#35
Kristen Dodson Season 2017
#35
Kristen Dodson Season 2017
PositionFORWARD
Height5-3
ClassSenior
HometownAurora, Ill.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- All-SEC First Team (2016, 2017)
- All-SEC Freshman Team (2014)
- Top Drawer National Player of the Week (Sept. 27, 2016, Oct. 17, 2017)
- NSCAA All-South Region (2016)
- United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region (2017)
- SEC Player of the Week (Sept. 26, 2016, Oct. 16, 2017)
- Top Drawer National Team of the Week (Sept. 27, 2016, Nov. 23, 2016, Oct. 17, 2017)
- SEC Preseason Watch List (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Top Drawer Preseason Best XI Third Team (2017)
- 2017 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
SENIOR SEASON (2017)
- Played and started in all 20 matches at forward
- Saw the field for 1,727 minutes, which led the way for attacking players
- Led the team with eight goals and 20 points, both ranking in the top 10 in the conference
- Scored a pair of game-winners vs. North Dakota (8/27) and Florida (10/15)
- Turned in a season-high, five-point performance on two goals and an assist vs. Kentucky (9/24)
- Also scored a pair of goals in matches vs. North Dakota (8/27) and at Alabama (10/10)
- Named National and SEC Player of the Week after her two-goal effort at Alabama (10/10) and game-winner vs. Florida (10/15)
- Became the first player in program history to earn National Player of the Week honors twice in her career
- Member of Auburn's senior class that became the first in program history to win a NCAA Tournament match in four straight seasons
- Capped off her Auburn career ranked fourth in assists (28), points (86) and game-winning goals (10) and fifth in goals (29)
JUNIOR SEASON (2016)
- Competed and started all 24 matches as a striker
- Saw the field for 1,828 minutes up top
- Broke the Auburn single-season record with 38 points, topping Tammy Waine's mark of 35 in 2000
- Touted 13 goals, good for second in the single-season program record books
- Tied for the team lead with 12 assists, which ranked in the top five nationally
- Netted five game-winning goals, good for third-highest total in Auburn history
- Rattled off nine goals in SEC play, including four match-winners
- Scored first goal in five-point performance in 4-3 win at Samford (8/28)
- Secured the match-winner in the SEC opener versus Vanderbilt (9/9)
- Named National and SEC Player of the Week after totaling 10 points in wins at Florida (9/22) and Georgia (9/25)
- Became first player since Katy Frierson in 2008 to score twice and have two assists in come-from-behind win at Georgia (9/25)
- Found the back of the net in consecutive matches versus Kentucky (10/6), Mississippi State (10/9) and Arkansas (10/14)
- Scorched the net once and had two assists in NCAA Tournament win over UConn (11/18)
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015)
- Played in 20 matches, earning 15 starts up top
- Logged 1,371 minutes of game action
- Found the back of the net five times and twice for the game-winner
- Assisted on three goals and totaled 13 points
- Scored the game-winner in the first half versus Samford (9/4)
- Put the match out of reach with goal in 3-1 win at Tennessee (9/20)
- Secured team’s second goal on counter-attack in win versus Florida (9/27)
- Scored game-winner in NCAA Tournament against SE Louisiana (11/14)
- Named to SEC Preseason Watch List
FRESHMAN SEASON (2014)
- Started 21 of 22 games on the attacking line, playing 1,458 minutes
- Led the team in points (16) and assists (10), joined with three goals
- One of nine Auburn players with multi-goal season
- Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team as the third-highest point scorer in the SEC, most among all freshmen
- Total of 10 assists tied for seventh-highest total in a season all-time and second-most in a season by an Auburn freshman
- Tallied first collegiate point at Clemson (8/22)
- First collegiate goal came in a 2-1 win over Furman (8/24)
- Racked up a season-high three points vs. Missouri (10/10)
- Had at least one point in 12 of 22 matches during the season
- Had a streak of five-straight matches with at least one point versus Memphis (9/5), Minnesota (9/7), Samford (9/12), Milwaukee (9/14) and South Carolina (9/21)
- Netted one game-winner, scoring in a victory over Memphis (9/5)
- Named to SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.
NATIONAL TEAM
- 2011, 2012 U.S. Soccer Regional Training Center
ODP
- 2011 Illinois State and Regional (Region 2 Team)
- Feb. 2012 USYS National Development Camp (Region 2 Team)
- Nov. 2011 USYS Thanksgiving Inter-Regional Event (Region 2 Team)
CLUB
- Played for David Richardson and Sockers FC Chicago
- Achieved a national rank of No. 33 as a team
- Was the No. 6 forward by TopDrawerSoccer.com
- 2013-14 ECNL Midwest Conference
- 2012-13 ECNL Midwest Conference
- 2011-12 ECNL Midwest Conference
- 2011 Illinois State Cup Champions; USYS Region 2 Semifinalist
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played for Julie Bergstrom and Waubonsie Valley High School
- 2014 NSCAA High School All-American
- 2014 All-Midwest-NSCAA
- 2014 All-State Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association (IHSSCA)
- 2014 IHSSCA All-Sectional
- 2014 Upstate Eight All-Conference
- 2014 IHSSCA Player of the Year
- 2014 Chicago Sun Times Player of the Year
- 2014 Aurora Beach News Player of the Year
- 2014 Daily Herald All-Area Team Captain of DuPage County
- 2014 Chicago Sun Times, Naperville Sun Times, Aurora Beacon News and Daily Herald All-Area First Team
- 2013 All Sectional
- 2012 All Sectional Honorable Mention
- 2012, 2013 All Conference
- 2013 Chicago Sun Times All-Area 3rd Team
- 2013 Beacon News, Daily Herald All-Area Team
- 2012 Beacon News, Daily Herald All-Area Team
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Byron and Tina Dodson
- Has two brothers, Ryan and Derek
- Brother, Derek, is a forward/midfielder at Georgetown
- Ryan played soccer at Denver University and the University of North Carolina
- Cousins Chelsea and Brittany Potts played soccer at LSU
- Enrolled in the College of Education