Laura McCalla Season 2011

#6
PositionMIDFIELDER/FORWARD
Height5-6
YearSenior
HometownFayetteville, Ga.
| Photo Gallery Thru 2011 | SENIOR / 2011
• Academic All-Big Ten
• CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performer (Oct. 10)
• McCalla played in 13 games and started nine times, including six Big Ten games
• Assisted on both Purdue goals, scored 3:39 apart, in the home win against Ohio State
• Setup Kellie Phillips' equalizer and Kaitlin Blacha's game-winner to earn a spot on CollegeSoccer360.com's weekly honor roll... tallied a shot in each of eight games in which she played
• Put all three of her shots on goal in the overtime loss to Kansas
• Logged a season-high 84 minutes as a starter in the loss to Nebraska ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM (2008-10)
• Led UAB with 12 goals and six assists in 2010, earning Second Team All-Conference USA recognition
• Three-year starter tallied 22 goals and 11 assists at UAB; scored six goals in 2008 and four in 2009

HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB
• Four-year letter-winner for coach Deanise Myers, serving as a team captain during her senior season
• Helped her high school team to the 4A state finals as a junior and the 5A Georgia State Championship as a sophomore
• Named first team all-region and earned the team's Coaches' Award as a senior
• Three-year captain for the Concorde Fire Elite 90 South, helping lead her team to the 2007 Georgia State Championship
• Played on the Georgia Olympic Development team from 2004-06 and the Region III Olympic Development team since 2007, traveling to Ventura, Calif., for a ODP camp
• Also lettered in basketball

Biographical Information

Major: Management

Parents: John & Monica McCalla

Sister: Mandy (who plays soccer at Mississippi)

Brother: Thomas