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STAPLES, THORI Position: Defender
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| National Team: Alternate
on the 1996 Olympic Team ... Member of the 1995 U.S. Women's National Team
that placed third at Sweden `95 ... Helped the team win the title at the
CONCACAF Qualifying Championship in Montreal in 1994 and qualify for the
1995 FIFA Women's World Championship in Montreal in 1994 and qualify for
the FIFA Women's World Championship in Sweden ... Played with the 1993 U.S.
Team, champions of the CONCACAF championship in New York ... Member of the
U.S. Squad that won the silver medal at the 1993 World University Games
in Buffalo, NY .. Member of the silver-medal East team at the 1994 Festival
in St. Louis. College/High School: Nominated for the Missouri Athletic
Club National Player of the Year award in 1994 and 1995 ... Started all
22 regular-season games as a senior for North Carolina State in 1995 as
the Wolfpack posted an 18-4-0 record and No. 9 national ranking ... Three-time
All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and All-South Region selection ... Had
knee surgery tow weeks before her first season with NC State and missed
the opening game, but started the remaining 17 games ... In 1992, her first
season with NC State, she started all 22 games and was named the ACC Rookie
of the Year in 1992 ... While attending Joppatowne High School in Joppatowne,
Maryland, she recorded 81 goals and 22 assists. Club: Played club
soccer for the Columbia Crusaders of Columbia, MD, for five years. Personal:
Full name Thori Yvette Staples ... Gold Medalist in the heptathalon
in the 1991 and 1992 National Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics when
running for Ed Waters Track Club from Baltimore, MD ... Won state championships
in long jump, 400-meter dash and 800-meter run. Assistant Soccer Coach at
Virginia Tech. Full-International Appearances: 52 Full-International Goals: 0 First Appearance: March 11, 1993, vs. Denmark | |