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2012 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Women’s Soccer CORPORATE PARTNERS THE GOLDEN EAGLES WISH TO THANK THE F OLLOWING : sizzler.com chipotle.com in-n-out.com sierraacura.com mixedchicks.net doubletree.com pepsi.com FOR MORE IN F ORMATION ON BECOMING A GOLDEN EAGLE CORPORATE PARTNER , PLEASE CONTACT THE DIVISION O F INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS , AT (323) 343-3080 OR ONLINE AT CSULAATHLETICS .COM 1 www.csulaathletics.com 2012 CSULA ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown High School Previous College 00 Chandler Hillen GK 5-7 So. Oceanside El Camino HS Auburn University 2 Alexandra Barrett-Scherrer MF 5-5 Jr. La Canada Crescenta Valley HS 3 Andrea Lammers MF 5-5 So. Murrieta Vista Murrieta HS 4 Janelle Hanna D 5-6 Jr. Orange El Modena HS Santiago Canyon College 5 Maddi Meighan F 5-8 Sr. Santa Cruz St. Francis HS De Anza College 6 Natalie Gabriel MF 5-6 Fr. San Diego Westview HS 7 Adriana Valdez MF 5-0 Jr. Fullerton Fullerton HS Cal State Bakersfield 8 Stephanie Lopez F 5-5 Jr. Whittier Pioneer HS Cerritos College 9 Kristina Amela F 5-3 Jr. Burbank Burbank HS UC Riverside 10 Megan Ollar MF 5-5 Jr. Redlands Redlands East Valley HS Cypress College 11 Tera Piserchio F 5-3 Jr. Pleasant Hill College Park HS City College of San Francisco 12 Justine Telles D 5-6 Sr. Whittier St. Paul HS Cerritos College 13 Samantha Footlik MF 5-3 Jr. Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel HS 14 Shereen Khoobbagha F 5-6 So. Highland Redlands East Valley HS 15 Joanne Almaguer D 5-4 Jr. Taft Taft Union HS Taft College 16 Hayley Curtis D 5-3 Jr. Hermosa Beach Mira Costa HS El Camino College 17 Janeth Arroyo D 5-6 Jr. Bellflower Mayfair HS Cerritos College 18 Katelyn Amezquita D 5-7 So. Montebello Schurr HS 19 Tahne Apo F 5-8 Jr. Eugene, OR Marist HS University of Oregon 20 Chanel Aguiar D 5-8 Jr. San Diego Hilltop HS San Diego Mesa College 21 Allyson Sherwood F 5-4 Jr. Los Angeles Clairemont HS San Diego Mesa College 22 Heather Williams MF 5-2 So. Moreno Valley Canyon Springs HS University of New Mexico 23 Alexa Zielinski F 5-0 So. Dracut, MA Dracut HS University of Massachusetts 24 Monique Cherry D 5-4 Jr. Placentia El Dorado HS Santiago Canyon College 25 Krystal Kutscher MF 5-4 Fr. Murrieta Temecula Valley HS 26 Veronica Cortes MF 5-4 Fr. Santa Maria Righetti HS 27 Norie Pablo MF 5-0 So. San Marcos Mission Hills HS 28 Tegan Cramer MF 5-3 Fr. Laguna Niguel Aliso Niguel HS 29 Nailah Elmasri D 5-9 Fr. Arcadia Arcadia HS 30 Gabriella Batmani GK 5-8 Sr. San Jose Oak Grove HS De Anza College 31 Raquel Gervas D 5-5 Sr. Upland Upland HS Cal State Bakersfield 32 Sydney Mullen D 5-9 Jr. West Kelowna, B.C., Canada Mt. Bouicherie Cal State Bakersfield 33 Amanda Johnson GK 5-10 Fr. Fresno Bullard HS Cal State Fullerton RS Blakeley Ficenec F 5-8 So. Orange Mountain View HS Head Coach: Chris Chamides (10th year at CSULA) Assistant Coaches: Michael Jacobson, Claine Plummer, Fabian Sandoval 2012 Golden Eagles Quick Facts Location Los Angeles, California Enrollment 21,000 Colors Black and Gold Home Facility Jesse Owens Track Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association National Affiliation NCAA Division II President Dr. James M. Rosser Director of Athletics Dr. Dan Bridges Sports Information Director Paul Helms Credits: The 2012 Women’s SID Phone/Fax 323-343-5308/343-3199 Soccer media guide was Main Athletics Phone 323-343-3080 designed and edited by Paul Head Coach Chris Chamides Helms and Brendan Dally. Alma Mater, Year Lafayette College, 1992 Dr. James M. Rosser Dr. Dan Bridges Assistant Coach Michael Jacobson University President Director of Athletics Soccer Office Phone 323-343-3089 2012 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Women’s Soccer 2 HEAD COA ch CH RIS CH AMIDES After leading the Golden Eagles to a third consecutive trip to the NCAA Division II playoffs and a spot in the West Region championship match in 2011, Chris Chamides returns for his 10th year as the head coach of the women’s soccer program at Cal State L.A. Chamides has turned around a program that had not produced a winning record before his arrival and transformed the Golden Eagles into one of the top programs in the nation. The Golden Eagles are 92-49-20 over the past eight seasons and have finished the season ranked in the national top-15 in each of the past three years. He is the program’s all-time leader in wins with a 96-63-20 mark in his nine seasons, including an outstanding 45-11-7 record over the past three years. Chamides, who has vast experience in both Major League Soccer (MLS) and NCAA soccer, has earned six Coach of the Year awards in his nine years at Cal State L.A. Cal State L.A. has collected 40 All-CCAA, 19 All-Region and four All-America awards during Chamides’ tenure, including the West Region Player of the Year, Liz Franco, in 2009 and three CCAA Player of the Year awards. The Golden Eagles have also had two players earn CoSIDA Academic All-District honors. Chamides led the Golden Eagles to a 13-4-4 overall record in 2011 and a national final ranking of 12, which is the best end- of-the-season ranking in the program’s history. The Golden Eagles reached the NCAA Division II West Region championship match for the second time in five years and hosted the first two weeks of the NCAA playoffs for the first time in the program’s history. The Golden Eagles qualified for the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament after finishing with the second-best record in the conference at 10-3-3. The Golden Eagles earned the No. 2 seed in the West Region and beat No. Chris Chamides 3 Seattle Pacific, 2-1, at home to advance to the regional championship game. The Golden Eagles then fell on penalty kicks in Head Coach the regional championship match to end the season. Cal State L.A. once again flourished defensively and set a new program record by allowing only 13 goals in its 21 Chamides Quick Facts games. Chamides was named the CCAA Coach of the Year for a second straight season in 2010 after guiding the Golden Eagles to a 15-4-1 overall record and the conference’s best record for the second year in a row. The Golden Eagles advanced to the Overall Record CCAA title game for a second straight season and for the third time in four years, but fell in penalty kicks in the final match. 96-63-20 (9 Seasons) Chamides led the Golden Eagles into the NCAA playoffs as the No. 4 seed in the West Region. The Golden Eagles lost to No. CCAA Coach of the Year 5 seed Montana State-Billings, 1-0, in rainy conditions in Seattle, WA. The Golden Eagles finished with 12 shutouts, which tied 2 (2009, 2010) a program record originally set in 2007. CCAA Tournament Appearances For the second straight season, the Golden Eagles had two All-Americans in Liz Franco and Melina Barragan. Cal State 4 (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) L.A. had four players earn All-West Region honors and six players receive All-CCAA accolades. Barragan became the second NCAA Tournament Appearances straight Golden Eagle to earn conference Defensive Player of the Year honors. 4 (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) Chamides led Cal State L.A. to a 17-3-2 overall record in 2009 and to its first CCAA championship. The Golden Eagles won the CCAA South Division and then posted shutout wins over Chico State and Cal State Dominguez Hills in the four-team CCAA CCAA Tournament Championships Championship Tournament to claim the conference crown. The Golden Eagles earned the No. 1 seed in the West Region and 1 (2009) hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time ever. Franco and Amanda Matthews became the CCAA Division Championships program’s first All-Americans and earned CCAA Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year awards. 2 (2009, 2010) Chamides was named the CCAA Coach of the Year in both women’s soccer and men’s soccer in 2009. The Golden Eagle women set new program records for wins (17) and goals scored (53) and achieved their highest-ever national ranking (No. 6) Players Under Chamides during the historic season. They also tied a program record for most shutouts in a season with 12. All-Americans: 4 Chamides led the Golden Eagles to a strong finish in 2008 that carried over into the 2009 campaign. Although the Golden Region Player of the Year: 1 Eagles finished with a 7-9-3 overall record, they were 5-1-2 in their last eight CCAA matches and wound up with a 6-6-2 conference mark. All-Region: 19 Chamides led Cal State L.A. to a memorable 2007 season that included the Golden Eagles’ first-ever trip to the four-team Academic All-District: 2 CCAA Championship Tournament and their first-ever NCAA Division II playoff appearance. Cal State L.A. knocked off perennial CCAA Player of the Year: 3 power UC San Diego to reach the championship game in the CCAA tourney and then advanced past Chico State and Seattle CCAA Newcomer of the Year: 1 University to the NCAA West Region championship game.