Alyssa Naeher Class: Senior Hometown: Seymour, Conn. High School: Christian Heritage School Height: 5-9 Position: GK

2008 Soccer Buzz First Team All-America
2008 Soccer Buzz First Team All-Great Lakes Region
2008 NSCAA First Team All-American
2008 NSCAA First Team All-Great Lakes Region
2008 Big Ten Tournament Defensive MVP
2008 First Team All-Big Ten
2008 Academic All-Big Ten
2007 Soccer Buzz First Team All-American
2007 NSCAA First Team All-American
2007 Soccer America MVP Second Team
2007 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
2007 Soccer Buzz First Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region
2007 NSCAA First Team All-Great Lakes Region
2007 First Team All-Big Ten
2007 ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-District
2007 Academic All-Big Ten
2006 Big Ten All-Freshman
2006 Second Team All-Big Ten
2006 Soccer Buzz Mid-Atlantic All-Freshman
2006 Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American

Lion Career
2008 ... Made history by becoming the first ever Penn State World Cup Champion leading the U.S. U-20 National Team to five wins throughout the tournament and claimed the championship with a 2-1 win over North Korea... earned the Golden Glove at the U-20 World Cup... earned First Team All-America and First Team All-Great Lakes Region from Soccer Buzz... named a first team All-American by the NSCAA... first team All-Big Ten... Big Ten Tournament defensive MVP... started 19 of 21 games she played allowing 23 goals... tallied 90 saves en route to an 11-4 record with nine shutouts... earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week as well as recognition on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week for Oct. 20... registered a season high nine saves against then-No. 21 Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament Finals (11/9)... named tournament defensive MVP... had a .796 save percentage... an Academic All-Big Ten selection... team MVP.

2007... Named a first team All-American by Soccer Buzz and NSCAA... Soccer America MVP second team... named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year... first team All-Big Ten selection... Cosida/ESPN The Magazine second team Academic All-District... started all 24 games in net for the Nittany Lions... allowed just 15 goals... had a 0.62 GAA... made 103 saves including a season-high nine versus then-No. 5 Texas A&M (9/16)... recorded nine shutouts including a 1-0 victory over then-No. 4 Purdue (10/26)... had a .873 save percentage... played all but 37 minutes of the season... recorded an assist against Wisconsin (10/5)... Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2006... Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team... Also a second team All-Big Ten selection... Along with Katie Schoepfer, named to the Soccer Buzz Mid-Atlantic All-Freshman team... honored as a Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American... Started all 22 games she played... notched 830 minutes of scoreless soccer en route to eight shutouts on the season... tied All-American Emily Oleksiuk for goals against average as a freshman (0.89)... had a string of five straight shutouts beginning with Purdue (10/6) and finally ending in a 2-1 victory over Northwestern (10/22)... had 79 saves and a .798 save percentage.

Before Penn State
A top five recruit nationally according to Soccer Buzz, she was the highest rated goalkeeper in the country... a Parade All-American and two-time NSCAA Youth All-American... has completed stints with the U.S. National Team at the Under-16 and Under-17 levels... was a three-time all-state and three-time FAA all-conference selection at Christian Heritage School, where she also was an honor roll student... a standout basketball player as well, she scored over 2,000 points in her career.

Personal
Full name is Alyssa Michele Naeher... born April 20, 1988 in Bridgeport, Conn.... daughter of John and Donna Lynn Naeher... her father was a varsity basketball and track athlete at Kings College... she has not yet decided on a major.