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Laura Koerner

5-6, Senior, Forward, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Upper St. Claire)

General Evaluation: An exciting forward who is dangerous off the dribble and posseses tremendous breakaway speed.

As A Junior (1998): Became Vanderbilt's all-time leading goal scorer when she knocked in her first goal of the 1998 season against Iowa State...Tallied two goals against both Iowa State and Saint Louis in the Vanderbilt Diadora Classic and was named to the All-Tournament team...Earned SEC Player of the Week honors (Sept. 7)...Featured by Soccer Buzz (Sept. 14) and Soccer America...Scored two goals in four straight games...Had the game-winning goal against Alabama...Blasted three goals for a hat trick against South Carolina...Became VU's all-time scoring leader with her second goal against the Gamecocks...Had a goal and an assist against Marquette...Scored two goals in the last weekend of SEC play...Tallied a career-high three assists in against Louisville...Recorded an assist against LSU in the SEC Tournament...Broke the VU school record for career shots (211)...Scored three goals (fifth career hat trick), including the game-winner and one assist against UNCG in the NCAA Tournament...Her first goal against UNCG (17th of the year) broke the school record for goals in a season, a record she held...Named first team All-SEC...Earned second-team All-Central Region honors from NSCAA and Soccer Buzz...Led Vanderbilt in shots, goals and points...Ended the season ranked 25th in the nation in goals per game (0.83).

As A Sophomore (1997): Earned SEC Player of the Week honors, the first VU player to ever receive the award, after scoring the game-winning goal and an assist against nationally-ranked Florida...Scored at least one goal and one assist in five games during the season...Had an outstanding performance in the SEC Tournament scoring five goals to earn All-Tournament honors...Tied a SEC Tournament record for goals and points in a game against Arkansas (4 goals, 8 points) ...Tallied one goal and an assist against Florida in the NCAA Tourn-ament...First on the team in scoring with 38 points...Led the team in goals (16) and shots (79), and was second in assists (7)...Tied for first on VU's all-time career chart in goals scored (32) and ranks third in career points (79)...Tied her own school record for goals in a season (16)...Earned All-SEC and All-Central Region honors for the second straight season.

As A Freshman (1996): Appeared in all 22 games for the Commodores, racking up team highs in every statistical category with 16 goals and eight assists...Scored her first collegiate goal in Vanderbilt's first game of the season against inter-state rival, Tennessee...Tallied four goals and one assist in games against South Carolina and Arkansas putting her in third place in the SEC for most points scored in a game...Selected to first team All-SEC and second team All-Central Region.

High School/Club: Named Pennsylvania Player of the Year in 1995 by both the Pittsburgh Times and by the coaches of Western Pennsylvania...Named a Region All-American ... Member of the ODP Region I team...Played for the 1993 Regional Semi-Finalist Beading Soccer Club.

Odds and Ends: Laura Koerner ...Born 1/13/78...Daughter of Ken and Audrey Koerner...Majoring in Political Science.