Player Bio: Kelly Eagan :: Women's Soccer

Kelly Eagan

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: St. James, N.Y.
	High School: Smithtown

	Height: 5-6
	Position: Defense
	Birthdate: 05/30/1988

On Eagan: Outstanding all-around athlete capable of having an impact on the offensive end while starting as a central defender ... Valuable player on set pieces ... Tenacious defender who can clear any ball out of the defensive third ... Does a good job leading the transition into offensive possessions.

Career: Has started all 43 team games in her two collegiate seasons at the center back position ... Villanova has posted 29 shutouts in those 43 games with a goals-against average of just 0.48 ... The defense has allowed just 5.0 shots on goal per game over the past two seasons ... Has scored four career goals - all game-winners - including three that were the only scores of the game in 1-0 Wildcat victories.

2007: NSCAA All-Mid Atlantic Region second team selection ... All-BIG EAST First Team selection ... Named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on September 24 and to the league's weekly honor roll on October 29 ... Started all 21 games and helped to lead a defense that gave up just 11 goals ... That mark matched the fewest scores allowed in a single season in program history ... Villanova's defense permitted just 5.1 shots on goal per game and only 11.1 shots overall ... The Wildcats outscored the opposition by a 33-11 margin and allowed more than one goal in a game just once all season ... Scored a pair of goals, delivering the game-winners against Virginia Commonwealth and Georgetown.

2006: NSCAA All-Mid Atlantic Region second team selection ... All-BIG EAST First Team selection ... First freshman in team history to earn first team all-conference honors ... Named a finalist for Soccer Buzz Freshman of the Year ... Chosen for Soccer Buzz Elite Feet National Team of the Week on October 9 and was the ECAC Defensive Player of the Week and BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week that same week ... Selected to BIG EAST weekly honor roll on two other occasions ... Started all 22 games as the team's central back line defender in front of the goal ... The Wildcats posted 15 shutouts for the season, allowing just two goals in the first 15 games of the year ... That stretch included a team-record shutout streak of 769:52 that covered seven straight shutouts ... The defensive unit allowed an average of fewer than five shots on goal per game ... Eagan also scored two goals, both game-winners in 1-0 decisions ... She scored in the 68^th minute against Hartford and beat Seton Hall with a double-overtime goal in the 107^th minute ... Registered her first collegiate assist in an NCAA Tournament first round victory over Toledo.

U.S. National Team: Selected to the pool of players for the U-20 National Team in June 2007 ... That pool of players will likely make up the squad that competes in the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile ... Eagan was one of just two BIG EAST players among the 43 chosen for the 2007 player pool ... Also was a member of the U-17 national team while in high school.

Club Team and ODP Experience: Club team is Commack Emeralds ... Six-year teammate of fellow freshman Erin Byrnes ... Eastern New York State Cup champions each year from 2003-05 ... 2004 PDA College Showcase champions ... 2005 USYSA regional finalists ... Five-year member of state and regional ODP teams ... Three-year member of the national pool.

Smithtown High School: 2005 - Team captain and most valuable player ... Youth All-American ... All-Long Island and All-New York selection ... Suffolk County Player of the Year ... 2003 and 2004 - Named an all-county, all-league and all-conference performer ... 2002 - Voted to all-league team and was Defensive MVP in the county championship game ... Team won a county championship in 2002 and was a Long Island finalist ... Also the league champions and county finalists in 2004 ... County finalists again in 2005 ... Played against fellow freshman Grace Hawkins during her high school career.

Academic and Community Honors: Member of the National Honor Society and French National Honor Society ... Secretary of the Class Council.

Personal: Born 5/30/88 in Stony Brook, N.Y. ... Second of three children of Craig and Kathleen Eagan ... Has two brothers, Sean (21) and Kyle (15) ... Mother was a gymnast at Slippery Rock University and father played baseball for St. Lawrence University ... Brother, Sean, is on the wresting team at Sacred Heart University ... Chose Villanova for its excellent academic reputation and its traditionally successful women's soccer program ... Majoring in Liberal Arts.