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    Karin Volpe

    Player Profile
    Class:
    Senior

    Hometown:
    Brentwood, Calif.

    High School:
    Clayton Valley

    Height:
    5-6

    Position:
    F

    Experience:
    3V

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    ASU

    • Enters the 2010 season tied for third on ASU's career list for game winning goals (9), eighth in career goals (19) and eighth in career points (46).
    • Led ASU in goals, points, game winning goals and shots in each of her first two seasons.

    2009

    • Finished the season second in goals (5), assists (4) and points (14).
    • Earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention honors.
    • Earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors after scoring the game-tying goal (with 14 seconds left) and the game-winning goal in overtime of ASU's 3-2 win at Tennessee (Aug. 28).
    • Had a breakout performance in ASU's 4-0 win over Northern Arizona (Sept. 27) as she scored two goals and assisted on two others. The two goals tied her single-game career best, which she has accomplished three other times, while the six points in a single game were a career best and represent the second-highest single-game point total in program history.
    • Scored the only goal of the game in ASu's 1-0 overtime win vs. Oregon State (Nov. 6).

    2008

    • Earned Pac-10 honorable mention honors after leading the Sun Devils in points (20), goals (9), game winning goals (3) and shots (45) in addition to contributing two assists.
    • Was also named to the Pac-10's All-Academic Second Team.
    • Tied her single-game career best with two goals in ASU's season opening win at Northern Arizona (Aug. 22).
    • Assisted on teammate Carla Scanniello's game winning goal in ASU's 1-0 win at Baylor (Sept. 12).
    • Notched her first game winning goal of the season in the 78th minute of ASU's 2-1 win over Cal State Northridge (Sept. 19).
    • Broke a scoreless tie with a goal in the 84th minute of ASU's 1-0 win over Long Beach State (Sept. 28).
    • Took a pass from teammate Jill Shoquist, shook off a challenge from the goalkeeper and calmly found the back of the net in the 17th minute of ASU's 1-0 win over defending national champion USC (Oct. 19).

    2007

    • Played in all 20 matches of the season, starting 17.
    • Led the team in goals scored (5), game-winning goals (3), points (12), shots (35) and shots on goal (18).
    • Volpe's 12 points marked the first time a freshman led ASU in scoring since Elizabeth Bogus in 2002.
    • Scored her first collegiate goal at UNLV (Sept. 2)... Recorded her first career assist at SMU (Sept. 14).
    • Tied for sixth in ASU history for season game-winning goals and eighth for career-game-winning goals with three.

    High School

    • A 2007 graduate of Clayton Valley High School (Concord, Calif.).
    • Was a two-sport athlete lettering soccer (4x) and track and field (3x).
    • Named the Bay Valley Athletic League MVP and Leading Scorer as a senior as her team won the League Championship.
    • Netted 79 goals and recorded 23 assists in her four-year career.
    • Was a four-time All BVAL, earning first-team honors three times.
    • Her club team won the 2007 California North State Cup and was a finalist in the 2007 Far West Regionals.
    • Was a scholar athlete all four years at Clayton Valley HS.

    Personal:

    • Major is kinesiology.
    • Parents are Mark and Geneal Volpe.
    • Has two brothers - Nick (24) and Travis (15).
    • Father played baseball for St. Mary's College of Calif. in 1980.
    • Born in May of 1989 in Berkeley, Calif.
    • Hobbies include running and snowboarding and she enjoys spending time with family and friends.
    • Full name is Karin Elizabeth Volpe.
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