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Wheaton College Athletics

2012 Women's Soccer Roster

7 Laura Karsten

  • Position Defense/Midfield
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Western Michigan Christian
  • Hometown Grand Haven, Mich.

Biography

Major: Applied Health Science.

2012: NSCAA First Team All-American and First Team All-Central Region...D3Soccer.com First Team All-American...First Team All-CCIW...CCIW Defensive Player of the Week for week of Sept. 18...team captain for third consective season...started all 27 games with four goals and one assist...scored the game-winning goal in 2-1 victory over Principia on Sept. 1...scored in 7-0 victory over UW-Whitewater in second round of NCAA Tournament on Nov. 10...assisted on game-winning goal in 2-1 overtime victory over Hardin-Simmons in NCAA Sectional Semifinals on Nov. 16.
2011: NSCAA First Team All-American and First Team All-Region...D3Soccer.com Second Team All-American...named First Team All-Conference...team captain for second-straight year...started in 26 games and tallied five goals with one assist…scored the game-tying goal in the closing minutes of regulation during a 3-2 victory at Augustana on Oct. 19…assisted on the game-winning goal during a 3-2 win over Illinois Wesleyan on Oct. 25…scored a goal in a 2-2 tie against Illinois Wesleyan in the CCIW Championship game on Nov. 5...earned CCIW Defensive Player of the Week on Sept 27 and Oct. 11.
2010: Team co-captain...named First Team All-CCIW, NSCAA Second Team All-Central Region and Third Team All-American by D3Soccer.com...played in all 24 games and scored eight goals with three assists...netted two goals and one assist at North Park...tallied two goals in a win at Illinois Wesleyan...scored five game-winning goals on the season.
2009: Suffered a season-ending injury in the first game of the year.
2008: Started every match...scored two goals with three assists. Other: Also plays basketball for Wheaton and was named CCIW Player of the Year and Second Team All-American in 2010-11.
High school: A four-year varsity starter...a four-time All-Conference pick...a three-time All-Area and All-District honoree...All-Regional in her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons... All-State Second Team as a sophomore and First Team All-State in her junior and senior seasons....selected team MVP and served as a team captain in her junior and senior seasons...also an All-State performer in basketball.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2008Freshman

    Defense/Forward
    5'9"
    7
  • 7

    2009Sophomore

    Defense/Forward
    5'9"
    7
  • 7
    C

    2010Sophomore

    Defense/Midfield
    5'9"
    7
    C
  • 7
    C

    2011Junior

    Defense/Midfield
    5'9"
    7
    C
  • 7
    C

    2012Senior

    Defense/Midfield
    5'9"
    7
    C