Andrea Barklage

Andrea Barklage

Player Profile

Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Lake St. Louis, Mo.

High School:
Incarnate Word

Height:
5-4

Position:
B

At Incarnate Word: Four-year letterwinner for coach Annie Beekman's Red Knights ... named 2008 Class 2 Player of the Year by the Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Association and by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ... center back who scored five goals and five assists in helping lead Incarnate Word to the 2008 state title and a 20-1 record ... played a key role on a defense that produced 16 shutouts and yielded only five goals ... first-team All-State selection all four years ... 2007 Missouri Defensive Player of the Year ... first-team All-Metro choice her final three seasons and a second-team pick as a freshman ... played on Incarnate Word's 2005 and 2007 state runner-up squads ... member of the Region II Olympic Development Program team ... named All-Region in 2008 ... National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American in 2007 ... helped lead St. Louis Soccer Club (Miller) to the 2005 U.S. Youth Soccer national title and was named the team's Player of the Year.

Personal: Born Oct. 13, 1989, in St. Louis ... daughter of Gary and Rhonda Barklage ... older brother, Brandon, plays for the Billiken men's soccer team ... chose SLU over Indiana, Tennessee, Purdue and Dayton.

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