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2009 Women's Soccer Roster

13 Marina Pappas

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lancaster Pa.
  • High School Hempfield High School

Biography

Senior (2009): Led team in assists...took season-high five shots versus Florida Gulf Coast (8/30)... notched first assist of season and took two shots on goal against Louisiana (10/9)...assisted FIU's season-high fifth goal against ULM (10/11)...dished third assist  and scored first goal of season at South Alabama (10/16), which gave the Golden Panthers a 4-1 win for their largest margin of victory on the road over a conference opponent in the previous six years...assisted classmate Amy Jackson on Senior Night for game-winning goal vs. FAU (10/30) to deliver the program's first regular season Sun Belt championship since 2000.

Junior: Played in all 19 games, starting five...co-captain...scored a goal vs. FGCU (8/24) and had an assist at Miami (8/29).

Sophomore: Was second on the team in points (9), goals (3) and assists (3)... started in 16 of the 17 matches she appeared in...scored FIU's first goal of the season vs. UNF (8/31)...had two assists in FIU's 3-2 win over conference rival Arkansas State (10/26). 

Freshman: Played in 16 contests - including four starts...scored the only Golden Panther goal against UCF (9/10)...took 18 shots and was credited with an assists on Michelle Casadevall's goal against Mount St. Mary's and Camilla Durrant's goal against Troy (10/13). 

Prior to FIU: Played four seasons of high school soccer, helping Hempfield to the 2004 Pennsylvania state championship...three-time Section 1 and Lancaster-Lebanon League champion...presented with the Gatorade Will to Win Award in 2004 and '05...honing her soccer skills for the last 13 years...also played prep volleyball for the Black Knights.

Personal: Born December 4, 1987... majoring in criminal justice...daughter of James and Tamara Pappas...great-grandfather Paul Wenrich was a tri-sport athlete at Franklin and Marshall College and is a member of that school's Hall of Fame.

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2006Freshman

    Midfielder
    5'7"
    17
  • 16

    2007Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'7"
    16
  • 13

    2008Junior

    Midfielder
    5'7"
    13
  • 13

    2009Senior

    Midfielder
    5'7"
    13