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MANTHEI, HOLLY Position: Midfielder/Forward
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| National Team: Member
of the U.S. Women's National Team that placed at the 1995 FIFA Women's World
Championship in Sweden ... Made her debut with the National Team on February
24, 1995 against Denmark Has not played with the USA since March 14, 1996,
against Germany, but was called back into the team after a fine junior season
at Notre Dame ... Trained with the U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team in
1994 ... Member of the gold-medal winning North team ar the 1995 Olympic
Festival in Denver. College/High School: Started 26 games for the
fighting Irish, helping her team to the NCAA championship game ... Helped
Notre Dame to a 21-1-0 regular-season record and final four appearance in
1996 ... A finalist for the Hermann Trophy and Missouri Athletic Club Player
of the Year Award ... First-Team All-Big East selection ... Is tied for
the NCAA career lead playoff assists with nine ... As a junior started all
21 games for Notre Dame as the Fighting Irish went 17-2-2 in the 1995 regular
season, where they finished with the No. 5 national ranking and went on
to win the national title ... Had five goals and an unbelievable 44 assists
as a junior ... Manthei had 6 goals and 20 assists for 32 points and was
named a candidate for the 1995 Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American
and to the All-Midwest Region team in her first year at Notre Dame ... Soccer
News All-American ... First-team All-Midwest Collegiate selection and
named the conference's Newcomer of the Year ... Led the nation with 30 assists
in 1994 ... Started all 23 games for the Fighting Irish as she helped lead
the team to a 23-1-1 record, a No. 1 ranking in the nation and a second
place finish in the 1994 NCAA Championship ... A 1994 Parade High
School All-American from Burnsville High School, where she led the team
to two consecutive state soccer championships and three straight championship
appearances ... A 10-time letterwinning earning track and field honors four
times, and soccer and basketball honors three times each .. Three-time all-state
performer in soccer while earning the same honor in track twice and basketball
once ... Member of Burnsville's 1992 state championship basketball squad
and won the state title in the 300 meter hurdles in track and field in 1993.
Club: Played on the 1992 Under-16 national champion Burnsville Giants
club. Personal: Full name Holly Jean Manthei. Full-International Appearances: 19 Full-International Goals: 0 First Appearance: Feb. 24, 1995, vs. Denmark | |