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2013 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Women’s Soccer • 2013 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Women’s 1 www.CSULAathletics.com 2 CORPORATE PARTNERS THE GOLDEN EAGLES WISH TO THANK THE FOLLOWING: sizzler.com www.CSULAathletics.com in-n-out.com sierraacura.com mixedchicks.net templecitydental.com/goldeneagles doubletree.com pepsi.com 2013 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Women’s Soccer • 2013 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Women’s FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BECOMING A GOLDEN EAGLE CORPORATE PARTNER, PLEASE CONTACT THE DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, AT (323) 343-3080 OR ONLINE AT CSULAATHLETICS.COM 2013 CSULA SOccER TEAM 2013 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Soccer Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown / High School / Previous School 0 Abigail Perry GK 5-11 Fr. Corona / Santiago HS 1 Yi Du GK 6-0 Jr. Shanghai, China / Shanghai Friendship / Murray State 2 Alexandra Barrett-Scherrer MF 5-5 Sr. Altadena, CA / Crescenta Valley HS 3 Andrea Lammers MF 5-5 Jr. Temecula / Vista Murrieta HS Soccer • 2013 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Women’s 4 Janelle Hanna D 5-6 Sr. Orange / El Modena HS / Santiago Canyon College 5 Alejah Valmonte MF 5-8 Fr. Pasadena / Pasadena HS 6 Danielle Telles D 5-6 Fr. Whitter / La Serna HS 7 Adriana Valdez MF 5-0 Sr. Fullerton / Fullerton HS / Cal State Bakersfield 8 Stephanie Lopez F 5-5 Sr. Whittier / Pioneer HS / Cerritos College 9 Candice Holt D 5-3 Jr. Garden Grove / Rancho Alamitos HS/ Golden West College 10 Ashley Sciolini MF 5-3 Jr. San Dimas / San Dimas HS / Mt. San Antonio College 11 Blakeley Ficenec F 5-8 So. Newport Beach / Mountain View HS 12 Justine Telles D 5-5 Sr. Whittier / St. Paul HS / Cerritos College 13 Samantha Footlik MF 5-3 Sr. Aliso Viejo / Aliso Niguel HS 14 Shereen Khoobbagha F 5-5 Jr. Highland / Redlands East Valley HS 15 Joanne Almaguer D 5-4 Sr. Taft / Taft Union HS / Taft College 16 Amalia Arvidsson F 5-7 Jr. Alingsas, Sweden / Katrinelunds Gymnasiet / UNC Pembroke 17 Janeth Arroyo D 5-6 Sr. Bellflower / Mayfair HS / Cerritos College 19 Shea Richards F 5-8 Jr. Palmdale / Desert Christian HS / The Master’s College 20 Veronika Steen MF 5-5 Fr. Stockholm, Sweden / Solna Gymnasium 21 Allyson Sherwood F 5-4 Sr. Los Angeles / Clairemont HS / San Diego Mesa College 22 Heather Williams MF 5-2 Jr. Moreno Valley / Canyon Springs HS / University of New Mexico 23 Alexa Zielinski F 5-0 Jr. Dracut, MA / Dracut HS / University of Massachusetts 24 Monique Cherry D 5-5 Jr. Placentia / El Dorado HS / Santiago Canyon College 25 Krystal Kutscher MF 5-4 Fr. Murrieta / Temecula Valley HS 26 Sahar Arghandiwal D 5-5 Fr. San Francisco / Dougherty Valley HS 27 Norie Pablo MF 5-0 Jr. San Marcos / Mission Hills HS 29 Megan Ollar MF 5-5 Sr. Redlands / Redlands East Valley HS / Cypress College 30 Amanda Johnson GK 5-11 So. Fresno / Bullard HS / Cal State Fullerton 31 Veronica Cortes MF 5-4 Fr. Santa Maria / Righetti HS 32 Sydney Mullen D 5-8 Sr. West Kelowna, B.C., Canada / Mt. Bouicherie / CS Bakersfield www.CSULAathletics.com 35 Darci Smith D 5-7 Sr. Bakersfield / Liberty HS / South Carolina State 37 Nailah Elmasri D 5-9 Fr. Arcadia / Arcadia HS Head Coach: Isabelle Harvey Assistant Coaches: Erik Garcia,Trevor Whiddon, Yvette Vascones 2013 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. William A. Covino Director of Athletics Dr. Dan Bridges Sports Information Director Paul Helms Credits: The 2013 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 Isabelle Harvey Helms and Brendan Dally. Alma Mater, Year USC, 2000 Dr. William A. Covino Dr. Dan Bridges Assistant Coach Erik Garcia University President Director of Athletics Soccer Office Phone 323-343-5307 3 4 COACHING STAFF After a successful stint as a head coach at a nearby California Collegiate Athletic Association university, Isabelle Harvey returns to Cal State L.A. as the new head coach of the women’s soccer program. Harvey, who spent four seasons with the Golden Eagles as an assistant coach and interim head coach for both the men’s and women’s programs, comes back to Cal State L.A. after spending seven years as the head women’s soccer coach at Cal Poly Pomona. She led the Broncos to an outstanding 2012 season that resulted in Cal Poly Pomona’s first NCAA playoff appearance since 2001. She directed the Broncos to a 10-6-3 overall record and an 8-4-3 mark in conference play. The season was highlighted by a team-record 11-match unbeaten streak that helped the Broncos overcome a 1-4-1 start. During their 8-0-3 run, the Broncos outscored their opponents, 25-6. Harvey had a 59-55-17 record at Cal Poly Pomona in her seven seasons leading the program. During her Isabelle Harvey tenure, Harvey’s players earned 24 All-CCAA awards, two CCAA Freshman of the Year awards, a conference Head Coach Newcomer of the Year award, four NSCAA All-West Region awards and two CoSIDA Academic All-District awards. Harvey began her college coaching career at Cal State L.A., where she was an assistant coach in 2001 before becoming the interim head coach for both programs in 2002. She was the top assistant coach for both programs in the 2003 and 2004 seasons before being hired as an assistant women’s coach at USC, where she was a star player for four seasons. Harvey helped guide USC to a 13-6-4 overall record and into the NCAA playoffs in 2005. www.CSULAathletics.com She was then hired at Cal Poly Pomona in 2006 and spent the next seven years guiding the Broncos. Harvey also had an exceptional playing career and was recently honored by Quebec as its “Athlete of the Century.” She was presented with the Centennial Medal as one of the five leading figures to influence the development of soccer in the region with Harvey being recognized as a player. She started all three games for the Canadian National Team at the 1999 World Cup and registered two assists. She currently ranks 13th in Canadian history with 44 international caps. She also played for Ajax Fram, a semi-pro team, which won national championships from 2001-04. Harvey was the Pac-10 Player of the Year at USC in 1998 and still holds school career records for goals, assists, game-winning goals and points. She is the only player in the program’s history to earn All-America honors all four seasons at USC. Harvey was the team MVP three times and a team captain her final three years with the Trojans. She achieved her “B” coaching license through the U.S. Soccer Federation in 2012. Harvey also earned a graduate degree in coaching and administration from Concordia University in Irvine in 2012 and recorded a grade point average of 4.0. After spending the 2012 season as the interim head coach at another California Collegiate Athletic Association program, Erik Garcia joins the Cal State L.A. women’s soccer program as an assistant coach. Garcia has six years of college coaching experience heading into the 2013 season. Garcia was Cal Poly Pomona’s interim men’s soccer head coach last season after serving as the associate head coach of both the men’s and women’s programs at Kansas Wesleyan in 2011. He helped Kansas Wesleyan’s men’s team to a national ranking as high as No. 8 and a school record for wins in a season with 17, while the women’s team also won a conference title. Prior to his one year in Kansas, Garcia was an assistant coach for four seasons at two schools for current Cal State San Bernardino head men’s coach Lance Thompson. Garcia was at Cal Poly Pomona with Thompson for the 2009 and 2010 seasons and the Broncos enjoyed great success, winning 20 games over the two seasons and just missing qualifying for the CCAA Championship Tournament. Erik Garcia He was with Thompson for two outstanding years at Notre Dame de Namur and helped the Argonauts to a 24-12-4. He Assistant Coach was the associate head coach in 2008 when the Argonauts won a Pacific-West Conference title. Notre Dame de Namur was 14-3-3 that season and qualified for the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time. The Argonauts recorded 12 shutouts and had a goals against average of 0.62. Garcia played for two seasons at Holy Names and helped lead his team to the program’s first-ever NAIA postseason berth as a junior. He also played at Los Angeles City College. 2013 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Women’s Soccer • 2013 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Women’s Garcia began his coaching career in 2006 as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s programs at Holy Names. Both teams won Cal-Pac Conference championships. He also earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Holy Names in 2006. Garcia is also currently an assistant coach for the LA Misioneros FC, a Player Development League team based in Los Angeles. He is the head coach for the Misioneros’ reserves. Garcia was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Honduras.