PRIOR TO SAN FRANCISCO: Four year letter winner at Marin Catholic High School... All-MCAL League First Team selection as junior and senior... helped her school win three MCAL championships and CIF Section championships in both 2006 and 2007... voted team's Most Valuable Player in 2007... one of the top scorers on club team Marin FC 90 that won the PDA tournament and Gothia Youth World Cup in 2007, and US Club Soccer 2005 national championship.

PERSONAL: Born September 15, 1989... daughter of Ron and Susie Van Buskirk... has one older sister, Emily, who ran college cross country... has played classical piano since 1999... ran high school cross country and the Dipsea Race twice... Lifetime Dean's List at Marin Catholic... majoring in Political Science and Government.