Andrea Willis Athlete Profile

#11 Andrea Willis

Andrea Willis
Position: Defender Height: 5-7 Roster Years: 2005-2009 Hometown: Riverside, CA Last School: Riverside Poly High School

Personal

Parents: Tami and Bob ... Siblings: Alexandra and Amanda.

Before BYU

Received All-CIF Award from 2001-2003 ... 2003 Gatorade Player of the Year Award ... Named to the All-Ivy League First Team in 2003 and 2004 ... Two-time team captain ... Four-year member of the Riverside Poly varsity soccer team ... Lettered in soccer, track and cross country as a freshman ... Four-year scholar athlete ... Four-year member of Principal's honor roll ... Member of the ODP CYSA South Winter Pool, 2001-2002 ... Member of 2002 European ODP travel team ... Inaugural member Premier Development Program (CYSA South) ... Played club soccer for Irvine Strikers Soccer Club Premier (CYSA South) from 2001-2005 ... 2004 California State Cup Finalist ... 2003 OCU Tournament Champions (Irvine Strikers) ... 2003 W.A.G.S. Tournament Finalist ... 2003 Nomads College Showcase Final Four.

Stats

Yr      GP     Shs    G    A    Pts
2009 24 31 2 4 8
2008 24 12 2 1 5
2007 23 15 0 0 0
2006 20 2 1 0 2
Total 91 60 5 5 15

2005 | Redshirt Year

Torn ACL

2006 | Freshman Year

Started in all 20 games ... Took two shots on the season, scoring one goal ... Netted first goal of career in season-finale win over UNLV ... Named MWC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct.30 ... All-MWC Second Team ... MWC Co-Freshmen of the Year ... West Region Freshman Team ... Soccer Buzz All-Freshman Third Team ... Part of defense that only allowed 11 goals on the season.

2007 | Sophomore Year

2007 NSCAA/adidas NCAA Women's Division I All-West Region Second Team ... started all 23 games ... First-Team All-MWC selection ... MWC Championship All-Tournament Team selection ... Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week selection on Sept. 25 ... anchored a defense that allowed only 11 goals for the second season in a row.

2008 | Junior Year

Started 23 of 24 games ... scored two goals on the season ... scored first goal in 2-0 win over Michigan State ... scored only goal in regulation against USC in second round of NCAA tournament ... assisted goal in 1-0 win over UNLV ... key leader of defense that allowed only 18 goals all season, and only one goal at home and one goal in conference play ... named to SoccerBuzz.com All-American 4th Team ... named NSCAA/adidas All-West Region 1st Team ... MWC Defensive Player of the Year and 1st Team All-MWC ... Academic All-MWC ... MWC All-Tournament Team selection ... MWC Player of the Week ... named twice to the SoccerBuzz.com Elite Team of the Week.

2009 | Senior Year

Started and played in all 24 games ... scored two goals on the season, one against Souther Utah and the other against Wyoming ... took 31 shots ... anchored defense that only allowed 15 goals all season ... led defensive effort against No. 1 Stanford in second-round of NCAA tournament that kept the Cardinal below their average shots on goal ... named 2009 MWC Defensive Player of the Year ... 2009 All-Conference First team ... two-time MWC Player of the Week ... 2009 NSCAA All-American Third Team ... 2009 NSCAA Division I All-Pacific Region First Team ... 2009 NSCAA Scholar All-American ... 2009 NSCAA Scholar All-West Region First Team ... Honorable Mention TDS Team of the Season ... 2009 CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team ... received the 2009 Lu Wallace Oustanding Senior Female Athlete award at the annual Y awards