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National Team: Co-captain
and nine-year veteran of the U.S. Women's National Team ... Member of the
Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Centennial Olympic
Games ... Started and played every minute of the USA's five matched at the
`96 Olympic Games ... Member of the team that placed third at the 1995 world
championships in Sweden ... Member of the U. S. Team that won the CONCACAF
Championship in New York ... Member of the U.S. Team that won the silver
medal at the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, NY ... Member of the
U.S. Team that won the title at the 1994 CONCACAF Qualifying Championship
in Montreal and helped the team qualify for the 1995 FIFA Women's World
Championship in Sweden ...A starter for the USA when it captured the inaugural
FIFA Women's World Championship in China, playing every minute of every
game ... A starter at attacking midfielder for the 1991 wold champions,
she played defensive midfielder on the 1995 World Cup Team and the 1996
Olympic Team ... Made her first appearance with the national team in 1988
at age 16. College/High School: Four-time NSCAA All-American from
Stanford University, where she was named the 1991 Soccer America Player
of the year and the 1989 Soccer America Freshman of the Year ... A 1991
and `92 finalist for the Hermann Trophy ... Finished her career at Stanford
with 52 goals, 32 assists and 136 points ... Named the team's MVP for three
consecutive years, 1989-91 ... Stanford's Freshman Athlete of the Year in
1989 ... Attended Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, CA, where
she was a two-time first-team All-American ... Honored as the Player of
the Year for Southern California three straight years, 1987-89, as well
was the Los Angeles Times' soccer player of the decade. Club:
Played in Sweden in 1994 for Tyreso Football Club along with U.S. National
Team teammates Michelle Akers, Mary Harvey and Kristine Lilly ... Member
of the Sacramento Storm, which won the 1993 and 1995 California State Amateur
championship. Personal: Married Ian Sawyers in July 1995 and did
not compete in the U.S. Women's World Cup `95 as she was on her honeymoon
... A 1993 graduate, she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in biology,
was accepted into Stanford Medical School but decided to wait. Appeared
on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in November, 1997. Made cover of Nov/Dec
1997 Women's Soccer World Magazine. Worked as color commentator for ESPN
`s coverage of the 1998 Men's World Cup. | |||
