| Yewande Balogun |
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Balogun's Honor Roll
2007 SoccerBuzz Freshman All-American Third Team
2007 SoccerBuzz All-Mid-Atlantic Freshman Team
2007 ACC All-Freshman Team
Pensky's Take: "Yewande is coming off a great first year at Maryland. She is maturing as a GK every day, and we will begin to see the benefits this fall of last year's experience."
As a freshman (2007): Earned the start in the season opener, making three saves in 0-0 tie with Eastern Kentucky (8/31) ... one save in 2-1 win over Fairleigh Dickinson (9/2) ... six saves in 2-1 overtime loss to No. 13 USC (9/7) at Hoosier Classic ... picked up the shutout in 3-0 win over Loyola Marymount (9/9) at Hoosier Classic ... seven saves in 1-0 double-overtime win over Dartmouth (9/14) ... three saves in 1-0 win over George Mason (9/16) ... one save in 1-1 tie with Kent State (9/22) ... two saves in 1-0 double-overtime loss at No. 14 Clemson (9/27) ... became the first Terp goalkeeper to earn an assist since 1998 with her assist of Kaila Sciascia's second goal in 2-0 win over Lehigh (9/30) ... also made three saves vs. the Mountain Hawks ... six saves in 1-0 loss to No. 18 Wake Forest (10/5) ... eight saves in 2-1 overtime loss to No. 12 North Carolina (10/7) ... four saves in 2-0 loss at No. 15 Florida State (10/11) ... career-high nine saves in 1-0 loss at Miami (10/14) ... made six saves in 2-2 tie at Duke (10/21) ... three saves in 3-0 loss at No. 3 Virginia (10/25) ... did not give up a goal in 32 minutes of play before leaving the game due to a foot injury ... missed final three matches of the season.
Before Maryland: One of the nation's top goalkeeping recruits hailing from Roosevelt High School in Bowie, Md. ... invited to the 2007 U20 National Camp ... U14-U17 U.S. women's national team pool selection for her age group ... two-time NSCAA/adidas Youth All-American ... 2006 NSCAA/adidas High School All-American ... two-time Washington Post first team All-Met ... 2006 first team all-state after being a second-team honoree in 2005 ... three-time first team all-county ... two-time first team all-Examiner ... selected team captain as a senior ... helped lead the Raiders to the 2003 Maryland state 4A state championship ... member of the Maryland state ODP team and the Region 1 ODP team from 2002 to present ... selected for the 2005 US Youth Soccer ODP U17 adidas All-Star team.
Personal: Daughter of Tajudeen Balogun and Florence Munis ... full name is Zainab Yewande Omoyiola Balogun .... younger sister of Dami ... older sister of Harif and Khalid ... four-year member of the National Honor Society ... four-year winner of a Minds-In-Motion Academic Award ... enrolled in letters and sciences.
| Yewande Balogun's Career Statistics |
Year |
GP/GS |
Min. |
GA |
GAA |
SV |
W-L-T |
Sho. |
2007 |
15/15 |
1392:23 |
13 |
0.84 |
62 |
5-6-3 |
5 |
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Yewande Balogun's Career Highs |
| Saves: 9 vs. Miami (10/14/07) |
| Assists: 1 vs. Lehigh (9/30/07)
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