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All-time leading goal scorer in Wake Forest history with 29 career goals ... Only four-time All-ACC selection and four-time All-Southeast Region selection in Demon Deacon history ... Versatile athlete has deadly combination of speed, power and soccer skills ... Second all-time leading scorer in WFU history with 76 career points, second on career assists list with 18 and is the all-time shots leader with 268 career shots ... Tied the single-game scoring record three times with three hat tricks. 2001: Saw action in 18 games and started 16 ... Second on the team in scoring with eight goals and three assists ... Earned first-team All-ACC honors ... Named second-team All-Southeast Region ... Picked to third team all-region by Soccer Buzz ... ACC Championship all-tournament team selection ... Named Honorable Mention Collegesoccer.com Preseason All-American ... Assisted the game-winning goal and scored three others in 6-0 win over Davidson Oct. 6 ... Assisted game-winner against NC State Sept. 28 ... Assisted game-tying goal in ACC quarterfinal match against No. 15 Clemson ... 2002 Umbro Select All-Star Game participant.
2000: Saw action in every game and started 14 ... Named first-team All-ACC and third team All-Southeast Region ... Led the team in scoring with 24 points ... Scored nine goals and assisted six others ... Had hat trick against Liberty Nov. 8 in NCAA Tournament ... Named ACC Player of the Week Oct. 16 and to Soccer America’s Team of the Week Oct. 17 after scoring in a 2-1 win over No. 14 Virginia.
1999: Saw action in 19 games and started 17 ... Picked up first team All-ACC honors ... Named third team All-Southeast Region ... Was third on the team in scoring with six goals and seven assists ... Assisted game-winning goals versus Denver Sept. 3, East Carolina Oct. 27, NC State in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals Nov. 4, Maryland in the ACC Tournament semifinals Nov. 5 and at No. 9 Virginia Oct. 24 ... Netted game-winning goals against UNC Charlotte Oct. 13, Brown Oct. 17 and No. 18 Michigan in the NCAA Tournament Nov. 13 ... Set a school record nine shots in one game versus East Carolina Oct. 27 ... Led the U.S. Under-18 national team to the gold medal at the Pan-Am Games in August ... Spent the first part of the summer in Portland playing in the Adidas Summer League along with fellow teammates Stacy Roeck and Sarah Kate Noftsinger.
1998: Played in all 21 matches, making 19 starts ... Named the ACC Rookie of the Year and a second team All-ACC selection ... Earned freshman all-american honors by Soccer America ... Third team All-Southeast Region selection ... Began the season at forward, but a midseason move to midfield helped her blossom offensively ... Finished the season with six goals and two assists while attempting a team-high 57 shots ... Quickly made her presence felt when she scored the game-winning goal in her first collegiate outing a 2-0 win at the College of Charleston ... Became just he third player in school history to record a hat trick with her three goal performance against Oct. 16 ... Scored two goals in the 4-1 victory over Duke on Oct. 11 giving her five goals over two games ... Also added assists against Davidson and Clemson.
Background:
Scored 30 goals with eight assists while leading Foothill High to the
California North Coast Sectional Championship in 1996 ... Earned
Tri-County Athletic League MVP honors ... Three-time all-league
selection ... Named the 1997 North Coast Section Player of the Year ...
Born Feb. 24, 1980 ... Daughter of Gary and Laura Taggart of Pleasanton,
Calif.
CAREER STATISTICS
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