CAL STATE FULLERTON - COACH
Spent the 2007 season as a volunteer assistant coach with the
Titans, working with the goalkeepers and helping Cal State
Fullerton to a 12-8-2 overall record and a 6-2 mark in Big West
Conference play... the Titans tied for the Big West title and
defeated Cal Poly on penalty kicks in the league championship match
to advance to the NCAA Tournament, where they fell to top-ranked
UCLA, 3-1... under her tutelage, Shayla Sabin was named the Big
West Goalkeeper of the Year, Big West Tournament MVP, and an
All-Big West Conference First-Team selection.
CAL STATE FULLERTON - PLAYER
2006 (REDSHIRT SENIOR): Big West Conference
Goalkeeper of the Year for the third consecutive season...
Second-Team All-West Region selection by the NSCAA... First-Team
All-Big West Conference selection... twice named Big West
Conference Player of the Week on Sept. 5 and Oct. 23... started all
22 matches in net, recording a 12-8-2 overall record with eight
shutouts, playing all but 21 minutes on the season... posted a 1.02
goals against average which ranked fourth all-time... her 128 saves
were just one off the school record set by Heidi Clauss in 1993
(129)... her .848 save percentage is a school record, besting her
previous mark of .846 set in 2002 as a freshman... her 12 wins are
third-most in a single-season while her eight clean sheets are the
second most in a single campaign... made a career-high 14 saves
against UCLA in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Los
Angeles on Nov. 12 - the second-most saves in a single match in
school history behind only Clauss' 21 stops against Pepperdine in
1993... also finished with 12 stops in a win at Texas A&M on
Sept. 15 and 10 saves in a 2-1 win over Saint Mary's on Sept.
1.
2005 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Big West Conference
Goalkeeper of the Year for the second straight season after posting
a 16-4 overall record and setting single-season school records for
goals against average (0.64), victories, and shutouts (10) while
tying the mark for minutes played (1,820)... Also named to the
All-Big West First Team... set career records for goalkeeper
victories (35) and shutouts (18) while ranking second in minutes
played (4,364) and saves (184)... ranked 21st in the nation and
first in the Big West in GAA while ranking fourth in the league in
save percentage (.803) and tied for second in shutouts per game
(0.50).
2004 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Named the Big West
Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and All-Big West First Team
despite missing the first eight games of the season recovering from
a broken leg... posted a record of 7-3-1 with a 0.71 goals against
average and five shutouts... ranked third in the league in GAA,
fifth in shutouts, and third in shutouts per match... made a
season-high seven saves in a 1-0 victory over Cal Poly... posted a
2-0-1 record in overtime, including a scoreless tie against UC
Riverside.
2003 (SOPHOMORE): Played in only 28 minutes of
the season before suffering a season-ending broken leg in the
second half of the Titans' match against Washington at the Portland
Nike Invitational.
2002 (FRESHMAN): Big West Conference 2002
Freshman of the Year and NSCAA All-West Region third-team
selection... named to the Soccer Buzz Freshman All-America second
team, All-West Region second team, and West Region All-Freshman
team... named to the All-Big West second team... made 88 saves
(.846 save pct.) and three shutouts... ranked third in the
conference in GAA (0.96) and third in saves per match... tallied a
career-high 12 saves against No. 6 Portland and matched that
against No. 12 Washington to share in conference Player of the Week
honors... named MVP of the UC Irvine Nike/Holiday Inn Invitational,
helping the Titans to the team title... named to the Soccer Buzz
National Elite Team of the Week on Sept. 18.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE (AS OF 2006
SEASON)
One of two American-born players to be invitied to the England
Women's U-19 International Training Camp in Colchester, England, in
the summer of 2003... selected to the England U-19 Women's National
Team for the 2004 UEFA Women's U-19 Championships in Leipzig,
Germany, helping England to the semifinals and playing all 360
minutes of England's four matches in the tournament... named to the
England National Team in August, 2003, for matches against
Australia and Germany... called up to the national team in 2005 for
the Algarve Cup in Portugal... started England's first round group
match-up with Northern Ireland, posting a shutout in the 4-0 win
(England would finish eighth in the tournament, losing on penalty
kicks, 5-3, to China after a scoreless tie)... travelled with the
England U21s to the 2005 Nordic Cup in Sweden where England
finished third after downing Germany on penalty kicks... One of 28
invited to attend a senior national team training camp in August,
2005, in advance of the country's first FIFA Women's World Cup
qualifier.
AYALA HS
Two-year varsity player under head coach Jeff Allen... missed
her junior year due to injury... also ran track for two seasons...
earned All-Sierra League honors as a senior while helping her team
to the league championship and the CIF quarterfinals... named
Sierra League MVP as a senior... member of the Olympic Development
Program state, regional and national pools from 1998-2002.
PERSONAL
Born on October 14, 1984, in Santa Monica, Calif... parents are
Geoff and Kay... club team was National Finalists in 2001 along
with earning state and regional crowns... club was also Far West
regional champions in 1997 and 1998, state champions in 1997, and
state finalists in 1998... graphic design major at Cal State
Fullerton... also threw javelin for the Titan track and field team
in 2006.