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Gabi Rivera Season 2007

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Gabi Rivera Season 2007

PositionMIDFIELDER
Height5-2
ClassSophomore
HometownLithia, Fla.

2010: Played in 17 matches, making 13 starts ... Took 27 shots and had three goals and three assists ... 27 shots were fourth-most on the team ... 15 of her 25 shots were on goal (66 percent) ... Injured in the first half of the 2-1 loss to Ole Miss and missed the Arkansas-LSU trip ... Took a cleat to the face ... Reteurned to practice but then injured her leg that same week and missed the South Carolina-Florida weekend ... Returned for the Vandy-Kentucky weekend ... 16 career assists is 10th all-time in Auburn history ... Six career game-winning goals is tied for seventh in Auburn history ... Had her first assist of the season on Katy Frierson[apos]s goal in the 21st minute of the 3-0 win over Western Carolina ... The assist was the 14th of her career, which placed her in the Auburn career assists top-10 list ... Had the first assist on Julie King[apos]s game-winner against Cal State Fullerton, taking a shot in the 16th minute that hit the crossbar and went down to King, who finished it ... Scored the game-winner in the 85th minute of the 2-0 win over Samford ... Followed that with the first assist on Mary Coffed[apos]s goal two minutes later for a three-point match ... Scored the third goal in the 3-1 win over Mississippi State in the 79th minute, putting the game away ... Took a cleat to the face in the early part of the match against Ole Miss and did not return to the field ... Scored the game-winning goal in the 77th minute in the 2-1 upset win at No. 20 Georgia, breaking through UGA keeper Ashley Baker[apos]s defense at the top of the 18 ... The win vaulted Auburn into first place in the SEC West ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2009: Medical redshirt after injuring her leg in spring practice.

2008: Played in all 22 games as both a midfielder and a forward ... 16 starts was a career-high ... Second on the team with a career-high nine assists, giving her 13 for her career ... Four goals is also a career-high and is tied for fourth on the team ... Scored two game-winning goals ... First game-winner came in the 62nd minute of a 3-2 win at Vanderbilt and second came in the 106th minute of 2-1 double-overtime win over Tennessee ... Had a three-assist match in the SEC West championship-clinching win over Alabama, assisting on the first, third and fourth goals of the 4-0 win ... Connected on a PK in the 87th minute to secure a 1-1 tie with No. 5 Virginia ... Had the first assist on Kara Kasten[apos]s game-winning goal over Belmont in NCAA Tournament First Round win ... Took 37 shots on the season, third on the team ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2007: Started 11 games in the midfield and one as a forward... Had the only assist on Ashley Marks[apos] game-winner vs. Troy ... Scored her first goal of the year in the 74th minute vs. UL-Lafayette ... Scored the game-tying goal in the 14th minute of AU[apos]s 4-1 win over Kentucky ... Served in corner that resulted in Stephanie Fransoso[apos]s goal against Georgia.

2006: SEC All-Freshman Team selection as a midfielder ... Played in the first 17 contests of the season but was lost for the remainder of the year with a leg injury during the first half of Auburn[apos]s regular-season win over #16 Tennessee ... Started 15 of those matches ... Had scored three goals and assisted on another before going down for the season ... Two of her goals were game-winners ... Had a two-goal game in Auburn[apos]s 3-1 victory over Portland State at the Illinois Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team ... Also scored the game-winner in AU[apos]s victory over Mississippi State ... Earned her first collegiate point with the first assist on Jac Schwarz[apos] goal against Jacksonville State.

High School: Graduated from Durant High School ... 2004 Regional ODP Team selection and a 2003 ODP Regional Pool selection ... Ranked in the top 125 by Soccer Buzz heading into the spring signing period ... Member of the Florida State ODP Team from 2001-2005 and also played for Jim Cote[apos]s Hillsborough United Club Team ... Helped lead Durant to two state championship games ... Durant[apos]s leading scorer the last three years ... Set the freshman scoring record ... Over the course of four seasons, she collected 90 goals and was selected First Team All-State in 2004 and Second Team in 2003.

Personal: Gabrielle Maritza Rivera ... Daughter of Jo[apos]el and Carolyn Rivera ... Has a sister, Dani (20), and a brother, JJ (16).