Amanda Nelson

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Position:
Defender
Height:
5-7
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
High School:
St. Thomas Aquinas
Hometown:
Overland Park, Kansas

2013
Served as a student assistant coach in the 2013 season.

2012
Played in 18 matches, making one start ... first collegiate start came against Miami (Oct. 21) ... also recorded her first collegiate point in that match, with an assist that gave the Falcons a second-half lead in Oxford ... played a long free kick into the penalty box, where Demy Whitaker headed it home to give BGSU a lead against the eventual MAC regular-season champions ... played a season-high 47 minutes in that MU match.

2011
Saw action in one match ... came off the bench at Michigan State (Sept. 9) to make her debut, playing six minutes vs. the Spartans.

2010
Sat out the season due to an injury suffered during preseason practice ... had been projected to start at a defender spot.

HIGH SCHOOL
A two-time team MVP at Saint Thomas Aquinas H.S. ('10) ... an Eastern Kansas League honorable-mention selection as a senior, as the Saints went 15-4-1 and posted a state runner-up finish ... team won state titles in both 2006 and ’07 ... earned the school's Senior Award, and also earned the Pax Cristi Award, given for four years of outstanding achievements, service and leadership ... won the Blake Mulvany Award (leadership award given to one male and one female in the senior class).

PERSONAL

Amanda Marie Nelson was born on Aug. 17, 1992, in Kansas City, Kansas ... dietetics major at BGSU ... has a 3.109 cumulative GPA through the Spring 2013 semester ... daughter of Gene and Barbara Nelson ... has two older sisters ... played club ball for KCFC Alliance Intensity, helping that team to six consecutive Kansas State Cup championships and a pair of regional championships ... team qualified for nationals twice during her tenure.

AMANDA NELSON - BGSU CAREER STATISTICS


OFFENSE               GP-GS     G    A  Pts Shots Shot%  SOG  SOG%  GW  PK-Att
2012................   0
2011................   1-0      0    0    0     0  .000    0  .000   0   0-0
2012................  18-1      0    1    1     6  .000    3  .500   0   0-0
TOTAL...............  19-1      0    1    1     6  .000    3  .500   0   0-0

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points: 1, at Miami -- Oct 21, 2012
Assists: 1, at Miami -- Oct 21, 2012
Shots: 2, Buffalo -- Oct 12, 2012 ; Loyola (Ill.) -- Sep 16, 2012