Alyssa Peterson

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
High School:
St. Charles North
Hometown:
Elburn, Ill.

Alyssa Peterson's Career & Game-By-Game Statistics (PDF)

2010 (Freshman)
Played in three games before suffering an injury … Scored her first career points as she found the back of the net against Indiana State (Aug. 22) … The goal was a game-winning tally in the Cardinals’ 1-0 victory.

High School
Four-year letterwinner at St. Charles North High School for coach Ruth Vostal ... Led her team to a 74-13-5 record during her career, including four straight sectional championships ... As a senior, she guided her team to a regional, sectional and super-sectional championship as well as a third place finish in the state with a 23-2-1 record ... Scored 12 goals and added seven assists as team captain her senior year ... Named to the All-Area Team and the Upstate 8 All-Conference Team ... Also named Academic All-Conference and Chicago Red Star State All-Academic Team ... Scored nine goals and handed out 12 assists as a junior when she was once again team captain ... Team posted a 15-2-3 record ... Named All-Conference honorable mention and Academic All-Conference ... Earned the Conference Sportsmanship Award ... Notched eight goals and 14 assists as a sophomore when team posted a 19-6-0 record and won the sectional championship ... Tallied honorable mention All-Conference and Academic All-Conference honors ... Recorded two goals and three assists as a freshman ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Recipient of the Prairie State Achievement Award ... Played club soccer for the Strikers Fox Valley Premier '92 ... Helped her team win the Regional championships in 2009 and finish third as the Nationals in Virginia Beach ... Also led team to the Orange Classic and Tampa Tournament championships in 2009 ... Helped team to the State Cup quarterfinals and a First Division championship in 2008 ... Posted an undefeated record in the Champions League and WAGS finalist in 2007.

Personal
Full name is Alyssa Lee Peterson ... Daughter of Rich and Debbi Peterson ... Has one brother, Austin, who attends Ball State ... Grandfather C.G. Therkildsen played football at Iowa State ... Owns a 3.268 G.P.A in biology.