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Afton Sauer

Class: Senior Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colo. High School: Thunder Ridge

Height: 5-8 Position: Defender Birthdate: 01/06/1986

2006 (Junior): Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Started all 19 matches ... Led team with 1,697 minutes played ... Missed time in just one contest, at Creighton (9/29) ... Recorded assists against Furman (8/25) and against Alabama (9/8) ... Second assist was on Emily Strinden's game-winning goal ... Tallied shots in seven contests.

2005 (Sophomore): Started all 20 matches and played in every minute, for a total of 1,861 ... Scored KU's first goal against Texas on Oct. 23 ... Tallied two assists at Texas Tech on Oct. 14 ... Scored KU's lone goal in 3-1 loss at Purdue (9/18) ... All four shots on the season were on goal ... Teamed with Colleen Quinn to help Real Colorado win the Under-23 USASA National Championship during the summer.

2004 (Freshman): Started all 23 matches on the backline for the Jayhawks as a true freshman ... Named to the the all-tournament team following the Select Kickoff Classic ... Collected her first collegiate goal, the game-winner on Oct. 1 against Texas Tech ... Tallied her second goal of the season in a 3-1 win over Creighton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... Named to the All-Big 12 Newcomer Team and All-Big 12 Second Team ... Named Third Team Freshman All-American by SoccerBuzz ... Selected to the Central Region All-Freshmen team.

ThunderRidge HS: Was a four-year starter at ThunderRidge HS ... Team won Colorado state championship in 2002 and was state-runner up in 1999 ... Named first team all-conference in 2002, 2003 and 2004 ... Honorable mention all-state in 2002, 2003 and 2004 ... Selected Conference Player of the Year in 2004 ... Team captain in 2003 and 2004.

Club: Member of Real Colorado along with teammate Colleen Quinn ... Named to the 2007 W-League's All-Western Conference Team ... Led team to state championship in 2000, 2002 and 2004 ... State champion runner-up in 2001 and 2003 ... Reached regional quarterfinals in 2000 ... Helped team climb to national ranking of seventh.

ODP: Played on Colorado state team all four years of high school ... Made regional pool in 2001 and 2002.

Personal: Born Afton Nicole Sauer on Jan. 6, 1986 ... Daughter of Karon and Nick Sauer ... Has three siblings, Austin, Adrienne and Ariann.

Career Stats
Year	GP/GS	Min.	G	A	Pts	Shots	Shot%	SOG	SOG%	YC-RC	GW	PK-Att
2004	23/23	1981	2	0	4	9	.222	5	.556	1-0	1	0-0
2005	20/20	1861	2	2	6	4	.500	4	1.000	2-0	0	0-0
2006	19/19	1742	0	2	2	7	.000	2	.286	1-0	0	0-0
Career	62/62	5584	4	4	12	20	.200	11	.550	4-0	1	0-0