#18 Kristen Mittelsteadt

Junior season (2007) - Started all 20 games as she moved from midfielder to defender ... Contributed one assist in a 2-1 overtime win against Pacific ... Took most/all of Whitman's corner kicks ... Earned her team's Best Defender Award ... Named to the NCAA Div. III All-Region Third Team.

Sophomore season (2006) - Played in 16 games, starting 15 ... Contributed one goal and three assists ... One of her assists came on a throw-in, another on a corner kick.

First-year season (2005) - Her first college score was a game-winning goal, a 25-yard strike to the far post in a 4-2 victory over Lewis & Clark ... Also contributed two assists in playing 19 games, two as a starter ... Earned her team's Most Improved Award.

Prep - Played three varsity seasons for coach Sully Hester and the Falcons at Woodinville High School, serving as team captain as a senior and earning All-KingCo First-Team honors ... Received her team's Coaches Award as a junior, when she also garnered All-KingCo Honorable Mention recognition ... Played three club seasons for coach Michael Duncan at the FC Alliance, a team that placed second in the state championships in each of her final two seasons...Also played varsity basketball.

Academics - Majoring in biology at Whitman; also enjoys math and Spanish ... Plans to write her senior thesis on research she did (summer 2008) at the Veterans Medical Center in Seattle, researching post-traumatic stress disorder and changes in neoropeptide expression in different regions of the brain ... A Northwest Conference Scholar Athlete for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years; one of Whitman's Top Five Scholar Athletes ... Plans to pursue a career in medicine ... Volunteered in the Emergency Room at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center (summer 2007) ... Volunteered during her first year at Whitman at a local hospital emergency room and free health clinic ... Volunteered in high school at the Northshore Senior Center ... Was her class valedictorian at Woodinville High ... Twice named Outstanding Science Student of the Year in high school ... Also twice honored as Woodinville's top physical education student ... Received the Washington State Honors Award and AAUW Science State Scholar Award as a senior at Woodinville ... National Honor Society member; named to the National Honor Roll as a senior.

Personal - Born on Sept. 17, 1986, in Seattle ... Daughter of Lisa and Wade Mittelsteadt of Woodinville ... Has one older brother, Marc ... Plays the guitar and piano ... Member of the Independent Womens Choir ... Has worked on a radio show for Whitman's KWCW ... Competes on intramural bsketball and dodgeball teams ... Enjoys yoga, zen meditation, crocheting, cooking, music, biking, skiing and backpacking ... Studied abroad during the spring 2008 semester in New Zealand at the University of Otago ... After Whitman, plans to apply for medical school and take a year off to either continue research or find another medical related internship/job ... Interested in neurology, emergency medicine, or surgery.

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