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Whitney Berry

Class: Senior Hometown: Wichita, Kan. High School: Goddard HS

Height: 5-5 Position: Forward/Midfielder Experience: 3L

Honors and Awards

• 2011 NSCAA All-Central Region Second Team
• 2011 All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2011 TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 100
• 2011 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2011 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring, Fall)
• 2011 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring, Fall)
• 2010 All Big 12 Second Team
• 2010 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall)
• 2010 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall)
• 2009 All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2009 All-Newcomer Team

2011 (Junior)

• Selected NSCAA All-Central Region Second Team, All-Big 12 Second Team, TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 100 and Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Started all 21 contests in the midfield and led the team with 85 shots, including 41 on goal
• Broke KU's single-season assist record with 13 helpers, which ranked second in the Big 12 and seventh in the nation in 2011
• Currently ranks No. 2 at KU with 25 career assists, No. 4 with 59 career points and No. 6 with 17 goals
• Led the Jayhawks and ranked third in the Big 12 with 29 points on the year, fourth all-time at Kansas... Also cracked top 10 of school's single-season record lists with 85 shots (third) and 41 shots on goal (fifth)
• Led the Big 12 averaging 4.05 shots per game
• Scored four of her eight goals during league play to lead the Jayhawks
• Collected three or more points five times, including season-high four points on one goal and two assists in a 3-2 win versus USC (Aug. 26)
• Went 2-for-2 in penalty kick attempts- vs. Baylor (Oct. 7) and at Texas Tech (Oct. 14)
• Three assists in overtime victory versus Texas (Sept. 30) tied for the second-most assists in a KU game and earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 4 for her efforts
• Had one goal and played all 110 minutes of double-overtime tie with Texas A&M (Nov. 2) in Big 12 Championship

2010 (Sophomore

• Followed up a standout freshman season by being named All-Big 12 Second Team for the second straight year
• Played in, and started, all 19 matches seeing time at midfield and forward
• Scored three goals and assisted on three, tying Kortney Clifton for the team lead in points (nine)... Her three assists was also a team-high mark
• Paced the Jayhawks offensively with 65 shots including 20 on goal, which ranked seventh in the Big 12
• Scored her first goal in the season-opener against Eastern Kentucky (Aug. 27) and closed out the season with one on a free kick against SIU-Edwardsville (Oct. 29)
• Went 1-for-2 on penalty kicks, netting one at Nebraska to give the Jayhawks their only goal against the Cornhuskers (Oct. 22)
• Assisted on Emily's Cressy's game-winner against Oregon in the UNLV Rebel Classic (Sept. 12)
• Also assisted on a Kortney Clifton goal against Missouri State in KU's 2-0 win (Sept. 19)

2009 (Freshman)

• Named All-Big 12 second team, as well as to the Big 12's All-Newcomer team
• Started all 22 matches at forward
• Ranked third in the Big 12 in assists (nine) and fourth in assists per game (0.41) ... Her nine assists were the most by a KU freshman, while her 21 points were tied for the second-most by a first-year Jayhawk
• Scored first career goal in season opener at Drake (Aug. 23)
• Tallied KU's final goal in the 3-1 triumph over Long Beach State (Sept. 4)
• Recorded first collegiate assist on Emily Cressy's game-winning goal against No. 18 San Diego (Sept. 18)
• Scored first multi-point match with two assists against South Dakota State (Sept. 20)
• Tallied assists in four-straight matches: at Oral Robers (Sept. 27), at No. 15 Texas A&M (Oct. 2), at Texas (Oct. 4) and vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 9)
• Scored career-high five points (two goals, one assist) against Texas Tech (Oct. 9)
• Her five-point match tied for the most by a Jayhawk during the 2010 season
• Collected two assists against Nebraska (Oct. 23)
• Scored KU's lone goal in Big 12 Championship play-in match against Texas Tech (Nov. 2)

Goddard High School

• Lettered four years for head coach Scott Harder
• Scored 166 goals with 40 assists with the Lions
• Selected NSCAA All-Region following her senior year
• Named all-league, all-region and All-6A State four times
• A four-time Wichita Eagle All-Metro First Team selection (First athlete to be selected all four years in any sport)
• Named a NSCAA/adidas High School All-American following her junior season
• Tabbed team MVP
• Honor Roll, Quill and Scroll

Club (River City Lady Tigers)

• Played five years for the River City Lady Tigers and one for the River City Fire
• Coached by Sammy Lane and Jeff Cole
• Helped Lady Tigers to a first-place finish in the High School A Division three-straight years
• Team placed third at state tournament in 2007 and second in 2006

ODP

• Played four years for the Kansas ODP team
• Also participated three years for the Region II Team
• A Region II pool player in 2008
• Coached by Rob Herringer, Lewis Theobald, Phil Neilson and former KU head coach Lori Walker

Personal

• Whitney Lee Berry was born in Wichita, Kan.
• Daughter of Shari Berry and Richard Berry
• Has one younger sister, Taylor
• A community health major