07 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - South Dakota State University Athletics

2007 South Dakota State Veterans
Player Profiles
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PASWATERS
w Senior
w Longmont, Colo.
midfielder / defenseman
4 alex
SCHALLER
w Junior
w Maple Grove, Minn.
midfielder / defenseman
Career Notes
Tied for ninth on SDSU’s career games started list
(39)... Second all-time for minutes played
(2,988) in
SDSU history.
Career Honors
2006
— 9/12 USC Offensive Player of
the Week
— Independent All-Academic
2006 (junior)
In her third season with the Jacks, Paswaters recorded her first collegiate goal against
College of St. Mary (9/4)... Scored her second and final goal of the season against
Weber
State (9/8) in the very next game
for a two-game
scoring streak... Finished
the season with two goals, four points, seven shots (.286), four on goal (.571)...
After starting ting
the first six games of the season, Paswaters suffered a season-ending
knee injury.
— USC Offensive
Player of the Week
after assisting on three of seven
goals against College of St. Mary (9/4) in the Jacks’ 2006 home-opener. Scored a
single-game career-high 0-3=3 points in that game.
2006 (sophomore)
Played
in all 20 games for the Jacks as a sophomore... Scored her first collegiate
point on an assist against Howard in the opening round of the United Soccer
Conference tournament.
2005 (freshman)
Saw
action in 12 games as a freshman... Battled through injury for part of the
season... Recorded four shots on the year.
Before SDSU
Played
on two-time state-tournament qualifying teams at Wa
ayzata
High School...
Team
finished as state runner-up in 2003 and in 2004... Has extensiv
e club experience
including her most recent stint with the Blackhawks
soccer club in St. Paul, a team
which was a State Cup finalist and Midwest Regional
champion in 2004... Recipient
of the Minnesota Academic Excellence Aw
ard.
2005 (sophomore)
As a sophomore, Paswaters started in all 18 contests and recorded 12 shots,
including four on goal... Was
named to the Division
I Independent Soccer All-
Academic Team.
2004 (freshman)
Stepped into the starting lineup as a true freshman, playing
either at midfielder or
defender, and started all 15 games she saw
action in during the 2004 campaign...
Scored her first collegiate point, assisting on SDSU’s third and final goal in a 3-1
victory over Wa
ayne
State (9/18)... Tallied one other assist on the season, helping
again on SDSU’s final goal of the game, this time in a 4-2 victory over Augustana
(10/24)... Both points came at home.
Before SDSU
Was
a two-time first-team all-area and all-region selection while leading Niwot High
School to three top-three state tournament finishes... Named to the 4A all-state
team her senior years... Has extensiv
e Olympic Development Team
experience
and has played
every position except goalkeeper for the St. Vrain
Express and
Colorado Rush
soccer clubs... A member of the National Honor Society,
Paswaters
also competed at the state meet in swimming four times... Was
named Tri-V
ri-Valley
Conference Female Athlete of the Year
.
Season A Shots
2004 15 0 2 2 11 .000 0
2005 18 0 0 0 12 .000 0
2006 6 2 0 4 7 .286 0
Career 39 2 2 6 30 .067 0
Career Highs
1 (2x, last: vs Weber State; 9/8/06); Assists: 1 (2x, last: vs Augustana, 10/24/04); 2 (2x, last: vs
Weber State, 9/8/06; Shots: 4 (vs Northern Iowa, 9/2/05) 1 (10x, last: vs IUPUI, 9/10/06)
eer Stats
Season A Shots
2005 12 0 0 0 4 .000 0
2006 20 0 1 1 10 .000 0
Career 32 0 1 1 .000 0
Career Highs
none; Assists: 1 (vs Howard, 11/2/06); 1 (vs Howard, 11/2/06); Shots: 5 (vs Texas
Tech,
10/6/06;
1 (5x, last: vs Utah Valley State, 10/20/06)
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2007 South Dakota State Women
’s Soccer Media Guide