Player Bio: Megan AlderetePlayer Bio: Megan Alderete
Women's Soccer

Player Bio: Megan Alderete

  Megan Alderete
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Riverside, Calif.
High School:
Poly
Height:
5-8
Position:
D

Alderete at Stanford - 2005: Played in six games before a knee injury ended her season in October ... Helped the Cardinal to the Stanford Nike Invitational title with a 1-0 victory over Santa Clara and a 2-0 win against Colorado College ... Also saw time against North Carolina.

2004: Appeared in two games, due to a series of unfortunate injuries ... Saw action against Utah in the season-opener ... Helped the Cardinal post a 3-0 victory over the Utes ... Got into the game against Oregon on Oct. 29 and helped Stanford post a 2-0 victory.

2003: Redshirted her second season due to an ACL injury.

2002: Appeared in six matches ... Contributed an assist on Callie Withers' insurance goal in the Cardinal's 2-0 win over Oregon State ... Made first collegiate appearance against Oklahoma in the Nike Invitational ... Recorded a shot against Montana ... Also took the field against Tulane, Oregon and Arizona ... Aided in five team shutouts on defense.

High School: Graduated as salutatorian ... Named first-team all-CIF ... Earned all-Ivy League accolades four years ... Selected as team and Ivy League MVP during her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... An AP Scholar with honors ... Member of the Santa Anita Strikers club team that won the Cal-South State Championship in 2002 and '03, with Cardinal teammates Lindsey and Hayley Hunt ... Member of Cal South Olympic Development Program (ODP) team for four years ... Member of the ODP regional pool ... Played for Nor-Cal U-23 team ... Member of the WPSL Ajax team ... Earned four letters in soccer, two in cross country and one in track ... Captained her soccer team in her junior and senior seasons ... Captained the cross country squad as a senior ... Boasted an undefeated cross country season ... Won the individual league championship in 1999 and 2000 and was a CIF Individual Finalist ... Holds the 400-yard dash record at Poly ... Named athlete of the year in 2002.

Personal: Daughter of Mike and Teri Alderete ... Majoring in economics with a minor in human biology.

Alderete's Year-by-Year Statistics

Year GP/GS

Shots

Goals Assists Points
2002 6/0 1011
2003 Redshirted
2004 2/0 0000
2005 6/0 0000
Totals 14/0

1 0 1 1

Last Updated: 11/15/05