Michelle Xiao Season 2017

Career Highlights | Career Statistics

• 2018 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• 2017 All-Pac-12 second team.
• 2017 winner of the NCAA Elite 90 Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average (4.05) at the College Cup.
• 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America first team
• 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District first team
• 2017 United Coaches Academic All-Region third team
• 2016-17 Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• 2015 All-Pac-12 honorable mention
• 2015 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team

As a Senior in 2018

• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• Scored one goal and finished with one assist in 16 appearances, including nine starts
• Assisted Catarina Macario's goal in a 4-1 win over Ole Miss (Nov. 16)
• Scored the opening goal in Stanford's season-opening 5-0 win at UC Davis (Aug. 17)

As a Junior in 2017

• All-Pac-12 second team.
• Winner of the NCAA Elite 90 Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average (4.05) at the College Cup.
• United Coaches Academic All-Region third team
• CoSIDA Academic All-America first team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District first team
• Suffered a season-ending arm injury in Stanford’s 1-0 win over Florida State during the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Registered three assists in Stanford’s 9-1 win over Utah Valley (Nov. 11) – she became the ninth player in program history with three or more assists in a game.
• Scored in Stanford’s 3-1 win at No. 5 USC (Oct. 29).
• Scored in Stanford’s 6-0 win over Oregon State (Oct. 22).
• Assisted Kyra Carusa’s goal in a 1-0 win over Washington (Oct. 13).
• Scored in 3-0 wins at Utah and Colorado – her goal at Utah was a length 50-yard run culminating in a fine finish inside the far post, and the goal at Colorado was of the highest quality, a left-footed screamer into the top corner from the left edge of the box.
• Scored twice in a 6-0 win over Arizona State, also winning a penalty and assisting another (Oct. 1).
• Scored a spectacular 30-yard belter in a 2-1 win against Santa Clara (Sept. 17) – she beat her marker before cutting onto her weaker right foot and smashing a dipping shot into the top corner.
• Scored her first goal of the season in a 7-0 win against Yale (Sept. 10).
• Had an assist in Stanford’s 5-0 win against Wisconsin (Aug. 20).

As a Sophomore in 2016 

• Pac-12 All-Academic first team selection
• Played in 21 games, making 12 starts
• Contributed at least one point in 8-of-21 games
• Recorded a goal and an assist in a 4-0 victory against Houston Baptist in the NCAA first round (Nov. 11)
• Scored Stanford's first goal in a 4-1 victory at No. 21 California (Nov. 4)
• Scored Stanford's second goal in a 2-0 win against Utah (Oct. 23)
• Assisted Stanford's second goal in a 2-0 victory against No. 22 Colorado (Oct. 20)
• Notched her third goal of the year in a 3-2 double-overtime victory at No. 10 UCLA (Oct. 9)
• Scored the game-winning goal against Marquette with a chip shot from 20 yards out (Sept. 4)
• Scored the game-winning goal in Stanford's season-opener at Navy (Aug. 21)

As a Freshman in 2015 | Game-By-Game Statistics 

• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• TopDrawerSoccer Postseason Freshman Best XI Second Team
• Played in all 23 games, making 22 starts
• Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd (Oct. 5)
• Scored Stanford's only goal in a 1-1 tie against No. 20 Duke in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals (Nov. 27)
• Assisted both goals in a 2-1 victory against Colorado (Oct. 16)
• Netted the game-winning goal in the second minute against Oregon State (Oct. 8) 
• Scored the game-winning goal in overtime against UC Davis (Sept. 17)
• Scored twice against Boston College for the first two goals of her collegiate career (Aug. 28)
• Made her collegiate debut Aug. 21 at Hawai'i and registered five shots

National Team Experience

• Played against NWSL teams in Portland and the Nordic Cup in Sweden with the U.S. U-23 Team. 
• Attended U.S. U-20 camps during 2016 and traveled with the team for the La Manga Tournament in Spain
• Multiple camps with the U.S. U-19 National Team
• Played with U.S. youth national teams in several age groups (U-14, U-17, U-18, U-19)
• First joined U.S. squads at the U-14 level

High School/Club

• 2015 Gatorade Nebraska Player of the Year
• Had 26 goals and 11 assists for Westside High as a senior
• Two-time NSCAA Youth All-America
• Best XI at the 2014 Elite Clubs National League camp in Portland, Oregon
• Led club to five State Cup titles and a national championship tournament berth in 2014
• Led club team Gretna Prima to a USYS National Championship in 2015 - the first team in Nebraska to win a national championship
• Three-time All-Nebraska first-team choice for Westside
• Had 64 goals and 30 assists in high school career

Personal

• Daughter of Li Xiao and Jianrong Dai
• Has a younger brother, Andy
• Currently conducts research under the guidance of Dr. Geoff Abrams, studying the effects of microRNAs on tendinopathy.
• Is a Playroom Volunteer at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
• As a part of the Stanford Bio-X USRP program, worked in the Stanford Soft Tissue Biomechanics Lab (STBL) analyzing MRI of knee cartilage to detect early osteoarthritic changes. 
• During the summer of 2016, spent time in the medicinal chemistry research lab at the University of Nebraska Medical Center working on synthesizing small molecules that could treat Alzheimer's Disease.
• Published a paper from this research in the Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters Journal titled "Design and synthesis of new piperidone grafted acetylcholinesterase". 
• Nebraska state Junior Olympic 200m hurdles champion
• Volunteered with a charity that donates soccer equipment around the world
• Has coached youth soccer