UC San Diego

MEDIA
• San Diego Union-Tribune Feature (11/16/17)

TRITON NOTES
Unanimous 2017 All-American, unanimous 2018 first-team All-American, and unanimous 2019 All-American ... Back-to-back-to-back CCAA Defensive Player of the Year ... First women's soccer player in CCAA history to earn three consecutive individual awards from the conference ... Four-time CCAA All-Tournament Team selection, including CCAA Tournament Most Valuable Defensive Player in 2017 and 2018 ... Started 82 matches in a row.

AS A SENIOR IN 2019
Team co-captain ... United Soccer Coaches All-America Second Team ... D2CCA All-America Second Team ... D2CCA All-West Region Player of the Year ... D2CCA All-West Region First Team ... United Soccer Coaches All-West Region First Team ... CCAA Defensive Player of the Year ... All-CCAA First Team ... United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Third Team ... United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region First Team ... CCAA All-Tournament Team ... UC San Diego Outstanding Senior Scholar-Athlete ... UC San Diego Athlete of the Year ... UC San Diego's nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year ... San Diego Star of the Month for September (10/2) ... CCAA All-Academic ... CCAA Fall All-Academic ... Started all 19 contests for UC San Diego ... Guided the Tritons to 14 shutouts in 19 matches for the nation's best shutout percentage (0.737) ... Helped the Triton defense hold their opponents to just 0.355 goals per game, the second-lowest mark in the country ... Tied for fifth in the CCAA and ranked first on the team with eight goals on the season ... Tied for third in the conference and tied for first on the team with four game-winning goals ... Tied for sixth in the league and led the Tritons with 17 points ... Was a perfect 4-4 in penalty kick attempts ... Named to the CCAA All-Tournament team after helping the Tritons to two shutouts over nationally-ranked opponents en route to their CCAA Tournament crown.

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2018
Team co-captain ... United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team ... D2CCA All-America First Team ... United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team ... United Soccer Coaches All-West Region First Team ... D2CCA All-West Region First Team ... CCAA Defensive Player of the Year ... All-CCAA First Team ... United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region First Team ... CCAA Tournament Most Valuable Defensive Player ... CCAA All-Tournament Team ... One of 13 UC San Diego Athletes of the Year ... San Diego Sports Association Star of the Month for October (11/7) ... CCAA All-Academic ... CCAA Fall All-Academic ... UCSDtritons.com Athlete of the Week (9/24) ... Started all 24 games as holding central midfielder ... Fifth on team with career-high nine total points from two goals and first five collegiate assists ... Third on team in minutes (career-high 2145), playing all but 55 ... Tied for second on team and in CCAA in assists, behind only fellow co-captain Summer Bales ... Played all 90 minutes of season's first two shutouts, both 1-0 wins, in home opener vs. No. 7 Western Washington (9/1), and vs. Hawai'i Hilo (9/9) in neutral-site affair on O'ahu ... Spelled Kelsey Kimball for 29:15 at center back at Hawai'i (9/7).

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2017
United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team ... D2CCA All-America Second Team ... United Soccer Coaches All-West Region First Team ... D2CCA All-West Region First Team ... CCAA Defensive Player of the Year ... All-CCAA First Team ... CCAA Tournament Most Valuable Defensive Player ... CCAA All-Tournament Team ... One of 12 UC San Diego Athletes of the Year ... CCAA All-Academic ... CCAA Fall All-Academic ... San Diego Hall of Champions Star of the Month for November (12/7) ... UCSDtritons.com Athlete of the Week (11/6) ... National STUDENT-Athlete Day honoree ... One of four Tritons to start all 22 games, the first 17 as holding central midfielder and five postseason contests at center back after injury to Brie Diaz ... Tallied lone goal of 1-0 decision at Cal State Monterey Bay (10/28) from penalty spot in 79th minute to complete second straight undefeated league season ... Headed in game-winning goal with 34 seconds left in regulation vs. No. 23 Sonoma State (11/5) in CCAA Tournament final in front of home crowd as Tritons rallied late from 3-2 deficit.

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2016
All-CCAA Second Team ... CCAA All-Tournament Team ... CCAA All-Academic ... CCAA Fall All-Academic ... Appeared in 18 games, starting 17 in defensive holding central midfield role ... Made college debut at No. 17 Western Washington (9/14), coming in off the bench and playing the final 58 minutes ... Earned first career start in next match at Central Washington (9/16), and ultimately started each of final 17 contests ... Missed first four games through injury suffered during warmups prior to opener vs. No. 12 Azusa Pacific.

AT UC DAVIS
Spent the 2015-16 academic year at UC Davis and redshirted for the Division I Aggies of the Big West Conference.

CLUB
Played for first-year local side San Diego Parceiro Ladies of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) during the 2018 off-season ... Played with Triton teammates Katie O'Laughlin and Caitlin McCarthy for LA Galaxy San Diego, based in Carlsbad, of the WPSL during the 2017 summer ... Previously played for DMCV Sharks (2006-15) ... Won back-to-back US Youth Soccer national titles in 2013 and 2014 ... For Sharks, played since age of 11 for former UC San Diego great (1986-89) Felicia (Faro) Kappes, an All-American as a senior on the Tritons' first national championship team in 1989.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2015 graduate of Torrey Pines High School in San Diego ... All-CIF San Diego Section Second Team and Team MVP in 2013 ... Aided Falcons to Palomar League titles in 2013 (13-9-1) and 2014 (23-3-1) ... Also CIFSDS champion and state finalist in 2013 ... State semifinalist in 2014 ... Appeared in 22 varsity contests from 2012-14 ... Graduated with a 4.2 GPA ... Member of California Scholarship Federation and National Honor Society ... Received Scholar-Athlete accolades all four years and received school's Merit Scholarship award.

PERSONAL
Born Dec. 16 in San Diego ... Parents are George Saddic and Jamie Switzer ... Mother attended UC Santa Barbara and father went to West Chester University ... Has a younger sister named Nicolette ... Biochemistry and cell biology major at Marshall College with a business minor through the Rady School of Management ... Intends to attend medical school after earning her undergraduate degree from UC San Diego ... Top memorable soccer moment was rushing the field in Amarillo, Texas to claim the West Region title after a 5-0 win ... Favorite UC San Diego memory was practicing on a field covered in snow in Pittsburgh in preparation for the final hour ... Enjoys going to the beach and hiking ... Cheers for Manchester United ... Favorite athlete is Carli Lloyd ... Listens to Walk the Moon, The Revivalists, and OneRepublic.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
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2017
2018