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Amy Barczuk (2009-12): (Retired)
AT COLORADO: Scored 23 points off 10 goals and three assists ... One of only eight players in program history to start at least 76 of 78 games played ... One of four Buffs to have played in every one of the team’s games in her four-year tenure at CU ... Her games started and played rank her 10th and 13th on CU’s all-time list ... Her 124 shots attempted ranks 12th all-time ... Two-time all-conference second team selection ... Big 12 All-Newcomer Team ... Gonzaga University All-Tournament Team and CS360 Performer of the Week as a sophomore ... All-Pac-12 honorable mention as a junior ... DU Invitational All-Tournament Team and third-team NSCAA All-Pacific Region selection as a senior ... 2012 team captain. U.S. NATIONAL TEAM: 2011 U-23 U.S. Women’s National Team Training Camp selection ... Member of the U-23 USWNT player pool. PROFESSIONAL: Selected by the Western New York Flash in the second round (the 14th overall pick) of the 2013 NWSL draft ... Started four of her nine appearances as a rookie, including two playoff games ... Started and played 55 minutes in the inaugural NWSL championship game ... Played in for WFK Zorkiy Karnogorsk in Russia during the winter of 2013-14, starting seven matches … In 2014, appeared in 19 matches with the Western New York Flash ... Made nine starts and played 886 minutes ... Acquired by the Boston Breakers via trade with Western New York on Nov. 3, 2014 ... played in 20 matches with 18 starts in Boston in 2015 … announced her retirement early in 2016. INTERNATIONAL: Spent the 2013-14 offseason with WFK Zorkiy Krasnogorsk in Russia ... Played in every minute of her four starts during the tournament phase of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. ABOUT THE FLASH AND BREAKERS: Western New York Flash finished runner-up in the inaugural NWSL championship game in 2013 after winning the regular-season title with a 10-4-8 record with a lineup highlighted by USWNT stars Carly Lloyd and Abby Wambach … Boston Breakers finished with four wins and three draws in 2015.
Annie Brunner (2010-13): (Retired)
AT COLORADO: Recognized as one of the top goalkeepers in CU history and holds five school records … Ranks first in CU history in matches played (77), matches started (75) and minutes played (6,942) … Her 258 career saves are second-most in CU history and she ranks fifth in career goals-against average (1.22) … Posted a 1.11 GAA as a senior in 2013, helping the team to 14 wins (third-most in program history) … earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors as a junior and senior … earned four player of the week awards in her career from the Pac-12 and Big 12 and was named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer team as a freshman. PROFESSIONAL: Played one season for FC Neunkirch in Switzerland in Nationalliga A in 2014 … Was also on the Western New York Flash roster for part of the 2015 season in the WPSL, but did not appear in any matches.
Bianca Jones (2011-14): Kungsbacka DFF (Sweden)
AT COLORADO: Played in 83 career matches with 81 starts as a defender, leading the Buffs to a 36-22-7 record and two NCAA Tournament appearances over her final three years … Ranks fifth in CU history in matches started and minutes (7,043) and ninth in matches played … Scored two goals and had three assists in her four seasons … led the Buffs to nine shutouts as a junior and a school-record 12 as a senior … Was a two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree. PROFESSIONAL: Played the 2015 season with BK Moron in the third division of the Norrland league in Sweden … Moved up to the second-tier of Sweden’s leagues with Kungsbacka DFF in 2016.
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Madison Krauser (2012-15): ASJ Soyaux-Charente (France)
AT COLORADO: Played four seasons at CU and finished her career ranked third in CU history with 16 assists … Scored nine goals and finished with 34 points in 78 career matches, including 75 starts … Played forward during her first three seasons, before moving to outside back as a senior … Had career highs of four goals, six assists and 14 points as a sophomore in 2013 … Led the Buffs to two NCAA Tournament appearances in four seasons … Earned second-team all-Pac-12 as a senior and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in 2012 … Was selected as the team’s Defensive MVP in 2015 … Earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors three times. PROFESSIONAL: Begins her career with ASJ Soyaux-Charente in France’s top league, Division I Féminine in 2016-17.
Michelle (Wenino) Lomnicki (2005-08): (Retired)
AT COLORADO: Recorded 16 points off seven goals (including three game-winners) and two assists ... Ranks fourth in career minutes played at CU, with 7,275... Ranks fifth with 81 games started and sixth with 85 games played ... First-team All-Big 12 and second-team NSCAA All-Central Region in 2007 ... Started 23 games her freshman season, scoring one goal and contributing one assist ... Scored three goals and contributed an assist in the first three games of her sophomore campaign ... Helped the Buffs to 10 shutouts and logged 2,131 minutes (good enough for sixth on the CU season list) as a junior ... Scored three more goals in her final two seasons. PROFESSIONAL: 2009: Played for the Red Stars in the WPS, making one 34-minute appearance … 2010: Played for SC Freiburg in Germany … Appeared in eight matches with five starts for a total of 476 minutes, scoring one goal … 2011: Scored one goal in three appearances with Sky Blue FC … 2012: Played for Chicago in the WPSL-Elite and had one assist in 14 matches … 2013: Started 17 games and appeared in 18 games during Chicago’s inaugural NWSL season … Scored one goal and had one assist … 2014: Made 18 appearances for the Red Stars, 15 of them as a starter … Scored two goals, one of them a game-winner … Assisted on one goal … 2015: Played in 12 matches with seven starts and recorded one assist … Announced her retirement early in 2016. ABOUT THE RED STARS: Franchise was established in 2007 ... Finished the 2011 season with a 10-1 record, coming in second in the WPSL Championship match ... 2012 WPSL Championship runner-up and U.S. Adult Soccer Association’s National Women’s Cup winner ... Finished sixth in the 2013 NWSL regular season standings ... Finished fifth in 2015 with a 9-7-8 record … Finished second in the NWSL in 2015 with an 8-3-9 record … Roster includes USWNT players Shannon Boxx, Christen Press, Julie Johnston and Canadian National Team veterans Karina LeBlanc and Melissa Tancredi.
Nikki Marshall (2006-09): (Retired)
AT COLORADO: Holds 20 program records ... The all-time leading scorer with 42 goals ... Leads the program with 93 points, 18 game-winning goals and 261 shots attempted ... Set class records as a freshman and sophomore with 17 and nine goals, respectively ... Scored the fastest regulation and overtime goals in CU history, taking less than 30 seconds to score against St. Mary’s College in 2009 (8-1) and against Oklahoma in 2007 (2-1, OT) ... Ranks in the top 10 in 32 other career, season and single game categories ... Big 12 All-Newcomer Team and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year ... Soccer Buzz and Soccer America Freshman All-American and 2006 Soccer Buzz fourth-team All-American ... Four-time first-team All-Big 12. U.S. NATIONAL TEAM: Member of the U.S. Women’s National Team U-23 player pool from 2009-11, receiving three camp call-ups ... Received first call-up to the USWNT in May 2014. INTERNATIONAL: Helped the U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team to the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American games ... Helped lead the team to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup championship in 2008, where she was named the Sierra Mist Woman of the Match in the 2-1 championship win over North Korea ... Helped the team qualify for the 2008 U-20 World Cup ... Recorded a goal and an assist in the 2008 Four Nations Tournament final, where the U.S. beat host team Chile 5-1 ... Played three matches as the U-23 USWNT earned the title at the 2011 Four Nations Tournament. PROFESSIONAL: Picked seventh overall in the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer Draft by the Washington Freedom ... Appeared in 25 games as a rookie ... Appeared in eight matches with magicJack after the Freedom moved to Florida in 2011 ... Traded to the Boston Breakers in July 2011, playing in seven matches ... Helped the Western New York Flash to the 2012 WPSL Elite championship ... MVP of 2012 championship match against the Chicago Red Stars ... Signed with Portland on January 31, 2013 ... Started all 22 regular season matches for Portland in the inaugural NWSL season ... Recorded one assist during the 2013 regular season ... Assisted the game-tying goal in the 2013 NWSL semifinals ... Helped the Thorns to the 2013 NWSL Championship ... Started 46 consecutive regular season matches dating back to 2013, making her the only player on Thorns FC to have started every game in the NWSL in the first two seasons … Suffered a torn ACL late in the 2014 season before opting to retire. ABOUT THORNS FC: Oregon women’s soccer franchise dates back to 2000 ... One of two NWSL teams with Major League Soccer affiliation (Portland Timbers) ... Marshall and Thorns teammate Alex Morgan (a 2012 Olympic gold medalist) won the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup championship in 2008 ... Finished third during the 2013 regular season and defeated the Western New York Flash 2-0 in the inaugural championship game ... Defeated the Houston Dash 1-0 on August 3 in front of an NWSL record crowd of 19,123 fans at Portland’s Providence Park … Finished the 2014 season 10-8-6, third in the 10-team league, with a league-high average attendance of 13,362 fans per match, nearly 9,000 more per match than the second-most in the league.
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Kate Russell (2008-11): (Retired)
AT COLORADO: Played in 77 matches with 76 career starts as a midfielder … Had 16 career assists (ranks third in CU history) and 10 assists for 36 points … Ranks ninth in school history with 163 shot attempts … Had seven assists as a freshman in 2008, the third-most in a single season in CU history and most by a freshman … Led the team in scoring as a junior with 11 points, three goals and two assists … earned second team all-Big 12 as a junior. PROFESSIONAL: Played three seasons of professional soccer … Began her career in 2012 with the Colorado Rush of the W-League and played as a reserve for the Boston Breakers in the NWSL in 2013 … Played her final season in Austria for DFC LUV Graz and started 15 matches, scoring two goals.
Kate Scheele (2014-15): Houston Dash (NWSL)
AT COLORADO: Finished her two-year career after transferring from Colorado College as one of the most prolific goalkeepers in CU history … Despite playing just two seasons in Boulder, finished her career third in history in goals-against average (0.92), fourth in wins (21), fifth in save percentage (.788) and seventh in saves (134) … Led CU to the NCAA Tournament as a junior with 11 solo shutouts, the second-most ever in a season … Earned CoSIDA second team Academic All-District VII and first-team Academic All-Pac-12 as a senior … Also earned the team’s Academic Award in 2015. U.S. NATIONAL TEAM: Was a member of the U-18 USWNT training camp. PROFESSIONAL: Begins her first professional season in 2016 with Kungsbacka DFF in the Elitettan, the second tier league in Sweden ... recorded one shutout in nine appearances with Kungsbacka DFF before heading back to the U.S. to play for the Houston Dash in the NWSL in July.
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Amy Barczuk (2009-12): (Retired)
AT COLORADO: Scored 23 points off 10 goals and three assists ... One of only eight players in program history to start at least 76 of 78 games played ... One of four Buffs to have played in every one of the team’s games in her four-year tenure at CU ... Her games started and played rank her 10th and 13th on CU’s all-time list ... Her 124 shots attempted ranks 12th all-time ... Two-time all-conference second team selection ... Big 12 All-Newcomer Team ... Gonzaga University All-Tournament Team and CS360 Performer of the Week as a sophomore ... All-Pac-12 honorable mention as a junior ... DU Invitational All-Tournament Team and third-team NSCAA All-Pacific Region selection as a senior ... 2012 team captain. U.S. NATIONAL TEAM: 2011 U-23 U.S. Women’s National Team Training Camp selection ... Member of the U-23 USWNT player pool. PROFESSIONAL: Selected by the Western New York Flash in the second round (the 14th overall pick) of the 2013 NWSL draft ... Started four of her nine appearances as a rookie, including two playoff games ... Started and played 55 minutes in the inaugural NWSL championship game ... Played in for WFK Zorkiy Karnogorsk in Russia during the winter of 2013-14, starting seven matches … In 2014, appeared in 19 matches with the Western New York Flash ... Made nine starts and played 886 minutes ... Acquired by the Boston Breakers via trade with Western New York on Nov. 3, 2014 ... played in 20 matches with 18 starts in Boston in 2015 … announced her retirement early in 2016. INTERNATIONAL: Spent the 2013-14 offseason with WFK Zorkiy Krasnogorsk in Russia ... Played in every minute of her four starts during the tournament phase of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. ABOUT THE FLASH AND BREAKERS: Western New York Flash finished runner-up in the inaugural NWSL championship game in 2013 after winning the regular-season title with a 10-4-8 record with a lineup highlighted by USWNT stars Carly Lloyd and Abby Wambach … Boston Breakers finished with four wins and three draws in 2015.
Annie Brunner (2010-13): (Retired)
AT COLORADO: Recognized as one of the top goalkeepers in CU history and holds five school records … Ranks first in CU history in matches played (77), matches started (75) and minutes played (6,942) … Her 258 career saves are second-most in CU history and she ranks fifth in career goals-against average (1.22) … Posted a 1.11 GAA as a senior in 2013, helping the team to 14 wins (third-most in program history) … earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors as a junior and senior … earned four player of the week awards in her career from the Pac-12 and Big 12 and was named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer team as a freshman. PROFESSIONAL: Played one season for FC Neunkirch in Switzerland in Nationalliga A in 2014 … Was also on the Western New York Flash roster for part of the 2015 season in the WPSL, but did not appear in any matches.
Bianca Jones (2011-14): Kungsbacka DFF (Sweden)
AT COLORADO: Played in 83 career matches with 81 starts as a defender, leading the Buffs to a 36-22-7 record and two NCAA Tournament appearances over her final three years … Ranks fifth in CU history in matches started and minutes (7,043) and ninth in matches played … Scored two goals and had three assists in her four seasons … led the Buffs to nine shutouts as a junior and a school-record 12 as a senior … Was a two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree. PROFESSIONAL: Played the 2015 season with BK Moron in the third division of the Norrland league in Sweden … Moved up to the second-tier of Sweden’s leagues with Kungsbacka DFF in 2016.
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Madison Krauser (2012-15): ASJ Soyaux-Charente (France)
AT COLORADO: Played four seasons at CU and finished her career ranked third in CU history with 16 assists … Scored nine goals and finished with 34 points in 78 career matches, including 75 starts … Played forward during her first three seasons, before moving to outside back as a senior … Had career highs of four goals, six assists and 14 points as a sophomore in 2013 … Led the Buffs to two NCAA Tournament appearances in four seasons … Earned second-team all-Pac-12 as a senior and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in 2012 … Was selected as the team’s Defensive MVP in 2015 … Earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors three times. PROFESSIONAL: Begins her career with ASJ Soyaux-Charente in France’s top league, Division I Féminine in 2016-17.
Michelle (Wenino) Lomnicki (2005-08): (Retired)
AT COLORADO: Recorded 16 points off seven goals (including three game-winners) and two assists ... Ranks fourth in career minutes played at CU, with 7,275... Ranks fifth with 81 games started and sixth with 85 games played ... First-team All-Big 12 and second-team NSCAA All-Central Region in 2007 ... Started 23 games her freshman season, scoring one goal and contributing one assist ... Scored three goals and contributed an assist in the first three games of her sophomore campaign ... Helped the Buffs to 10 shutouts and logged 2,131 minutes (good enough for sixth on the CU season list) as a junior ... Scored three more goals in her final two seasons. PROFESSIONAL: 2009: Played for the Red Stars in the WPS, making one 34-minute appearance … 2010: Played for SC Freiburg in Germany … Appeared in eight matches with five starts for a total of 476 minutes, scoring one goal … 2011: Scored one goal in three appearances with Sky Blue FC … 2012: Played for Chicago in the WPSL-Elite and had one assist in 14 matches … 2013: Started 17 games and appeared in 18 games during Chicago’s inaugural NWSL season … Scored one goal and had one assist … 2014: Made 18 appearances for the Red Stars, 15 of them as a starter … Scored two goals, one of them a game-winner … Assisted on one goal … 2015: Played in 12 matches with seven starts and recorded one assist … Announced her retirement early in 2016. ABOUT THE RED STARS: Franchise was established in 2007 ... Finished the 2011 season with a 10-1 record, coming in second in the WPSL Championship match ... 2012 WPSL Championship runner-up and U.S. Adult Soccer Association’s National Women’s Cup winner ... Finished sixth in the 2013 NWSL regular season standings ... Finished fifth in 2015 with a 9-7-8 record … Finished second in the NWSL in 2015 with an 8-3-9 record … Roster includes USWNT players Shannon Boxx, Christen Press, Julie Johnston and Canadian National Team veterans Karina LeBlanc and Melissa Tancredi.
Nikki Marshall (2006-09): (Retired)
AT COLORADO: Holds 20 program records ... The all-time leading scorer with 42 goals ... Leads the program with 93 points, 18 game-winning goals and 261 shots attempted ... Set class records as a freshman and sophomore with 17 and nine goals, respectively ... Scored the fastest regulation and overtime goals in CU history, taking less than 30 seconds to score against St. Mary’s College in 2009 (8-1) and against Oklahoma in 2007 (2-1, OT) ... Ranks in the top 10 in 32 other career, season and single game categories ... Big 12 All-Newcomer Team and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year ... Soccer Buzz and Soccer America Freshman All-American and 2006 Soccer Buzz fourth-team All-American ... Four-time first-team All-Big 12. U.S. NATIONAL TEAM: Member of the U.S. Women’s National Team U-23 player pool from 2009-11, receiving three camp call-ups ... Received first call-up to the USWNT in May 2014. INTERNATIONAL: Helped the U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team to the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American games ... Helped lead the team to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup championship in 2008, where she was named the Sierra Mist Woman of the Match in the 2-1 championship win over North Korea ... Helped the team qualify for the 2008 U-20 World Cup ... Recorded a goal and an assist in the 2008 Four Nations Tournament final, where the U.S. beat host team Chile 5-1 ... Played three matches as the U-23 USWNT earned the title at the 2011 Four Nations Tournament. PROFESSIONAL: Picked seventh overall in the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer Draft by the Washington Freedom ... Appeared in 25 games as a rookie ... Appeared in eight matches with magicJack after the Freedom moved to Florida in 2011 ... Traded to the Boston Breakers in July 2011, playing in seven matches ... Helped the Western New York Flash to the 2012 WPSL Elite championship ... MVP of 2012 championship match against the Chicago Red Stars ... Signed with Portland on January 31, 2013 ... Started all 22 regular season matches for Portland in the inaugural NWSL season ... Recorded one assist during the 2013 regular season ... Assisted the game-tying goal in the 2013 NWSL semifinals ... Helped the Thorns to the 2013 NWSL Championship ... Started 46 consecutive regular season matches dating back to 2013, making her the only player on Thorns FC to have started every game in the NWSL in the first two seasons … Suffered a torn ACL late in the 2014 season before opting to retire. ABOUT THORNS FC: Oregon women’s soccer franchise dates back to 2000 ... One of two NWSL teams with Major League Soccer affiliation (Portland Timbers) ... Marshall and Thorns teammate Alex Morgan (a 2012 Olympic gold medalist) won the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup championship in 2008 ... Finished third during the 2013 regular season and defeated the Western New York Flash 2-0 in the inaugural championship game ... Defeated the Houston Dash 1-0 on August 3 in front of an NWSL record crowd of 19,123 fans at Portland’s Providence Park … Finished the 2014 season 10-8-6, third in the 10-team league, with a league-high average attendance of 13,362 fans per match, nearly 9,000 more per match than the second-most in the league.
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Kate Russell (2008-11): (Retired)
AT COLORADO: Played in 77 matches with 76 career starts as a midfielder … Had 16 career assists (ranks third in CU history) and 10 assists for 36 points … Ranks ninth in school history with 163 shot attempts … Had seven assists as a freshman in 2008, the third-most in a single season in CU history and most by a freshman … Led the team in scoring as a junior with 11 points, three goals and two assists … earned second team all-Big 12 as a junior. PROFESSIONAL: Played three seasons of professional soccer … Began her career in 2012 with the Colorado Rush of the W-League and played as a reserve for the Boston Breakers in the NWSL in 2013 … Played her final season in Austria for DFC LUV Graz and started 15 matches, scoring two goals.
Kate Scheele (2014-15): Houston Dash (NWSL)
AT COLORADO: Finished her two-year career after transferring from Colorado College as one of the most prolific goalkeepers in CU history … Despite playing just two seasons in Boulder, finished her career third in history in goals-against average (0.92), fourth in wins (21), fifth in save percentage (.788) and seventh in saves (134) … Led CU to the NCAA Tournament as a junior with 11 solo shutouts, the second-most ever in a season … Earned CoSIDA second team Academic All-District VII and first-team Academic All-Pac-12 as a senior … Also earned the team’s Academic Award in 2015. U.S. NATIONAL TEAM: Was a member of the U-18 USWNT training camp. PROFESSIONAL: Begins her first professional season in 2016 with Kungsbacka DFF in the Elitettan, the second tier league in Sweden ... recorded one shutout in nine appearances with Kungsbacka DFF before heading back to the U.S. to play for the Houston Dash in the NWSL in July.
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