SENIOR YEAR (2017)
Tabbed to the All-CAA First-Team … Tabbed to the CAA All-Tournament Team … Earned First-Team All-State honors from VaSID … Named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 23 … One of two players to start all 20 games for the Tribe … Finished the year with career-highs in goals (5), assists (3), and points (13) … Scored a goal in the Tribe’s season opening victory over Providence (8/18) … Recorded the first multi-point game of her career with a goal and an assist in the win over Fairleigh Dickinson (8/24) … Recorded an assist in the Tribe’s draw at Elon … Added a helper at UNCW (10/12) … Recorded a point in four of the last five games, including three straight games with a goal … Scored at Northeastern (10/15), versus Towson (10/22), and had the game-winning goal in the CAA Quarterfinals at Hofstra (10/29). A defensive midfielder, helped the Tribe defense to a pair of shutouts and a 1.80 goals-against-average.
JUNIOR YEAR (2016)
Tabbed to the Third-Team All-CAA … Started all 20 games for the Green and Gold … Finished the season with one goal, two assists, and four points … A defensive midfielder, she helped the Tribe to six shutouts and a 1.35 goals-against-average … Finished third on the team playing 1813 minutes … Recorded her first point of the season with an assist against DePaul (8/28) … Had an assist at Northeastern (10/7) … Scored the equalizer in the CAA Quarterfinals against UNCW (10/30), a game the Tribe eventually won in PKs.
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2015)
Named to CAA All-Tournament Team … Appeared in 21 matches with 18 starts for the Green Gold … Played 1497 minutes … Finished the season with a goal and an two assists for four points … Added an assist in her season debut against Seton Hall (8/23) … Scored the game-winning goal against East Carolina (8/28) … Notched an assist in the win against N.C. State (9/6) … Appeared as a reserve in both NCAA Tournament matches … Played up front and on the backline at times throughout the season, helping the defense to 12 shutouts and a 0.88 goals-against-average … Named a Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention selection. Over the summer prior to her sophomore season appeared at training camp with United States Women’s Soccer U19s.
FRESHMAN YEAR (2014)
Named to the CAA All-Rookie squad … Appeared in 17 matches, making 15 starts … Started the last 15 consecutive games of the season … Made her first career appearance against George Mason (8/24) … Made her first career start against La Salle (9/4) … Recorded her first career point at Davidson (9/18) … Followed it up with an assist in the next game against Princeton (9/21) … Added her final point of the season against Elon (10/19) … A defender, she helped the Tribe backline to six shutouts this season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a two-sport athlete at Dominion High School in Northern Virginia, playing basketball and soccer ... Played four years of varsity soccer … As a senior, was named to the first-team all-district, region, state … Helped lead her squad to the district, region, and state title … Named to the Best XI at the US U18 Youth National Championships … Garnered first Picked up numerous awards as a junior including: All-Dulles District First Team, All-Region Second Team, All-Met Honorable Mention, Viva Loudoun Athlete of the Month, and Dominion’s Torch Female Athlete of the Year ... Owns the Dominion High School records for goals in season (24), most goals in a game (6), most points in a game (13), and most points in a season (54) ... Played her club soccer for Loudon Red from 2010-12, and now plays for BRYC ... Helped lead BRYC to a State Cup Championship in 2012 as well as the National League Championship in 2012 and 2013 ... On the basketball court, she played one season, and holds the single-season record for steals (68) ... Member of DECA, National Honor Society, and Spanish Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jeff and Lauren Branton ... Plans on majoring in business finance at the College ... In her free time enjoys cooking, snowboarding, and hanging out with her friends.
