Women's Soccer

2007 Roster

No.NamePos. Yr.Hometown
1 Erica Inendino GK Jr Sherman IL
2 Griffin McDonald D So Tinley Park IL
3 Kate Gardner M Jr Davenport IA
4 Krysta Schmitt D Jr Davenport IA
5 Denise Absil M/F Sr Grayslake IL
6 Colleen Fischer D Sr Chicago IL
7 Shelby Van Gieson M Jr Springfield IL
8 Lindsey Guerin D Sr Bloomington MN
9 Kirsten Perkins M So Davenport IA
10 Stephanie Kaput M So Oak Lawn IL
11 Alex Schulz F So Peoria IL
12 Kari Petersmith F Sr East Moline IL
13 Sam Cohen M So Dunlap IL
14 Claire Ferguson M Fr Rockford IL
15 Amanda Wilford F Sr Eldridge IA
16 Aubrey Heusinkveld M Fr Clinton IA
17 Alex Hemmen D/M Fr Rock Island IL
18 Brittany Ward M/D Jr Moline IL
19 Lindy Shaw M So Clive IA
21 Kaitlyn Harris D Jr Burlington IA
22 Meredith Obert D Fr Quincy IL
23 Samantha Lee D Jr Bloomington IL
27 Tootsie Maus GK Sr Davenport IA
30 Kate Walker M Fr Swisher IA
31 Leigh Miller M So Palmyra MO
32 Krysten Bergdahl M Fr Batavia IL
33 Anne Freudenberg M Fr North Clinton IA


Erica Inendino
Goal Keeper

Year: Junior
Hometown (H.S.): Sherman, IL (Sacred Heart-Griffin)
Major: Marketing and Sports Management
Favorite Movie: The Italian Job
Favorite Book: 1984
Favorite Food: Chicken and Dumplings
Something interesting about me: I lived in Italy for 5 months this Spring,and I am an avid Chicago Bears fan.
Best Soccer memory: Beating Japan at the USA Cup in the last 30 seconds of the game
Plans after school: Attend law school and become a sports agent

Griffin McDonald
Defender

Year: Sophomore
Hometown (H.S.): Tinley Park, IL (Andrew High School)
Major: Secondary Math Education
Favorite Movie: Old School
Favorite Book: Catcher in the Rye
Favorite Food: Pizza
Something interesting about me: I am one of five in my family.
Best Soccer memory: Scoring the winning goal in double overtime with a header off a corner kick.
Plans after school: Travel, get a job I like, and buy a house.

Kate Gardner
Mid-fielder

Year: Junior
Hometown (H.S.): Davenport, IA (Assumption)
Major: Business Management and Spanish
Favorite Movie: Dazed and Confused
Favorite Book: Tuesdays with Morrie
Favorite Food: Lobster
Something interesting about me: I've been scuba diving and parasailing in Maui like 14 times
Best Soccer memory: Scoring the winning goal in State championship game in high school
Plans after school: Start a family, work for John Deere, and be very successful

Krysta Schmitt
Defender

Year: Junior
Hometown (H.S.): Davenport, IA (Assumption)
Major: Science and Human Performance
Favorite Movie: Elf or Hitch
Favorite Book: anything by Nicholas Sparks
Favorite Food: Tator tot casserole or chicken
Something interesting about me: I am a quarter mexican
Best Soccer memory: winning State in high school
Plans after school: PA school or pharmaceutical sales

Denise Absil
Mid-fielder/Forward

Year: Senior
Hometown (H.S.): Grayslake, IL (Warren Township)
Major: Psychology
Favorite Movie: When Harry met Sally
Favorite Book: Slaughter-House-Five, Breakfast of Champions, Tuesdays with Morrie
Favorite Food: peanut butter
Something interesting about me: I've got the world to unwind before I ever sit still
Best Soccer memory: playing for the SAU women's soccer team!
Plans after school: Get my masters in Art therapy and travel as much as I can

Colleen Fischer
Forward

Year: Senior
Hometown (H.S.): Chicago, IL
Major: Secondary Math Education (I love School!)
Favorite Movie: Four Brothers
Favorite Book: Lovely Bones
Favorite Food: Chips and salsa
Something interesting about me: I love to travel, and like long walks on the beach
Best Soccer memory: killing Grand View!
Plans after school: Teach and get my masters in administration

Shelby Van Gieson
Forward

Year: Junior
Hometown (H.S.): Springfield, IL (Springfield)
Major: Exercise Science and Human Performance, Pre-PT
Favorite Movie: Elf
Favorite Book: Siddhartha
Favorite Food: toast with butter.... its the best comfort food!
Something interesting about me: I can't sleep with socks on.
Best Soccer memory: Playing a team from Japan in the USA Cup, and scoring in the last minute off a header into the goal from a cross to win the game!
Plans after school: : I plan to graduate a semester early and move to a different state (preferably Colorado). I will work in a physical therapy related place and get residency in CO, and then after a few months finish PT school.

Lindsey Guerin
Defender

Year: Senior
Hometown (H.S.): Bloomington, MN (St. Croix Lutheran)
Major: Nursing, Biology Minor
Favorite Movie: Girl Interrupted
Favorite Book: Angels and Demons
Favorite Food: Chicken Enchiladas
Something interesting about me: I also pole-vault and high jump for Ambrose
Best Soccer memory: Going to Nationals my sophomore year at UWEC or when Tootsie’s tiny dogs darted onto the field... "what? whose dogs are those?!" -Toots
Plans after school: A year or two of mission work and then go back to be a nurse practitioner

Kirsten Perkins
Mid-fielder

Year: Sophomore
Hometown (H.S.): Davenport, IA (North)
Major: Secondary Education (Biology)
Favorite Movie: Yellow Submarine
Favorite Book: Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Favorite Food: Peanut Butter
Something interesting about me: I can play French horn and trumpet
Best Soccer memory: When Jon cried because he was so proud of us for winning a very difficult game.
Plans after school: Go into teaching or continue my education

Stephanie Kaput
Mid-fielder

Year: Sophomore
Hometown (H.S.): Oak Lawn, IL (Mother McAuley)
Major: Secondary Education History Minor: Art
Favorite Movie: The Notebook
Favorite Book: The Giver
Favorite Food: Cheese Ravioli
Something interesting about me: that I am very artistic
Best Soccer memory: I was a freshman playing on the varsity team in high school and we were tied going into PKs, the first 4 shooters were tied. The shooter from the other team walked up and missed. I was the last shooter and if I scored we were going to Sectionals. I scored and it was one of the best memories I have ever had.
Plans after school: I plan to be a teacher and after I was done teaching, I wanted to open my own interior designer business

Alex Schulz
Forward

Year: Sophomore
Hometown (H.S.): Peoria, IL (Notre Dame)
Major: Accounting
Favorite Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean
Favorite Book: The Wedding
Favorite Food: Boneless Buffalo Wings
Something interesting about me: ?!
Best Soccer memory: Placing at State
Plans after school: Become a C.P.A.

Kari Petersmith
Forward

Year: Senior
Hometown (H.S.): East Moline, IL (Alleman)
Major: Justice, minor Forensic Psychology
Favorite Movie: The Departed
Favorite Book: In Cold Blood
Favorite Food: ?
Something interesting about me: everyone thinks I have a twin
Best Soccer memory: Beating Grandview my Junior year, and any day I didn't have to do the beep test
Plans after school: Grad school, options are still open

Sam Cohen
Mid-fielder

Year: Sophomore
Hometown (H.S.): Peoria, IL (Notre Dame)
Major: Accounting/Finance
Favorite Movie: The Notebook
Favorite Book: Harry Potter
Favorite Food: ?
Something interesting about me: I hate milk!
Best Soccer memory: Making history by being the first Peoria girl's team to place at state
Plans after school: Get my CPA and work for a big firm

Claire Ferguson
Forward

Year: Sophomore
Hometown (H.S.): Rockford, IL (Boylan Central Catholic)
Major: Nursing
Favorite Movie: Holiday Inn
Favorite Book: Ella Enchanted
Favorite Food: My Mom's Pasta
Something interesting about me: I have 35 cousins
Best Soccer memory: I don't really have one...
Plans after school: To be successful

Amanda Wilford
Forward

Year: Senior
Hometown (H.S.): Eldridge, IA (North Scott)
Major: sample
Favorite Movie: Psych/Occupational Therapy
Favorite Book: Harry Potter, year 4
Favorite Food: Corn on the Cob
Something interesting about me: I am a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Best Soccer memory: Scoring 6 goals against Luther, or beating Grand View Jr. Year
Plans after school: Finish my masters and work in a Outpatient Pediatric Clinic

Aubrey Heusinkveld
Mid-fielder

Year: Freshman
Hometown (H.S.): Clinton, IA (Clinton)
Major: Journalism and English
Favorite Movie: LIfe as a House
Favorite Book: Homecoming By Cynthia Voight
Favorite Food: Crab Legs
Something interesting about me: ?
Best Soccer memory: ?
Plans after school: Move to NYC and become a journalist

Alex Hemmen
Defender/Mid-fielder

Year: Freshman
Hometown (H.S.): Rock Island, IL (Alleman)
Major: undecided
Favorite Movie: Elf or Catch and release
Favorite Book: any book by Jodi Picoult
Favorite Food: Mom's cheesey potatoes :)
Something interesting about me: I was born in Tennessee
Best Soccer memory: beating UT my sophomore year
Plans after school: ?

Brittany Ward
Mid-fielder/Defender

Year: Junior
Hometown (H.S.): Moline, IL (Pleasant Valley)
Major: Elementary Education
Favorite Movie: Anchorman or Talladega Nights
Favorite Book: Troy by Adele Geras
Favorite Food: Crab Legs and Cupcakes
Something interesting about me: I am an intern at a local news station
Best Soccer memory: Going to State my senior year of high school
Plans after school: Travel Europe and then move to a big city and start teaching

Lindy Shaw
Mid-fielder

Year: Sophomore
Hometown (H.S.): Clive, IA (West Des Moines Valley)
Major: Nursing
Favorite Movie: The Notebook
Favorite Book: Marly
Favorite Food: : Grilled Cheese
Something interesting about me: I have the cutest pug ever! Rudee!
Best Soccer memory: Going to Europe with my club team
Plans after school: Go back to school for two more years and get a masters in nursing

Kaitlyn Harris
Defender

Year: Junior
Hometown (H.S.): Burlington, IA (Notre Dame)
Major: Psychology
Favorite Movie: love and basketball
Favorite Book: Harry Potter
Favorite Food: chicken
Something interesting about me: I graduated with a class of 27
Best Soccer memory: making new friends and traveling with the girls is always a good time
Plans after school: move away from here and get a good job :)

Meredith Obert
Defender

Year: Senior
Hometown (H.S.): Quincy, IL (Quincy Notre Dame)
Major: undecided
Favorite Movie: Green Street Hooligans
Favorite Book: ?
Favorite Food: cheese
Something interesting about me: I have 4 sisters and 2 brothers
Best Soccer memory: my senior year playing with two of my sisters
Plans after school: ?

Tootsie Maus
Goal Keeper

Year: Senior
Hometown (H.S.): Davenport, IA (Assumption)
Major: Criminal Justice
Favorite Movie: The Boondock Saints
Favorite Book: The Lovely Bones
Favorite Food: Macaroni and Cheese
Something interesting about me: What's my real name?
Best Soccer memory: Making sure Krysta knew when the bus was here.
Plans after school: Grad School: SAU or WIU


Leigh Miller
Mid-fielder

Year: Sophomore
Hometown (H.S.): Quincy, IL (Quincy Notre Dame)
Major: Accounting
Favorite Movie: Pretty Woman
Favorite Book: Harry Potter
Favorite Food: pizza
Something interesting about me: I am a licensed scuba diver.
Best Soccer memory: ?
Plans after school: ?

Krysten Bergdahl
Mid-fielder

Year: Freshman
Hometown (H.S.): Batavia, IL
Major: Nursing
Favorite Movie: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Favorite Book: ?
Favorite Food: ?
Something interesting about me: I love helping others and meeting new people.
Best Soccer memory: Traveling with my high school varsity team to a tournament in Moline and winning it for the 3rd year.
Plans after school: Become a nurse and work in a hospital in the labor and delivery unit.

Anne Freudenberg
Mid-fielder

Year: Sophomore
Hometown (H.S.): Clinton, IA (Clinton)
Major: Nursing
Favorite Movie: Talladega Nights
Favorite Book: To Kill A Mockingbird
Favorite Food: chicken strips
Something interesting about me: I met Dierks Bentley.
Best Soccer memory: when David Beckham decided to come play in the US
Plans after school: move to Colorado and be a nurse out there