9 - Kristin Player
Kristin Player
Height: 5-9
Year: R-Sr.
Hometown: Placentia, Calif.
High School: El Dorado
Position: F/M

2011: All-Southern Conference First Team selection earning honors for the second time in her career (2007)…appeared in 19 matches with 18 starts…led the Spartans with 25 points on eight goals and a team-high nine assists…tied for Southern Conference lead with four game-winning goals…scored both goals in a 2-1 win at College of Charleston (Oct. 9), scoring in the 12th minute and notching the game-winner in the 87th minute…two goals and three assists in a 6-1 win over Chattanooga  (Sept. 24)..scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Davidson (Oct. 2)… had at least two points in four consecutive road conference games (9/30-10/09)…assisted on goal in 1-0 win over Furman (Oct. 16)…finished fourth in Southern Conference in points, tied for fourth in goals and second in assists…entered UNCG’s top 10 in assists, points and goals on the year, finishing the season fourth on the career assists list with 24, sixth on the career points list with 88 and tied for fifth on the career goals list with 32.

2010:
Took a non-medical redshirt.

2009: Was an All-Southern Conference Second Team selection after earning preseason all-conference honors for the second straight year … appeared in 19 matches with 11 starts … led the Spartans in scoring with 20 points on seven goals and a team-high six assists … had four game-winning goals … scored both goals in a 2-1, overtime win over Duquesne on Sept. 13, scoring the tying goal in the 85th and notching the golden goal in the 94th … had a trio of assists in a 4-0 win over High Point on Sept. 17 … scored the only goals in 1-0 wins over Virginia Commonwealth (9/6) and Chattanooga (10/18) … had the game-winning goal and an assist in a 4-0 win over Furman on Sept. 25 … assisted on UNCG’s first goal of the season, in a 2-1 loss to Wake Forest (8/23) … scored in back-to-back games against Georgia Southern (10/4) and Western Carolina (10/8) … had an assist in a 3-0 win over Wofford (9/27) … entered UNCG’s career top-15 in both points and goals on the year, finishing the season 10th on the career scoring list with 63 points and 11th on the goals list with 24.

2008: Saw action in 19 games with 10 starts … was named to the Preseason All-Southern Conference Team … was second on the squad with seven goals and 18 points … also added four assists … seventh in the league in goals and goals per game (0.37) and tied for seventh in the league in points and points per game (0.95) … had a pair of multi-goal games, scoring twice in a 4-1 win over Stetson on Sept. 5 and in a 6-0 win over Appalachian State in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament on Nov. 2 … netted the game-winner and also added an assist against the Mountaineers for a career-best five-point day … had an assist in the season-opener against Coastal Carolina (8/22) … scored her first goal of the season two days later in a 2-1 loss to Utah … had an assist against George Mason on Aug. 29, giving her points in the first three games of the season … also scored goals in wins over Virginia Commonwealth (9/7) and Furman (10/19) and assisted on the only goal in a 1-0 win over Davidson (10/26) … scored the decisive penalty kick in the semifinals of the SoCon tournament on Nov. 7, sending UNCG past Furman after the game ended in a 0-0 draw.

2007: Named Soccer Buzz Southeast Region All-Freshman … was the SoCon Freshman of the Year and to the all-conference first team … earned SoCon Player of the Week honors for the week of Sept. 4 and took Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week honors a day later … was a North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association All-State player … appeared in 19 games with 18 starts in her first year with the Spartans … led the team in goals (10) and points (25), ranking third in the league in goals per game (0.53), points and points per game (1.32) and fourth in goals … had five assists … led the Spartans with five game-winning goals, tying her for the top honor in the conference … the first three goals of her career were game-winners … netted her first collegiate goal and game-winner in the season opener against William and Mary on Aug. 31 … had a hand in both goals in a 2-0 win over Central Michigan on Sept. 2, scoring the game-winner and assisting on the other … also scored the game-winning goals against Ball State (9/9), Davidson (10/14) and The Citadel (10/18) … added goals against No. 13 Tennessee (9/21), Western Carolina (9/30) and Chattanooga (10/4), notching her first two-goal game against the Lady Mocs … netted the Spartans’ lone goal in a 3-1 loss to Furman in the SoCon championship game (11/11) … assisted on both goals in a 2-0 win over Wofford on Sept. 27 … assisted on UNCG’s lone goals in 1-0 wins over Elon (11/4) and College of Charleston (11/9).

High school: A three-year letterwinner at El Dorado High School in Placentia, Calif. … teamed with former UNCG teammate Jen Rincon to lead the squad to Century League Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2007 … a two-time all-league team honoree … rewarded with the Scholar Athlete Award in 2004 … member of the West Coast Club team that won the California State Cup championships in 2002 and 2004 and was a finalist in 2006 … a part of the 2006 Coast Soccer League Premier champion and Las Vegas Showcase champion teams … member of the 2006 North American Super Y League Championship team in Tampa, Fla. … named to the Super Y All-North American Team in 2006.

Personal: Kristin Player … born Jan. 4, 1989, in Upland, Calif. … daughter of Robert and Karen Player … majoring in public health.