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  Heather Goranson

Heather Goranson

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Germantown, Wis.

High School:
Germantown

Height:
5-5

Position:
MF

Birthdate:
04/05/1984

2002: Goranson was Marquette's second leading freshman scorer and was fourth on the team with eight points. She scored a four goals on the season, the highest freshman total since nine by Kate Gordon in the 1999 season. She scored her first career goal against Rhode Island (Sept. 13). She also logged tallies against Southern Miss (Sept. 29), Vanderbilt (Oct. 30) and DePaul (Nov. 2). Her mark against Southern Miss was the match winner. She took 15 shots on the year, 10 of which were on target.

At Germantown: Goranson was a four-year letterwinner in soccer at Germantown. A busy student-athlete, she was also a three year letter winner in basketball and a four-year letterwinner in tennis. She was also on the student council for four years, was junior class president and was a member of the German National Honor Society and National Honor Society. On the field, she scored 42 career goals and had 39 career assists. She was named conference player-of-the-year as a senior in which she tallied 10 goals and eight assists. She was second team all-area that year and led her team in scoring. As a junior, she was first team all-conference and led her team in assists with 10. In her second year, she was all-state honorable mention and was second team all-conference. As a freshman, she was all-conference honorable mention. She was a club player for F.C. Milwaukee Nationals, earning state titles five times. She has been an ODP participant for the past seven years. Goranson was also successful in tennis as the was team MVP in her final three years and was a second-team all-state selection. She was also named her basketball team's best defensive player as a senior.

Personal: Heather Lin Goranson was born on April 5, 1984,in Menomonee Falls, Wis., to Kurt and Laura Goranson. She has one brother, Alex. She is majoring in pre-law.

Goranson's Career Stats

MP-MS G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% YC-RC GW PK-ATT 2002 24-0 4 0 8 15 .267 10 .667 0-0 1 0-0 Career 24-0 4 0 8 15 .267 10 .667 0-0 1 0-0

Goranson's Match-by-Match Stats

Date Opponent Score GP-GS G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% YC-RC GW PK-ATT Aug 30, 2002 OHIO.................... 4-3 * 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 0-0 Sep 01, 2002 vs Oakland.............. 0-2 * 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 0-0 Sep 06, 2002 vs Ohio State........... 2-0 * 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 0-0 Sep 08, 2002 at Dayton............... 1-0 * 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 0-0 Sep 13, 2002 RHODE ISLAND............ 2-0 * 1 0 2 1 .500 1 .500 0-0 0 0-0 Sep 17, 2002 WISCONSIN............... 1-0 * 0 0 0 0 .500 0 .500 0-0 0 0-0 Sep 20, 2002 vs North Carolina....... 1-4 * 0 0 0 0 .500 0 .500 0-0 0 0-0 Sep 22, 2002 at Duke................. 2-1 * 0 0 0 0 .500 0 .500 0-0 0 0-0 Sep 27, 2002 TULANE.................. 1-0 * 0 0 0 0 .500 0 .500 0-0 0 0-0 Sep 29, 2002 SOUTHERN MISS........... 2-0 * 1 0 2 2 .500 1 .500 0-0 1 0-0 Oct 02, 2002 at UAB.................. 3-2 * 0 0 0 0 .500 0 .500 0-0 0 0-0 Oct 04, 2002 at South Florida........ 1-1 * 0 0 0 0 .500 0 .500 0-0 0 0-0 Oct 11, 2002 at Charlotte............ 1-4 * 0 0 0 0 .500 0 .500 0-0 0 0-0 Oct 13, 2002 at Saint Louis.......... 0-0 * 0 0 0 0 .500 0 .500 0-0 0 0-0 Oct 18, 2002 CINCINNATI.............. 0-1 * 0 0 0 0 .500 0 .500 0-0 0 0-0 Oct 20, 2002 LOUISVILLE.............. 4-0 * 0 0 0 2 .333 2 .667 0-0 0 0-0 Oct 25, 2002 at East Carolina........ 1-2 * 0 0 0 0 .333 0 .667 0-0 0 0-0 Oct 27, 2002 WIS.-MILWAUKEE.......... 1-1 * 0 0 0 0 .333 0 .667 0-0 0 0-0 Oct 29, 2002 at Vanderbilt........... 2-3 * 1 0 2 1 .429 1 .714 0-0 0 0-0 Nov 02, 2002 DEPAUL.................. 3-0 * 1 0 2 2 .444 2 .778 0-0 0 0-0 Nov 06, 2002 vs Saint Louis.......... 2-1 * 0 0 0 1 .400 1 .800 0-0 0 0-0 Nov 07, 2002 at Charlotte............ 2-1 * 0 0 0 2 .333 2 .833 0-0 0 0-0 Nov 09, 2002 vs Cincinnati........... 1-2 * 0 0 0 3 .267 0 .667 0-0 0 0-0 Nov 15, 2002 WISCONSIN............... 2-3 * 0 0 0 0 .267 0 .667 0-0 0 0-0