ODP/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS: Played for Colorado ODP team that won three consecutive state cups (2008-10) ... team finished third in nation at 2010 USYS Nationals after winning Region IV championship (scored winning goal in title match) ... also won 2010 ODP Region IV crown ... played extensively for Colorado Rush club program for head coach Tim Schulz ... club program was ranked No. 5 nationally in December 2011 article by Soccer America ... saw most experience in ECNL play, registering 47 goals and 57 assists from 2007-08 through 2010-11, with double-digit goals and assists all four seasons ... had career-high 13 goals in 2010-11, and career-best 16 assists in 2009-10 ... also played for Colorado Rush in the United Soccer League (USL) W-League during summer 2011, appearing in 12 matches as a defender and tallying one assist ... earned three-star ranking in 2012 Top Drawer Soccer club soccer player ratings. PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Mullen High School in Denver, Colo., where she played for head coach Tony Schenbeck (did not play for high school team as senior) ... posted 28 goals and 28 assists during her prep career ... had personal-best 12 goals as a junior (2010-11) and career-high 13 assists as a freshman (2008-09) ... earned honorable mention all-state accolades in 2010 ... standout track athlete in high school, earning state titles with Mullen's 4x100 and 4x200 relay squads in 2011 (the 4x100 quartet also set a school record in that event) ... garnered academic all-state citations for soccer, basketball and track during 2010-11 school year ... delivered soccer balls to the underprivileged in the African nations of Tanzania and Kenya ... has visited all seven continents ... has swum in the Antarctic Ocean ... worked in a cancer research lab ... enjoys skiing and climbing `14ers' in Colorado (known in mountaineering circles as the 53 peaks in the state that are 14,000 feet or higher) ... full name is Mary Frances Schwappach ... last name is pronounced "SHWA-pock" ... daughter of Kathleen and John Schwappach ... has older brother, Joseph, who will be a senior at Dartmouth College in 2012-13, and younger sister, Julia ... third Coloradoan to join Fighting Irish program and the first since 1989, when fellow Denver residents Kelly Hanratty and Kristin Kirwan were reserve defenders during the program's second varsity season ... enrolled in Notre Dame's unique First Year of Studies program. |
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