Geneva Magness Profile - University of Kansas Official Athletic Site

Geneva Magness

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Overland Park, Kan.
	High School: St. Thomas Aquinas

	Height: 5-4
	Position: Midfielder/Defender
	Birthdate: 09/10/1988
	Experience: 3L

Honors and Awards

2009 Jayhawks' Most Improved Award

2008 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall)

2009 (Junior)

Appeared in all 22 matches, making 21 starts in the defensive backfield

Ranked third on the team with 1,958 minutes played

Played every minute in all but four matches

Matched a career-high with 110 minutes played at Colorado College (Sept. 13)

Recorded only shot of the season at No. 15 Texas A&M (Oct. 2)

Played every minute of KU's two Big 12 Championship matches

Named KU's Most Improved Player

2008 (Sophomore)

Appeared in 20 matches and made 12 starts in the defensive backfield

Played a season-high 90 minutes at No. 21 UCF (Sept. 19)

Started four of 10 Big 12 matches

Played in all four of KU's postseason matches, including 67 minutes in KU's NCAA Tournament contest at No. 3 Stanford (Nov. 16)

2007 (Freshman)

Appeared in five matches, including four against Big 12 opponents

Recorded the first shot of her college career at No. 3 Texas A&M (Sept. 30)

Played a season-high 27 minutes against No. 23 Oklahoma State (Oct. 12)

St. Thomas Aquinas High School

Lettered four times in soccer and three times in basketball

Named 2007 Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year

A four-time all-Eastern Kansas League selection

Also selected all-state and all-metro twice and All-Northeast Kansas Soccer Association three times

Selected First Team All-Johnson County as a senior

Served as team co-captain in 2007

Team won three consecutive state championships and was ranked No. 2 in the final NSCAA/adidas national poll of 2005

Also lettered in basketball

Helped basketball team to 2004 state championship and a 2006 state title game appearance

Club (KCFC Alliance Futuras)

Powered team to six Kansas State Cup championships

Coached by Richard Davies

ODP

Played on the Kansas Sate Team from 2003-2006

Invited to attend ODP Region II Summer Camp

Personal

Daughter of Steve and J.J. Magness

Has one brother, Josh, who plays soccer at DePaul University

An exercise science major