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#16 Monica Buff
Defense
As a junior (2005):
Started in all 23 games… had 2 assists… Second Team All SEC… Soccer Buzz Central Region Second Team… ESPN the Magazine All-District 1st Team… SEC Defensive Player of the Week.
As a sophomore (2004):
Played in 18 games while starting 15… Named to the SEC All-Tournament team and the SoccerBuzz Magazine Central Region Third Team… Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman (2003):
Played in 17 games and started the final 10 games… Was named to the SEC All-Freshman team and SEC Academic Honor Roll… Her first collegiate start came vs. Arkansas… Had an assist for her first collegiate point vs. LSU.
High School/Club:
Four-year member of the Parkview High School soccer team, where she was team captain her junior and senior years… Six-time member of the Olympic Development Program state team (1997-2002)… Made the regional pool for 1999-2000 and 2000-01 and was a member of the Region III team…. While playing for the GSA Phoenix, she helped lead her team to the 2001 and 2002 Snickers Regional Championships and the 2001 Snickers National Championship… The GSA Phoenix also won a Open Cup State Championship in 1999 and 2001, while it finished runner-up in 2000… 2005 National runner-up… Member of the gifted honors program, the National Honor Society, Spanish Club, Spanish Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and the Beta Club.
Worth Noting:
Monica Elaine Buff… Born February 15, 1985… Daughter of Arthur and Virginia Buff…Brothers Michael and Tommy and sister Maureen… Majoring in economics… earned Dean[apos]s List honors in 2005…. member of Women[apos]s League Lady Silverback team.