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RETURNING PLAYER BIOS CCareerareer SStatisticstatistics CCareerareer SStatisticstatistics YYearear GP-GSGP-GS ShotsShots GGoalsoals GGWGWG AssistsAssists PPointsoints YYearear GP-GSGP-GS ShotsShots GGoalsoals GGWGWG AssistsAssists PPointsoints 2007 24-24 11 1 0 3 5 2007 4-1 0 0 0 1 1 2008 25-24 19 0 0 6 6 2008 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 49-48 30 1 0 9 11 Totals 7-1 1 0 0 1 1 U.S. National Team U.S. National Team Has been a member of the U.S. National Team program since the U-15 age group … Has played on both the U-16 and U-17 National Teams. Played for coach Jillian Ellis as a member of the Under-20 U.S. squad at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil … Also traveled with the U-20s to Mexico in 2007 … Currently 2008 in the U-23 player pool. Appeared in three matches … Only regular-season appearance came at Oregon on Nov. 9 … Also played NCAA Tournament matches against Fresno State and Duke. 2008 Appeared in all 25 matches, starting 24 … 2007 Tied for third on the team with six assists Transfer from Santa Clara … Sidelined … Assisted on Cat Calvert’s overtime goal for much of the season due to injury … in the 104th minute, sealing a 2-1 victory Appeared in just four matches, making over Oregon State on Nov. 7 … Also had her lone start against Hawai’i on Sept. an assist in a 6-1 victory over Duke in the 23 … Had an assist in that match … Also NCAA Quarterfinals … Member of a UCLA appeared in matches against Cal State defense that ranked No. 1 in the country in Northridge, Santa Clara and Oregon. goals against average (0.23) … Helped the team surrender just six goals in 25 matches 2006 (at Santa Clara) … Team also posted a school record 19 Saw action in three matches as a fresh- shutouts … The Bruin defense never allowed man at Santa Clara University … Made more than one goal in any match … Took 18 collegiate debut against Utah on Aug. shots on the season. 27, playing 18 minutes on back line … Played 19 minutes on defense against 2007 Connecticut on Sept. 8 One of just six players on the team to start all 24 matches … Joined Kylie Wright as the High School/Club only two freshman to start every match … A 2006 graduate of Palos Verdes Soccer America Freshman All-American … Peninsula High School in Palos Verdes, Second-team Freshman All-American by Calif. … NSCAA/adidas High School All- Soccer Buzz Magazine … Also named to American … Named a Top 25 Recruit by the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team … Member Soccer Buzz … Member of the Spanish of a Bruin defense that surrendered just 16 Honor Society ... Four-year member of goals in 24 matches … Helped UCLA rank CSF … Named to Principal’s Honor Roll in the top 20 nationally (#17) in goals against average in 2007 (0.65) … Scored her all four years … Carried a 4.15 GPA … lone goal on the season in a 3-1 victory over Arizona State on Nov. 2 … Tallied UCLA’s Played club soccer for the Laguna Hills biggest assist of the year in the NCAA Quarterfinals, as her corner kick was headed in Eclipse … Team swept the state, regional by Danesha Adams to give the Bruins a 3-2 double-overtime victory over No. 3 Portland and national titles in 2005 … Captain of … Also assisted on goals in wins over San Diego State and Santa Clara. the Cal-South State Team, has played for them since 2001 … Also played for the High School/Club Southern California Blues. Rated as the No. 2 overall recruit in the nation by RISE Magazine and Soccer Buzz Magazine … Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of California … 2006 Parade Personal All-American … Also named to the 2006 NSCAA/adidas Girls Youth All-America team Full name is Jenna Michele Belcher … Born in Los Angeles, Calif. … Parents are Eric … CIF-Southern Section Co-Player of the Year in 2006 … Four-time first-team All-CIF and Kimberly Belcher … Has one younger brother, Jackson ... Communications studies selection … Played club soccer for Arsenal FC. major. Personal Born May 31, 1989 in Arcadia, Calif. … Daughter of Joyce and Gary Barnes … Has one brother, Tyler … Enjoys drawing … Sociology major. www.uclabruins.com 10 University of California, Los Angeles RETURNING PLAYER BIOS CCareerareer SStatisticstatistics YYearear GP-GSGP-GS ShotsShots GGoalsoals GGWGWG AssistsAssists PPointsoints 2007 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2008 10-0 4 0 0 0 0 Totals 12-0 4 0 0 0 0 2008 Appeared in 10 matches … Tallied four shots on the season … Saw action in two matches during the NCAA Tournament, coming in as a substitute in wins over Fresno State and Duke. 2007 Appeared in two matches as a true freshman in 2007, seeing action in regular-season wins over Hawai’i and San Diego State. High School/Club Earned first-team All-North Bay League honors as a sophomore and junior … Led Montgomery High School to three North Coast Section 3A titles … Earned North Coast Section MVP honors in 2006 … Played club soccer for the Santa Rosa United … Helped her club team capture the California State Cup in 2004 … Also claimed two Surf Cup titles in 2003 and 2004. Personal Born Jan. 15, 1989 in Santa Rosa, Calif. … Daughter of Debbie and Gardner Britt … Has two brothers, David and Travis … Psychobiology major. www.uclabruins.com 11 2009 Women’s Soccer Media Guide RETURNING PLAYER BIOS 2006 Enjoyed one of the finest fresh- man seasons in UCLA history, earning first-team NSCAA/ adidas All-America honors … Soccer Buzz National Fresh- man of the Year … Set the UCLA freshman record for goals with 19 … Became the first freshman since ASU’s Stacey Tullock in 1998 to lead the Pac- 10 Conference in points (39) … Also led the Pac-10 in goals (19) and shots (96) … Ranked second in the Pac-10 and first on the team with eight game- CCareerareer SStatisticstatistics winning goals … First-team YYearear GP-GSGP-GS ShotsShots GGoalsoals GGWGWG AssistsAssists PPointsoints All-Pac-10 selection … Pac-10 2006 21-20 96 19 8 1 39 Freshman of the Year … Scored 2007 23-23 88 23 9 11 57 goals in four of five matches 2008 22-21 99 9 6 9 31 during the NCAA Tournament Totals 66-64 283 51 23 21 127 … Registered the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory over No. 6 U.S. National Team Portland in the quarterfinals … Coming off an outstanding summer with the U.S. Women’s National Team, playing a part Assisted on the game winner in three wins … Scored a goal in Team USA’s 4-0 win over Canada in May … Had an assist in a 3-2 win over No. 16 Florida in two more wins, both over Canada, in July … First trained with the full Women’s National in the round of 16 … Had four Team in two training camps in 2005 and one in 2006 … Was also a participant in the multiple-goal games … Ended 2006 and 2007 Residency Training Camps in Carson, Calif. … Saw her first significant the year with one assist. action for the National Team, playing in 10 matches leading into the Olympics while scoring two goals, one against Finland at the Algarve Cup and the other in the Olympic High School/Club Qualifying Tournament against Jamaica … Was named as an alternate to the Olympic Consensus No. 1 recruit in the Team, but was moved into the 18-player roster after the injury to Abby Wambach … nation, playing at Ben Davis She did not play in the first three matches of the Olympics, but then came off the bench High School in Indianapolis, Ind. in the final three games to contribute some vitally important minutes, and played a part … 2005 Parade All-American … in the movement that led to the game-winning goal in the Olympic gold medal game … Became the first player ever to Ended the year playing in 14 games, with three starts … Helped the Under-20 U.S. team win both the NSCAA/adidas to a second-place finish at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil … One of five players High School and Youth Player to compete for the U.S. at the 2006 FIFA Under-20 World Championships in Russia … of the Year awards in the same Youngest member of the U-21 U.S. team that captured its seventh-straight Nordic Cup year (2005) … Three-time title in 2005 … Played with the U-17s in 2004. NSCAA/adidas All-American … Graduated early to focus on the U-20 qualifying tournament … Helped her club team, 2008 the Carmel United Heat, capture five state championships … Three-year letterwinner Appeared in 22 matches, starting 21 … First-team NSCAA/adidas All-American … Also and two-time all-conference selection in basketball (guard) at Ben Davis … Helped the named to Soccer America’s MVP Team … Second-team Soccer Buzz All-American … team to an undefeated season as a sophomore. Semifinalist for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy … Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team … First-team All-Pac-10 selection … Led the team in scoring for the third straight year, Personal registering 31 points on 11 goals and nine assists … Also led the team in game-winning Full name is Lauren Nicole Cheney … Born Sept. 30, 1987 in Indianapolis, Ind. … Parents goals with six … Tied with Kara Lang for the team lead in assists … Scored the game’s are Rita and George Cheney … Has one brother, Aaron and one sister, Caitlin … Enjoys only goal in a victory over Portland on Aug.