The University of Akron Athletics
2017 Akron Women's Soccer Roster
Schipani, Sydney
Jersey Number 16
Sydney Schipani
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Moon Area
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bio
As a Junior (2016): MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete … Academic All-MAC selection … Saw action in 12 games this season as a defender… recorded her first collegiate assist against Green Bay.
As a Sophomore (2015): Academic All-MAC selection … saw action in 19 contests with 11 starts ... part of a defensive back line that helped record four shutouts ... totaled five shots with one on goal.
As a Freshman (2014): Saw limited action in six games for the Zips.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Moon Area HS … three-year team captain … registered a total of 39 goals and 20 assists in her career … led the team in goals with a career-high 23 goals as a senior … had a career-best 13 assists as a junior … three-time All-Section honoree … as a senior, named to the Pennsylvania West All-Star team, All-WPIAL team, Pittsburgh Post Gazette All-Area team, and Pittsburgh Tribune Review All-Area team … as a freshman and sophomore, team won Section V Championships and advanced to the WPIAL AAA quarterfinals … as a junior, squad was ranked first in the state and fifth in the nation by Max Preps after a 24-2 overall record … team won state championships as a junior … team was Section V AA champions and were WPIAL AA semifinalist in senior season … lettered in track as a freshman.
Club: Played for Beadling Soccer Club … Pennsylvania West USYSA State Champions in
2009, 2011, and 2013 … 2013 USYSA Region I Champion.
Personal: Mechanical engineering major.
As a Sophomore (2015): Academic All-MAC selection … saw action in 19 contests with 11 starts ... part of a defensive back line that helped record four shutouts ... totaled five shots with one on goal.
As a Freshman (2014): Saw limited action in six games for the Zips.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Moon Area HS … three-year team captain … registered a total of 39 goals and 20 assists in her career … led the team in goals with a career-high 23 goals as a senior … had a career-best 13 assists as a junior … three-time All-Section honoree … as a senior, named to the Pennsylvania West All-Star team, All-WPIAL team, Pittsburgh Post Gazette All-Area team, and Pittsburgh Tribune Review All-Area team … as a freshman and sophomore, team won Section V Championships and advanced to the WPIAL AAA quarterfinals … as a junior, squad was ranked first in the state and fifth in the nation by Max Preps after a 24-2 overall record … team won state championships as a junior … team was Section V AA champions and were WPIAL AA semifinalist in senior season … lettered in track as a freshman.
Club: Played for Beadling Soccer Club … Pennsylvania West USYSA State Champions in
2009, 2011, and 2013 … 2013 USYSA Region I Champion.
Personal: Mechanical engineering major.
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