Notre Dame beats Rutgers 3-2 at the team's last regular season home game at Alumni Stadium on October 10th.
Three-year monogram winner ... one of team's most versatile players, having seen time at all three field positions during her career (much like former All-America teammate Lauren Fowlkes, another former metro Kansas City product and 2011 Notre Dame graduate) ... exceptionally fit athlete who looks to have inside track to maintain starting center back spot she took over during last year's NCAA tournament ... possesses great technical ability on the ball along with excellent mobility ... unflappable personality allows her to adjust to new positions and blend well into the Irish system at both ends of the pitch ... intelligent player who picks up concepts quickly ... also a standout in the classroom who once again will be an Academic All-America candidate in 2011 after earning academic all-district honors the past two years.
AS A JUNIOR:CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team pick ... saw action in all 25 Irish matches, starting 22 times (1,753 minutes) during Notre Dame's third national championship season ... fitness and durability were on full display in NCAA Championship, when she started all six matches for the Irish and played 538 of a possible 540 minutes at center back (all but final two vs. #22 USC in second round) ... despite playing primarily in defensive roles as back and midfielder, she ranked sixth on team with career-high 27 shots (six on goal) ... took match-high (and career-high-tying) six shots, including two on frame, against Texas Tech (2-0) in final of Inn at Saint Mary's Classic ... had three shots (one on goal) against Syracuse (3-0) ... tallied four shots, one being on frame, against St. John's (4-1) ... credited with three shots (one on goal) against Rutgers (3-2) ... came off bench for two of final three regular-season matches, plus BIG EAST quarterfinal against Connecticut (0-2) ... was key cog on Irish back line in NCAA Championship as Notre Dame outscored its six opponents, 15-1 and posted five shutouts ... four of those clean sheets came against nationally-ranked teams, and the last three away from home -- #22 USC (4-0), #6 Oklahoma State (2-0), #17 Ohio State (1-0) and #1 Stanford (1-0).
AS A SOPHOMORE: ESPN Academic All-District First Team ... made excellent use of spring 2009 and fall 2009 preseason training to win the starting left back job for Notre Dame ... started all 26 games for the Irish, one of three players to start every game in '09 ... led team with 2,225 minutes played, including 17 games in which she played every minute ... logged one goal and three assists ... found the back of the net in the second game of the season, scoring key insurance goal less than three minutes into the second half of victory over Loyola-Chicago (2-0) in final game at old Alumni Field ... also tallied season-high six shots (all on goal) against Loyola ... delivered the secondary assist on Lauren Fowlkes' goal that started the scoring in BIG EAST opening-night win over DePaul (4-0) ... helped Irish break through sturdy Louisville defense, serving a cross to Fowlkes, who headed home the game's lone score in the 50th minute ... although not officially credited with the assist, her cross led to Taylor Knaack's overtime goal at West Virginia (3-2, ot) ... also earned her first career postseason point when she had the secondary assist on Rachel VanderGenugten's first career goal with less than two minutes left in the first half of the NCAA Championship opener against IUPUI (5-0) ... was critical contributor on Notre Dame back line during 19-game unbeaten streak (18-0-1) over final two months of the season, helping the Irish post 13 shutouts in that span and going the distance in all but one of the 13 consecutive Notre Dame wins that capped the streak.
AS A FRESHMAN:Played in 20 games for the Irish ... saw her first collegiate action versus Michigan, logging 57 minutes in Notre Dame's 7-0 season-opening win ... earned her first career start versus Loyola Marymount in the second game of the season ... the Irish went on to win that game, 4-0 ... notched her first career goal versus SMU for her only points of the season ... for the year, she was one of a record-setting 19 players to score ... logged 30 minutes of play in Notre Dame's 5-2 defeat of Toledo in NCAA Championship first round action ... registered 16 shots on the season.
PREP &PERSONAL: 2008 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year, following in the footsteps of '07 winner (and current ND senior) Fowlkes ... helped lead St. Teresa's Academy (Kansas City, Mo.) to a pair of Missouri state titles (class-2/large schools), in '05 and '06, as well as third-place finish in '08 (delivered two assists in '06 title game and another in '08 third-place game) ... earned first team allstate and all-metro honors in 2006 and '08 ... set STA record for assists in a season (27 in 2008; broke own record of 19 set in '06) ... has played alongside fellow ND junior Ellen Jantsch since they were nine years old (club and high school) ... member of '06 St. Teresa's team that knocked off nation's top-ranked team (St. Joseph's Academy) in state semifinals (3-0) before beating Fort Zumwalt West in 4-0 final game ... earlier helped beat Incarnate Word Academy (2-1) in '05 state title game ... 2007 NSCAA Scholar All-America and Scholar All-Central Region honoree ... an honor-roll student every semester at STA ... a national merit commended scholar ... served as yearbook sports editor while receiving Missouri high school journalism awards for sports writing and design ... daughter of Doug and Susan Campbell ... full name is Margaret Elizabeth Campbell ... born Oct. 26, 1989, in Kansas City, Mo. ... currently enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a political science major ... carries an impressive 3.642 cumulative GPA ... two-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team selection (2008-09 and 2009-10).
