University Southern California Trojans
Verizon USC Student Athlete Of The Month
November 11, 2000 | Women's Soccer
Nov. 11, 2000
#12 Ali Fennell
Midfielder
5-6 Sophomore
Santa Ana
Mater Dei High School
PLAYER PROFILE
2000: Started in all 22 games this season...earned All-Pac-10 second team honors...recorded goals in back-to-back games on Nov. 3 at Arizona and Oct. 29 vs. Stanford...had two goals in a 5-2 win on Oct. 15 vs. Oregon State...scored a goal on Sept. 17 vs. Central Florida...had a five-point night with two goals and an assist on Sept. 10 vs. Vanderbilt...recorded an assist on Sept. 3 vs. Michigan.1999: One of the top freshmen on the West Coast in 1999, Fennell blossomed quickly and started all 20 matches at midfielder...earned 1999 Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American third team, Soccer Buzz Freshman All-West Region first team and All-Pac-10 second team...finished third on USC with 16 points on six goals and four assists...named Pac-10 Player of the Week twice and was the conference's first player ever to win the award in successive weeks...her first award came after scoring the game-winning goal against then-No. 8 UConn and getting the game-winning assist against then-No. 12 Portland, and the second came after scoring two goals in a 2-1 win over then-No. 8 BYU...earned a spot on the Soccer America Team of the Week twice in both cases.
HIGH SCHOOL: One of the top players in the area over the last few years, Fennell earned three-time (1997-99) All-CIF Southern Section Division II first team honors at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana, Calif...two-time (1998-99) Orange County Register All-Orange County first teamer and made the Los Angeles Times All-Orange County first team in 1999...had 23 goals and 14 assists as a senior, and 26 goals and 11 assists as a junior...also made the All-South Coast League first team three times...named Mater Dei's Athlete of the Year as a senior and was on the honor roll all four years...played for the Southern California Blues club team...has been part of Olympic Development Program district, state and regional teams since she was 14 and played on the Cal-South team this summer.
PERSONAL: She enjoys spending time with friends...her birthdate is Dec. 30, 1980.
| G-S | SH | G | AS | PTS | GW | |
| 1999 (Fr.)... | 20-20 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 2 |
| 2000 (So.)... | 21-21 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
