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Drake University Athletics

2017 Women's Soccer Roster

Chris Donahue
Earl Hulst
Earl Hulst
Chris Donahue
Chris Donahue
Chris Donahue
Leonard Cederholm

19 Ali Smith

  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lenexa, Kan.
  • Highschool Shawnee Mission West

Biography

Senior Year (2017): CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American selection...United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women's All-Midwest Region Third Team selection...United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women's Scholar All-North/Central Region Second Team pick...named MVC Defensive Player of the Year...also earned All-MVC First team honors...named to CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team...MVC Scholar-Athlete first team...named MVC Defender of the Week twice (Oct. 16, Oct. 23)...started all 19 games of the season...recorded two goals...completed four assists

Junior Year (2016): Selected to the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete First Team... Received All-MVC Honorable Mentions accolades... saw action in all 19 games of the season... 

Sophomore Year (2015): Played and started in all 18 games...had three assists and six shots on goal... 

Freshman Year (2014): Played in 16 games for the Bulldogs in her first season...recorded two shots on goal...

High School: A defender/midfielder from Shawnee Mission West High School, was a first-team all-state defensive selection as a senior en route to leading the Vikings to a conference championship...member of a state runner-up squad as a freshman as well as a state semifinalist and regional finalist teams during her senior and sophomore campaigns, respectively...was named three times as an all-conference selection at Shawnee Mission West...member of the KC Fusion Academy/Metro United Soccer Clubs...

Personal: Born Sept., 1995, in Lenexa, Kan....majoring in finance...daughter of Brian and Cary Smith...Drake Presidential Scholarship recipient.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2014Freshman

    Defense/Midfielder
    5'6"
    19
  • 19

    2015Sophomore

    Defense/Midfielder
    5'6"
    19
  • 19

    2016Junior

    Defender
    5'6"
    19
  • 19

    2017Senior

    Defender
    5'6"
    19