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Rocio Sanders Season 2017

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Rocio Sanders Season 2017

PositionMIDFIELDER
Height5-4
ClassFreshman
HometownSatellite Beach, Fla.
HONORS AND AWARDS
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2017-21)

FIFTH-YEAR SEASON (2021)
Played in nine games in her final season on the Plains … totaled 97 minutes … took six shots and put two on goal (.333 SOG%) … made her first appearance in the season opener at Samford (Aug. 19) … appeared in four straight games from Sept. 2-12, logging a season-high 31 minutes and taking all six of her shots in a 5-0 win vs. Alabama A&M (Sept. 9) … registered an assist in Auburn’s SEC Tournament quarterfinal win vs. South Carolina (Nov. 2) … appeared in the team’s NCAA Tournament contest vs. Samford (Nov. 12) ... named to the 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll. 

SENIOR SEASON (2020-21)
Played in the first eight games of the season before suffering a season-ending injury … logged 142 minutes … fired off a shot in a 1-0 win at Georgia (Oct. 18) … played a season-high 27 minutes at Arkansas (Oct. 30) ... named to the 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll. 
 
JUNIOR SEASON (2019)
  • Played in 17 of the team’s 19 contests and earned starts in the final three contests
  • Registered four points on one goal and two assists
  • All four of her points came during SEC play, which ranked tied for third on the team
  • Assisted on the game-winning goal against Tennessee (Sept. 26)
  • Scored the go-ahead goal in the second half and eventually assisted on the game-winning in double overtime in the Iron Bowl of Soccer in Tuscaloosa (Oct. 27)
  • Played a season-high 55 minutes against the Crimson Tide
  • Also started in the regular-season finale vs. South Carolina (Oct. 31) and SEC Tournament rematch against Alabama (Nov. 3).
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018)
  • Played in all 20 contests and earned 14 starts
  • Registered career highs in points (seven) and assists (three) and matcher her freshman total with two goals
  • Logged 952 minutes of action on the pitch
  • Fired off 25 shots on the season, including 12 on goal
  • Registered points in the first three contests of the season
  • Scored a goal and added an assist vs. UAB
  • Netted her second goal while firing off six shots, including three on frame, vs. Alabama State
  • Played a career-high 68 minutes at LSU
  • Saw 47 minutes of action in Auburn’s NCAA Tournament contest vs. Minnesota

FRESHMAN SEASON (2017)

  • Played in 19 of Auburn's 20 matches and earned starts in five contests
  • Logged 676 minutes of action as a midfielder and forward
  • Totaled five points on two goals and an assists for the season
  • Made her collegiate debut and registered her first point with an assist in the season opener vs. South Alabama (8/18)
  • Her first collegiate goal was the equalizer in the 90th minute vs. Lipscomb (8/20)
  • Netted her second goal of the season in the regular season finale at Vanderbilt (10/26)
  HIGH SCHOOL
  • Played for two seasons at Cocoa Beach High School
  • Secured 22 points by way of eight goals and six assists in 13 matches played
  CLUB
  • Played for both Space Coast United and Orlando City clubs
  • Reached the ECNL finals in Richmond in 2015
  • Won the ECNL Southeastern Conference Championship in 2015
  PERSONAL
  • Daughter of Diego Sanders and Ana De La Parra
  • Has two siblings, Diego and Catalina
  • Enrolled in the College of Education
Sanders

Sophomore
2018

FORWARD
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Junior
2019

FORWARD
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Senior
2020

FORWARD
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Fifth Year
2021

Forward/Midfielder
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