Notre Dame will bid farewell to its eight senior players and senior manager Brendan Andrew in a pre-match ceremony (7:30 p.m. ET, UND.com).
NATIONAL/WPSL/ODP/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS: Spent summer of 2011 as starting center back for the Chicago Red Stars in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), scoring one goal while helping team to 11-2 record (eight shutouts) and berth in the league championship match (lost 2-1 in overtime to Orange County Waves) ... named to 2011 WPSL All-Championship Team (the lone player without a minute of college experience to make the squad) ... was one of five players with Notre Dame ties on the 2011 Red Stars' roster, along with current sophomore defender Kecia Morway and three Irish alums in Amanda Cinalli ('08), Elise Weber ('09) and Michele Weissenhofer ('10) ... ember of 2010 U.S. U18 National Team player pool ... participated in U18 National Team camp in April 2010 ... attended the adidas Elite Soccer Program (ESP) in 2009 ... competed in 2010 ECNL Final Four Showcase in Raleigh, N.C., earning all-event team honors ... spent two years in ODP Region II camps and with Illinois ODP program (2006-07) ... latest in pipeline of Fighting Irish players from Chicago's Eclipse Select club, the No. 6-ranked program in the nation (according to February 2011 Top Drawer Soccer ranking), playing for head coach Rory Dames (who also coached her in summer of 2011 with Chicago Red Stars) ... helped Eclipse to USYS Nationals, making final match all three years and winning U17 crown in 2009 while finishing second with U16s (2008) and U18s (2010) ... shared tournament-high scoring honors with three goals in run to 2009 USYS U17 national championship, including two scores in title match victory ... also won three consecutive USYS Region II championships (2008-10) and Illinois State Cups (2008-10) ... ranked 47th in the February 2011 Top Drawer Soccer club soccer player ratings (four-star ranking; No. 3 in Midwest Region).
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Geneva High School in Geneva, Ill. ... did not play high school soccer, competing full-time on club level ... did compete on basketball team all four years of high school ... team captain in 2010-11 ... all-conference and academic all-conference selection in basketball ... earned all-tournament honors at Benet/Naperville North Tournament (2009 and 2010) and Geneva Invitational (2010) ... helped team to 2008 Illinois Class 4A semifinals and supersectional title, as well as two sectional championships, three regional crowns and three Upstate Eight Conference titles ... 2011 Illinois State Scholar ... 2010 recipient of Illinois Board of Education Prairie State Achievement Award in mathematics ... member of high school honor roll and Acceleration and Enrichment Program ... collected PTO Academic Letter and Academic Achievement awards ... born Sept. 2, 1992, in Geneva, Ill. ... last name is pronounced "SKOH-field" ... daughter of Carol and Carter Scofield ... has two older brothers, Nicholas and Tyler ... one of three Illinois residents on this year's Fighting Irish roster along with Morway (Lake Villa) and senior Ellen Bartindale (St. Charles) ... enrolled in Notre Dame's unique First Year of Studies program.
