Debuted each year at the OSCARS - the year-end highlight video provides a look back at all 26 varsity sports competed at the University of Notre Dame and is created in cooperation with the Student Welfare and Development Office and LeSea Broadcasting.
The Notre Dame Soccer team defeated Indiana 4-1 at Alumni Field on September 4.
NATIONAL/ODP/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS:Has been a member of U.S. National Team player pools at U15, U17, U18 and now U20 levels ... earned invitation in July 2011 to U20 National Team training camp at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. ... competed in U18 National Team camp (jointly with U20s) in May 2011, also at Home Depot Center ... participated in U15 National Team camps in 2008 (January and April), as well as U17 National Team camp in June 2009 ... attended the adidas Elite Soccer Program (ESP) in 2009, earning camp all-star honors ... member of Region III ODP team since 2007, serving as team captain in that time ... participated in ODP Thanksgiving Interregional from 2008-10, along with ODP foreign tours to Costa Rica (2008), Denmark/Sweden (2009) and Portugal (2010) ... also played for North Texas ODP squad, helping team to national runner-up finish in 2009 and regional finalist berth in 2010 ... another in a long line of Notre Dame players who also experienced club success with the Dallas Texans, the state's No. 2-ranked club program (according to February 2011 Top Drawer Soccer ranking) and previously ranked first or second in nation for three consecutive years (2008-10), playing for head coach Ryan Higginbotham ... member of Texans program from 2003-11 ... helped team to two appearance in USYS Nationals, winning 2008 USYS Nationals and finishing third in 2009 ... team also earned three Texas State Cup championships (2004, 2009, 2010) ... Texans nabbed four grand championships in Lake Highlands Girls Classic League (2004-08) and won 2005 Disney Showcase ... ranked 59th in the February 2011 Top Drawer Soccer club soccer player ratings (four-star ranking).
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Carroll Senior High School (informally known as Southlake Carroll) in Southlake, Texas, where she played for head coach Matt Colvin ... played in 84 matches, starting 78 times as both a center back and midfielder ... registered 23 goals, including seven match-winners, and 19 assists (65 points) on 158 shots ... helped Southlake Carroll to 71 wins in four seasons ... 2008 University Interscholastic League (UIL) Class 5-5A state championship (including school-record 24 wins and 24 shutouts), and area runner-up finishes in 2009 and 2010 ... NSCAA High School All-American (2010) ... two-time NSCAA Youth All-American (2009, 2010) ... ESPN RISE first-team All-American (winter 2010) ... two-time NSCAA all-region (2009, 2010) ... 2010 NSCAA/Texas High School Player of the Year ... three-time all-state selection by Fort Worth Star-Telegram (first team - 2010, 2011; second team - 2009) ... two-time district Specialty Player of the Year (2010 - utility player; 2011 - midfielder) ... two-time first-team all-region (2010, 2011) ... four-time all-district (first team - 2009, 2010, 2011; second team - 2008) ... also ran track at Southlake Carroll for two years, primarily competing in distance events (1,600m and 2,400m) ... earned 2010 Academic All-District 6-5A honors ... born March 4, 1993, in Jacksonville, Fla. ... daughter of Lori and Tony Schneider ... has older sister, Caitlin ... one of two Texans (along with Jennifer Jasper) in Notre Dame's freshman class, and one of seven on this year's Fighting Irish roster along with seniors Courtney Barg (Plano), Melissa Henderson (Garland) and Jessica Schuveiller (Plano), junior Jazmin Hall (Highland Village) and sophomore Rebecca Twining (Houston) ... played the piano and took dance lessons for many of her formative years ... also competed with Southlake Stingrays swim club for four years ... volunteered at Baylor Medical Hospital for three years ... enrolled in Notre Dame's unique First Year of Studies program.
