Megan Ridley

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Lawrence Central
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.

Megan Ridley's Career & Game-By-Game Statistics (PDF)

2009 (Senior)
Team tri-captain ... Played in 17 games to earn her fourth letter while making 17 starts ... Named Second Team All-Mid-American Conference ... Becomes the fifth player in Ball State history to earn All-MAC honors twice in a career ... Also earned Academic All-MAC accolades ... Finished the season with a team-high 13 points as she scored a team-high five goals and handed out three assists ... Ninth all-time in Ball State history with 30 career points ... Seventh all-time in career goals with 11 ... Tallied one game-winning goal against SIU-Edwardsville (Sept. 13) ... Tallied three points against Toledo (Oct. 4) as she scored a goal and handed out an assist ... Posted 28 shots on the season ... Converted the Cardinals' lone penalty kick on the year.

2008 (Junior)
Saw action in all 20 games, including 16 starts in the midfield ... Named First Team All-Mid-American Conference and Academic All-MAC ... Second on the team in scoring with nine points ... Finished with four goals and one assist ... Led the team with three game-winning goals ... Scored the game-clinchers against Air Force, Eastern Michigan and Buffalo ... Added a goal against Akron ... Dished out an assist in the Cardinals' victory over Southern Methodist ... Fourth on the team with 35 shots and finished with a .114 shooting percentage.

2007 (Sophomore)
Saw action in all 20 games as the Cardinals' top reserve while also making four starts in the midfield and at forward to earn her second letter ... Dished out three assists ... Tallied helpers against Butler, Bowling Green and on the game-winning goal at Kent State ... Posted 24 shots.

2006 (Freshman)
Saw action in 17 games as a true freshman, including five starts, to earn her first letter ... Started the first three games of her collegiate career ... Scored two goals and dished out one assist ... Notched her first collegiate goal at Northern Arizona ... Also added a tally against Kent State, which proved to be the game-winning goal, in her first career Mid-American Conference game.

High School
Named all-county, all-conference, all-district and all-state as a senior as she tallied 17 goals for Lawrence Central ... Helped her team to the conference and sectional championship her senior campaign ... The team enjoyed three sectional and two conference championships ... Team captain her junior and senior seasons and recorded a school-record 67 career goals over four years at Lawrence Central ... Member of the Dynamo '88 club team for six years, where she was coached by Eldon Chuck ... Graduated in the top 10 percent of her class.

Personal
Full name is Megan Janelle Ridley ... Daughter of Damon and Marta Ridley ... Has one brother ... Honor Roll student ... Owns a 3.352 G.P.A. ... Majoring in exercise science.