. Personal - Given name is Madeline Nicole Washington...goes by Nikki...was born August 1, 1988 in Dallas, Texas...her parents are Freida and Lecolion Washington...she was named after her grandmother...has two brothers and one sister...her older brother, Brandon, played soccer for Swarthmore College.
2007-08 NIKKI WASHINGTON HONORS
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