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Allison Whitworth Season 2008

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Allison Whitworth Season 2008

PositionGOALKEEPER
Height5-9
ClassSenior
HometownBirmingham, Ala.

Summer 2007 - Played for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the W-League ... Was 8-0-0 with five shutouts ... Allowed just four goals in 720 minutes and made 32 saves.

2007 - Second Team All-SEC ... Starting GK in all 20 games ... 1.16 GAA ... Is second all-time at Auburn with 14 career shutouts ... Is third all-time with 224 career saves ... Tied the school record with 102 saves ... It was the fifth 100-save season in Auburn history ... Made a then-season-high seven saves in 3-0 win over Pittsburgh ... Posted back-to-back shutouts of Troy (1-0) and Pittsburgh (3-0) ... Posted back-to-back shutouts of Samford (3-0) and UL-Lafayette (2-0) ... Had a season-high nine saves at Ole Miss ... Earned fifth shutout of the year at Mississippi State (1-0) ... Followed MSU shutout with blankings of #19 LSU (2-0) and Arkansas (2-0) ... Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 15) after LSU-Arkansas weekend ... Saved a total of 17 shots against Florida (nine) and South Carolina (eight) ... Saved six shots in shuout win at Alabama.

2006 - Starting goalkeeper in all 20 contests this season ... Won the starting job in the preseason ... Posted six shutouts, the fourth-best single-season total this season ... Her 102-save season tied for the school record and was just the fourth 100-save season in school history ... 1.20 career goals against average at the end of the season ranked second in program history ... 1.09 GAA was the sixth-best single-season mark ... Two-time SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 28 and Oct. 2) ... Opened the season by making a then-career-high seven saves in AU[apos]s win over #15 Texas ... Topped that when she made 11 saves in Auburn[apos]s double-overtime, 0-0 tie at Vanderbilt ... Allowed one or fewer goals in 17 of 20 contests ... Second Team NSCAA Scholar All-Region ... Academic All-SEC ... Auburn Top Tiger.

2005 - Played in six games in net, logging two starts and a total of 214:52 minutes ... Started both the Cal State-Fullerton and Miami matches before suffering an injury late in the Miami game that kept her out of the net for the remainder of the season ... Prior to the injury she had a 2.09 GAA with 20 saves ... After returning to practice, she played four games as a defensive substitution in the midfield ... Recorded her first career shot in Auburn[apos]s 2-0 win over LSU.

2004 - Redshirted

High School - Graduated from Briarwood Christian High School ... Played for Andrew Brower where she was the state tournament MVP in 2002 ... ODP Region Pool member in 2002 and 2003 ... Alabama ODP 1999-2004 ... AHSAA All-State 2002-04 ... All-Metro 2002-04 ... Vulcan Cup MVP 2001 ... Played for Jason Lockhart with the Attack `86 club team ... Treasurer of the National Honor Society 2002-04 ... Who[apos]s Who Among American High School Students ... Student Council Representative 2002-03 ... ACSI Math Award in 2001.

Personal - Daughter of Bill and Denise Whitworth ... Has three brothers, Benjamin (25), Michael (20) and Patrick (18) ... Played high school soccer with Catherine Reddick (UNC and USA Women[apos]s National Team) ... Cousin Andrew Whitworth played football at LSU and was a second round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2006 NFL draft ... Auburn Top Tiger ... Member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.

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Junior
2007

GOALKEEPER
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