Anna Rodenbough

Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Greensboro, N.C.
High School:
Grimsley

General - A two-year returning starter in the goal for Carolina with 49 career starts in her first three years...will likely platoon at the position this year with Ashlyn Harris just as the two did last with with each play a half of each game ...moved into the starting unit late in the 2005 season after an injury to Aly Winget in the ACC Tournament...then tied the NCAA record for games started in a season with 28 in 2006, a record held by several Tar Heels on the 1997 and 2006 teams...she was the only healthy goalkeeper on the UNC roster in 2006 until Ashlyn Harris returned from ACL surgery in time to play in the NCAA Tournament...showed her durability and conditioning by not missing a game under those pressure packed conditions...as a fresham she shared the starting role with Aly Winget for the last third of the season when coach Anson Dorrance went to a platoon system...has a career goals against average of 0.42 and save percentage of .806...career record is 39-4-1 with 18 solo shutouts in over 3,846 minutes of play.

Club Soccer - Played youth soccer for eight years...played on a CASL U19 regional finalist team in summer 2006...played for the '87 Greensboro Twisters and the '85 and '86 Winston-Salem Twins... member of the Region III ODP team in 2003 and NC ODP team in 2000-01 and from 2003-05...played on ODP squad which finished fourth nationally...teams she played on won 2004 State Cup championship and reached finals in 2003.

Junior season (2007) - Started 15 games on the season as she and Ashlyn Harris split time between the posts... generally started each game as Harris came in to close... garnered 977:03 minutes on the season... allowed five goals on the season and had 17 saves... led the team with a 0.45 goals against average... compiled a record of 9-3-0 on the season... recorded four saves against Virginia in the ACC home finale for the Tar Heels... picked up four complete games, two of which were solo shutouts... named to the All-Academic ACC team...was an ESPN The Magazine second-team All-America choice and a member of the All-District Team...named to Dean's List in both semester and was tapped for ACC Academic Honor Roll...won Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete Award for the women's soccer team.

Sophomore Season (2006) -- Started all 28 games for the Tar Heels in 2006...finished third in the nation in goals against average at 0.391...allowed only 10 goals on the season while making 48 saves in 2,301 minutes of action...fell just one short of the school record for solo shutouts in a season with 15...had a career high eight saves in the season opener at Texas A&M...next highest total was five against Wake Forest...allowed more than one goal in a game in only two of the 28 games she played in...finished with a 25-1 record...named to 2007 ACC Academic Honor Roll...winner of the UNC Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete award for women's soccer in `06-'07...tapped for spring 2007 Dean's List...named to Academic All-ACC Women's Soccer Team...ESPN The Magazine's Second-Team Academic All-America selection for women's soccer after being named to the academic all-district team.

Freshman Season (2005) -- Was listed as the team's No. 4 goalie on the depth chart in the preseason in 2005 but ended up working her way into the starting job...was the winning goalkeeper in the 2005 ACC Tournament semifinals and final, playing all the way against Duke and Virginia after coming in during the second half of the Maryland game when Aly Winget injured her knee...started six games in goal for the Tar Heels, including two in the ACC Tournament and two in the NCAA tournament...played in a total of 11 games, ending the season with an unbeaten 5-0-1 record in matches in which she was the goalkeeper of record...allowed just three goals while making nine saves...faced 26 shots...was in goal for all 90 minutes of the ACC Tournament championship win against Virginia and played all 110 minutes of the season-ending tie with Florida State in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament...came off the bench to make a season-high three saves in a 4-1 win over Boston College...entered the game when the match was tied 1-1 and earned the winning goalkeeper nod...named to the 2005-06 ACC Academic Honor Roll...was on the Dean's List both semesters of the school year with a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the fall.

Prep - A May 28, 2005 graduate of Grimsley High School where she was a 2005 NSCAA adidas high school All-America...played soccer all four years of high school and also played basketball and competed in track...played on soccer teams which won the 4-A state titles in 2002 and 2004 and reached the final in 2003...MVP of 2004 state championship game...2004 All-Region selection and North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year finalist...2005 high school captain... a finalist for the Morehead-Cain Scholarship at UNC...a National Merit Scholarship finalist...member of National Honor Society and the "A" Honor Roll...earned special honors in academics and awards in math, science and social studies...played in the Grimsley orchestra for four years.

Personal - Given name is Anna Louise Rodenbough...nicknamed Rhodo...daughter of Bo and Melanie Rodenbough...has an older brother, Andy, 22, a UNC graduate, and two younger sisters, Libby, 17, and Mary Kate, 12...... born September 8, 1987... majors in applied science and biomedical engineering...would like a career in medicine doing disease research or practicing orthopedic surgery...received Girl Scout award in 2004 for volunteer work with Triad Health Project, working with people living with HIV/AIDS...vice president of Lifeguards AIDS Awareness Club...played the violin for 11 years as member of Music Center Suzuki Group.

2007-08 ANNA RODENBOUGH HONORS
Post-Season Accolades
1. Spring Semester 2008 Dean's List
2. Fall Semester 2007 Dean's List
3. ACC Academic Honor Roll
4. ESPN The Magazine First-Team Academic All-District III Team
5. ESPN The Magazine Second-Team Academic All-America
6. All-ACC Academic Team
7. 2008 Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete Award

About Anna...
Academic Major: Applied Science-Biomedical Engineering
Career Plans: Medicine/Public Health/Disease Research or professional soccer
Hobbies: Music, painting, Wii, all sports, spontaneity
Athlete I Most Admire: Kelly Muldoon
Biggest Sports Thrill: Winning the 2006 National Championship
People with the Greatest Influence on my Athletic Career: My parents, my brother, and Chris Ducar
Favorite BookS: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, The Bible
Favorite Foods: Anything my mom makes
Favorite Movie: Wedding Crashers
Favorite TV Show: Grey's Anatomy, 24
Favorite TV Show as a Child: Captain Planet, Barney
Sport You Would Play Other Than Soccer: Broomball
Superpower You Wish You Had: The ability to FLYYYY
Place You Want To Live For The Rest Of Your Life? Chapel Hill
I Can't Live Without...: (i.e. family, cell phone, facebook) My Family and friends

Career Statistics

Year	GP/GS	Minutes	GA	Avg	Saves	Pct	Record	Solo SO	Shots Faced

2005 11/6 568:32 3 0.47 9 .750 5-0-1 1.0 26 2006 28/28 2300:51 10 0.39 49 .828 25-1-0 15.0 140 2007 16/15 977:03 5 0.46 17 .773 9-3-0 2.0 46 Totals 55/49 3846:26 18 0.42 75 .806 39-4-1 18.0 212