Cara Nordin Class: Senior Hometown: Kamloops, B.C. Height: 5-7 Position: Midfielder

2007 (Junior)
Returned to the pitch to play in 21 games after missing the previous season with an injury ... contributed one goal and a pair of assists as she looked to regain her form ... best effort of the campaign came in the come-from-behind victory at Colorado College (10/13) ... set up Jami Tullius' match-tying-strike before finding the back of the net a mere 62 seconds later for the eventual game-deciding tally ... assisted during UTEP's 6-1 season-opening romp at Sam Houston State (8/31).

2006 (Junior)
Sat out the year with a medical redshirt ... named to C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2005 (Sophomore)
Finished third on the team in scoring (34 points) and goals (13) ... checked in at second with eight assists and tied for first with five game-winning goals ... tied for first in C-USA for GWG, snagged fifth place in assists, claimed sixth in points and notched ninth in goals ... tied for the fourth-highest total in school history and one shy of the sophomore record with eight helpers ... ranked fifth in C-USA games only with 15 points ... one of only three players (and the only MF) to place among the top 10 in points, goals (fourth) and assists (ninth) in conference games ... her 13 goals were the second most by a sophomore at UTEP ... scored a goal and dished out an assist in the same contest four times ... opened a streak of six consecutive matches with a goal when she registered the only marker in a 2-1 setback to SMU (10/14) ... had the GWG and an assist in a 3-0 win over Tulsa that was UTEP's 100th all-time victory ... season-high two goals in a 2-1 overtime win at Houston (10/21) ... netted a goal in each of the Miners' first two C-USA Tournament games against Memphis (11/2) and UCF (11/4) ... had an assist in the NCAA Tournament win at Texas (11/11) and a goal off a direct kick against No. 6 Cal (11/11) in the round of 32.

2004 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 19 games while making 17 starts ... finished the season with 24 points on 10 goals and four assists ... 19 of her 40 shots were on goal ... ranked among the team leaders in points (t-1st), goals (t-1st), assists (t-3rd), game-winning goals (t-2nd), shots (2nd) and shots on goal (3rd) ... was among the WAC leaders in points (t-3rd), goals (t-4th), assists (t-11th) and game-winning goals (t-6th) ... registered three multiple-goal games, which tied for the third-highest single-season sum ... racked up a career-high three assists against Sam Houston State (8/29) ... that marked the second-highest single-game total in school history ... scored her first two goals of the campaign at Louisiana-Monroe (9/5) ... followed that up with another two-goal game, including her first career game-winner against UC Davis (9/12) ... recorded the 16th hat trick in school history against the Wolfpack ... named to the SoccerBuzz Elite Team of the Week (11/3) after her four-goal weekend against BSU and Nevada ... had a goal and the game-winning assist in the Miners' 3-2 overtime win over Fresno State in the WAC Tournament Quarterfinals ... earned a spot on the WAC All-Tournament team after scoring two goals and an assist in UTEP's two games.

Brocklehurst Secondary
Played the 2003 season with the UBC Alumni Sport Town club team ... the team advanced to nationals and won the provincial championships ... at Brocklehurst Secondary, earned three letters for coach Steve Johnston.

Personal
Full name is Cara Joanne Nordin ... majoring in psychology ... daughter of Steve and Roberta Johnston ... has one brother (Brett-21) and one sister (Angela-20) ... born Nov. 11, 1986, in Surrey, B.C.